IKONIC Educational Holding
IKONIC Educational Holding, is a London – based, entrepreneurial group, focusing on the global education industry.
The Holding was established in 2023 by IKAR Holdings, a multi-tiered entrepreneurial group of companies.
We believe that extraordinary success must begin by combining the audacity of innovative thinking with the capability of powerful execution. This is not only a business concept, but the creed by which we live. The IKONIC name was chosen to reflect our dedication to being IKONIC in mindset, knowledge, network, and execution.
This name represents not only the creation, innovation, and investment of our internal team but also with the integration of our expansive and diverse community of highly influential individuals and organizations from around the world that we have brought together for the sole purpose of creating a new chapter in global education.
This ecosystem of highly successful business minds, world leaders, respected educators, and influential media figures has given us the ability to tap into local knowledge, expertise, and resources, while simultaneously adapting to different social, economic, and political environments around the world. This has provided an unparalleled opportunity for rapid growth and expansion and serves as the foundation for our long-term success.
Based on decades of successful business ventures and global initiatives across a variety of sectors, and achievements in the academic industry, we could not think of a better reason to unite our collective power, knowledge, experience, and influence than the goal of empowering the next generation of future leaders and promoting social change through education.
We are ever forward-looking as we embark upon this exciting journey of creating IKONIC Educational Holding to be a game changer in the world of education, empowering extraordinary individuals to make their dreams into reality.
ABOUT
IKONIC Educational Holding, is owned by IKAR Holdings, a distinguished ecosystem of entrepreneurs, innovators, and investors from around the world that spans across a wide variety of industries and sectors. The mission of IKAR Holdings, revolves around the commitment to empower growing business and emerging leaders globally.
IKAR Holdings is a highly distinguished entrepreneurial group, majority owned by entrepreneurial partners. IKAR Holdings, is the mother-ship structure that manages the whole IKAR group of compainies and leads the coordination, development and growth strategies of the various enterprises, investments, services, innovation and support activities.
PORTFOLIO
Al-Khalifa Business School
Ikonic University
Coming Soon…
IKONIC Education Global
IKONIC Angel Ventures Global
Smart Education Global
IKAR Human
IKAR Global Advise
PARTNERS
OUR TEAM
Board Of Directors
Prof. Hassan Diab
Chairman
Prof.Dr. Antonio Almeida Dias
Member
Dr. Joseph Muscat
Member
Dr. Serhat Akpinar
Member
Prof. Ali Burak Daricili
Member
General Shokin Chauhan
Member
Prof. Guido Gianasso
Member
Group Board
Mario Diel
Group CEO
Semih Aycicek
Group CFO
Gino Cüneyt Solak
Chief Investment Officer
Edward Oakden
Group COO
Prof. Lilac Al-Safadi
President IKONIC Education Global
Dr. Ornela Cuci
CEO IKONIC Education Global
Sertan Aycicek
CEO Smart Education Global
Orkun Ibak
Chief Technology Officer
Mehmet Kerem Etkin
CEO IKONIC Angel Ventures Global
SECTORS
IKONIC Education Global Limited, London
With IKONIC Education Global, our goal is to consolidate all our endeavors within the higher education industry. We are concentrating on investments in existing physical universities and the establishment of new online universities. These initiatives will be implemented in diverse regions in the coming years.
Investments in physical Universities
As we want to establish a global education platform through the upcoming years, we want to invest and take equity in existing, physical Universities. This will enable us not only to have equity in physical assets, but more bringing complementary advantages to our group. With this move we have access to an existing pool of students, can offer our own courses, transfer our own lecturers and have also access to promising startup companies. Furthermore, it will allow us to offer exchange courses to our students. In other words, students can apply for online courses as well as physical courses / semesters in various places.
Establishing new Online Universities (IKONIC University)
Online Universities are the future in education. It will allow us, over time, to provide education on a global scale. Our own brand, IKONIC University, is designed to equip future leaders for the world of modern business through our innovative learning platform that honours the timeless legacy of higher education while being at the forefront of new innovation and global connectivity. IKONIC University is based upon a firm commitment to empowering future leaders, entrepreneurs, innovators, and creators around the world -regardless of region, race, religion background, and age. We have united respected educators and elite business owners, and world renowned leaders to create a powerful teaching staff – allowing students to benefit from the knowledge and real-world experience that the most successful minds of our time have to offer.
IKONIC Angel Ventures Global Limited, London
We have established IKONIC Angel Ventures as a platform which provides mentorship and seed capital to young entrepreneurs, recruited from either our own and/or partner Universities.
Smart Education Global Limited, London
Smart Education Global has been established as our operational entity, concentrating on activities outside the scope of higher education. The world of education will totally change. Education will no longer end when successfully completed a university. The desire for continuous education will raise significantly over the next years. But there is also the need for specific education, like Artificial intelligence, but also a huge need for business and entrepreneurial education. This refers especially to emerging markets, where you have a young population which is hungry to establish their own business.
IKAR Human Limited, London
We have established our Human Resources (HR) company, which will solely focus on providing services to young people, and graduates from universities. We are the first HR company in the world which is focusing only on the next generation.
IKAR Global Advise, London
We’ve created IKAR Global Advise as a business platform catering to professors. These professors will not only lecture in our educational entities but also extend their expertise to third-party universities or serve as advisors for governments and other official institutions requiring their specific knowledge in the education sector.
