With his in-depth knowledge of brewing and distillation through the Craft Beverage Institute, alongside his academic pursuit of his MBA degree through LSU, Max endeavors to create a faster, easier, and more user-friendly approach to the beverage creation space with the launch of Inbox Beverage Inc.

In his 30 years’ experience, he has gradually grown his career from roles such as project manager andconstruction manager to CEO and a board member in various industries and countries.

He has experience in working with United Nations agencies and foreign dignitaries, including Prime Ministers, Rulers and Ambassadors.

In the past, Mr. Sawaqed studied Architectural Design in Jordan, and later he obtained a Master’s Degree in Management from Chifley School of Business. Starting his career with a leading architecture firm, Jafar Tuqan and Partners, then George Fuller Corporation, a division of Northrop Corporation. His vast base of company experience include: Wintite Energy Systems in Canada were he has implemented energy efficient programs for commercial buildings for the Government of Canada, Ontario Ministry of Energy. In the 90’s, Mr. Sawaqed moved from Canada to the United States and became a co-founder of AFI Capital, an incubator and a venture capital firm that specializes in early stage, asset management and corporate financing & M&A.

Mr. Sawaqed was a founding member of Rakeen Development UAE, a leading real estate development company. He served as an Executive Committee Member and Board Secretary for Rakeen with a portfolio of projects exceeding 2B USD. He also served as Vice President of Ras Al Khaimah Investment Authority, a government agency and a sovereign fund that has investment in several continents and in various sectors, such as, mining, oil and gas, real estate, industrial and business parks. While there he was instrumental in the planning, structuring and negotiating for free trade zone set-up and off-shore jurisdiction policy of RAK OFFSHORE. He co-arranged for the World Bank investment conference that attracted over 500 Million Dollars of FDI in the first year of launching, additionally he was instrumental in running the investment portfolio strategy in various industry segments and geographical planning.

In spring of 2007, Mr. Sawaqed was also appointed by the Crown Prince and Deputy Ruler with an Emiri Decree to co-chair the office of the executive committee board of RAK CAM “Ras Al Khaimah Centre for Advanced Material” and in working with the top 5 world-renown scientists who constituted the SAB “Scientific Advisory Board” of the center for setting the mission and the business plan of the center.

Then in 2008 became CEO of Oryx Holding, a private equity firm in the UAE. Mr. Sawaqed also became a Managing Director for Consolidated Consultants, RAK, UAE a leading engineering firm that specialize in urban planning and full engineering services.

Mr. Sawaqed was the founder of Renewable Energy Inc, a US corporation, with its subsidiary Spira International, a Vertical Axis Wind Turbine Manufacturer. He also serves as Chairman of EpecoGulf, a water desalination and sewage treatment plant designer and manufacturer. In 2016 he was appointed as a lead for a Royal Court of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan initiative for climate change mitigation and weather modification program and later became the president of PanBuck Jordan, a business advisory firm that offers exclusive service to various government sectors and industries.

Currently Mr. Sawaqed is the CEO of Hedger Ventures, boutique investment banking, PE, asset management, strategic planning and advisory firm.

Transportation, Healthcare, Pumps/Compressors, Water, Alcohol, and Consulting industries.

Anurag has consistently led growth P&L’s in the last 13 years at General Electric (US), Severn Trent (UK), DeNora Water (Italy), IDEX Corporation (USA) & currently at In-Situ Corporation. Concurrently, Anurag has led various M&A due diligence projects for tier 1 private equity firms such as Blackstone, Triton, Platinum, and EQT Partners for assets with valuations ranging from $100m to $3B. Lastly, Anurag serves on the board of directors for Chlorophyll Biofuels India Pvt. Ltd. And Innovative Liquid Technologies USA Pvt. Ltd. 

Anurag has led Service P&Ls ranging from $75m at DeNora to $1.2B service P&L at GE Healthcare and has consistently delivered double-digit annual growth organically in the last ten years. In the process, he effectively doubled the share of wallet from captive customers and acquired new customers globally at low costs via regional commercial and operations excellence.

Anurag is currently utilizing his water and ethanol industry expertise and passion for green energy in developing biofuels and biogas markets in India in the capacity of the board of directors. Anurag is a world-renowned leader in building mature Service and Aftermarket businesses. Anurag holds a Ph.D. in aerospace materials from Canada and is a General Electric-trained six sigma master blackbelt, a lean leader, and a certified product reliability engineer.