Bio:
In her early 20's Rachel Bennett relocated from the United Kingdom to the United Arab Emirates with the aim of opening a new business. Starting at the very bottom, blind to the UAE law, culture and business etiquette Rachel submitted hundreds of business plans and proposals. Traversing a multitude of praise and rejection Rachel continued until she secured land to build her project. Thinking BIG Rachel took a gamble; - to invest into an unknown destination in the social scene, a locality on the border of Dubai And Abu Dhabi where she created the UAE's most exclusive club "Plastik Beach" the only club accessible directly via land, sea and air boasting private yacht marina and heli pad and located on Royal land. This was an undeniable First for the UAE social scene and a resounding success for Rachel.
During this process and to date utilising the six years of UAE experience she has amassed (the hard way) Rachel is now a venture capitalist who spends her time evaluating new business start ups in the United arab emirates and coordinating through her database of high net worth venture capitalists a level of 'interest' for each project, idea, concept submitted to her.
Including but not limited to; inventions relating to the health sector, restaurant and nightlife business plans, social and entertainment presentations for public events and concerts. Rachel is able to fast track and arrange introductions to place the right project into the right hands of a potential venture capitalist eliminating the process of procrastination.
She believes that there is no use having the most fantastic idea if you dont have the funding to achieve an end result. Choosing projects which excite her she liiases with her personal network and provides an introduction to verified and trustworthy venture capitalists. "Trust Fund Club"
"If I could describe myself and my outlook in one word it would be "controvertial", I take risks and always go with my gut feeling, I judge people on first impressions but I'm never influenced by character pre-conceptions. I owned my first nightclub Plastik Beach at the age of 24, dominating everything from securing the venue to project management (of what was an empty site at ground level) venue operation, staff recruitment, PR media and marketing. The result is one of the UAE's most revolutionary social icons and multi million dollar revenue. In 2011 engineering a farewell to the Plastik Beach project and introduction to Blue marlin Ibiza, UAE. who took over the locality.
To date I travel and work as a royal advisor and have hosted public and private events with a C.V. boasting official endorsement from key political and public figures, I own several companies outright and have a vested interest in many more. " RB : Read More : Plastik Beach, UAE PR Events VC