Abbas was an academic scholar both at Westminster School and Oxford University and is a VC Fellow at London Business School’s Newton Venture Program. He has guest lectured and taught at Oxford, Cambridge, LBS, LSE, UCL, INSEAD and more. Abbas regularly judges leading start-up competitions such as MIT InnovatorsUnder35 and speaks at top universities and conferences globally such as during the World Economic Forum Annual Summit at Davos, Forbes 30Under30 Summit, Milken Institute MENA Summit, World Government Summit and many more.