Dr Naif Al-Mutawa is the creator of the popular Islamic-themed comic and animation series ‘The 99’ which aired on global television in several languages and won several global accolades including the 2014 Islamic Economy Award for Media. He has been twice honoured by WEF who named him a Social Entrepreneur of the Year in 2009 and a Young Global Leader for 2011.

Dr Naif is also Professor of clinical psychology at Kuwait University’s Faculty of Medicine and the Founder of Kuwait’s first neuropsychology centre. A practising clinician, he is licensed and operates in New York, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Bahrain and the UAE. Dr Naif’s work as an entrepreneur in both the media and health verticals led to his launch of Tenweem, the first Islam-themed, Arabic language hypnotherapy app which has since been rolled into an expanded Mental Health Tech offering under the name Tuhoon.