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The Middle East Retail Forum (MRF) is your crystal ball into the future of retail in the MENA region. As IMAGES Group’s flagship retail storytelling platform, MRF is where the retail revolutionaries converge under one roof to forecast trends, unveil innovations, and set the agenda for tomorrow.
Join us, as MRF returns with its 13th edition and experience #ThePowerOfNext. 
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The 14th IMAGES RetailME Awards embody #ThePowerOfNext. We are set to recognise and honour the retailers who are shaping the future of retail in the Middle East with exceptional customer experiences across all channels, leveraging best practices and cutting-edge innovations throughout the retail value chain.
The 2024 entries for the IMAGES RetailME Awards are now open.
If your retail company or brand has achieved remarkable performance and spearheaded groundbreaking initiatives over the past year, nominate your brand now. Being recognised at the IMAGES RetailME Awards means standing out among industry peers, earning the highest honour and acknowledgement for pioneering excellence.
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The IMAGES RetailME Awards are more than just about winning in a competitive retail market like the Middle East. Serving as a motivational platform, the awards will recognise Retailers/ Technology partners that can demonstrate delivery of outstanding customer experiences to customers across all channels via best practices in tech through the retail value chain. The 2023 entries for Images RetailME Awards are now open. If your retail company or brand attained some creditworthy performance numbers and/or raised the bar with outstanding innovation and pioneering initiatives during the past year, nominate your brand now to be counted among the region’s retail stars.
SPEAKERS 2023
Pamela Lilburne Opie
Pamela has twenty-five years’ experience working with leading home textile and bedding companies including several home and contract linen manufacturers. She has worked with Australia’s largest textile manufacturing group for more than 10 years, as well as with Sheridan Australia and Managed Esprit Homewares for the Middle East.
In 2008 Pamela moved to Dubai to start her own home textiles business, representing quality British and European brands. This company is now called Linen Obsession and is the exclusive distributor of fourteen quality linen brands including Christy England, Ted Baker, Harlequin, Sanderson, Donna Karan, Morris & Co, Kauffmann Sanders of Germany, Velfont from Spain and Bedeck of Belfast.
Pamela Lilburne Opie
CEO & Founder,
Linen Obsession
Udit Mittal
Founder and Managing Director
Unison International Consulting Pvt. Ltd
Bhavesh Morar
Consumer & Retail Industry Leader,
Deloitte
Sabina Mirza-Akhmedova
Chief Operating Officer
Mappable
Mohamed Galal
President & CEO
TSM Mall
Dharmendra Mehta
Group Head E-Commerce,
Lals Group
Erika Blazeviciute Doyle
Founder & Managing Director,
Drink Dry LLC
Seneca Cottom
Head of Sustainability
Alshaya Group
Henrik Winther
Owner,
Tigrus Restaurants
Ahmed Shalash
Vice President - Sky Investment
Charly Pruden
Co-Founder - PAWDEGA
Mahmoud Aladin Ibrahim
CEO and Founder - Egypuppy I Mokai I Bekky Barber
Zahra Abdalla
Founder and Creative Director - Zahra’s Kitchen & Cooking with Zahra
Mete Guney
Executive Vice President, EEMEA - Mastercard Data & Services
Abdelrahman El Hefny
Director - Femex For Import
Ashish Panjabi
COO - Jacky's Retail
Dharmin Ved
CEO - 6th street
Nada Alawi
Founder & Creative Director - Annada
Tom Harvey
General Manager - Commercial - Spinneys
Esam Hafez
CEO - Dalydress DTA Egypt
Jacques Wessel Rheeder
Threads - MD
Ashima Kakar
Co-founder - BottledUp
James Scott
CEO - Grandiose Supermarket
Thomas Lundgren
Founder - THE One
Jamil Haddad
Head of Sustainability - Al Bayader International
Walid Hajj
Co-founder & CEO - Lavoya Group
Ayman Beydoun
COO - BFL Group
Krishna Dhanak
MD - Alpen Capital
Emilia Ohrtmann
Head of Information Technology - GCC - EMILIA OHRTMANN
Adam Docrat
Head of Information Technology - GCC - Aster Retail
Igor Demishev
Co-founder & CTO - Jiffy Software
Bernhard Heiden
CSO & Creative Director - Interstore | Schweitzer
Omeir Kalsekar
CEO - Omniscent, Head of Sales - Rasasi Perfumes
Nick Vinckier
Head of Corporate Innovation - Chalhoub Group
Zeina Akkawi
Publicist and Founder - PAZ Marketing
Nawal El Masri
Founder and CEO - Exhale
Mustafa Khanwala
Founder & CEO - MishiPay
Darine El Sabbagh
MD - GOLDEN SCENT
Anisha Oberoi
CEO & Founder - Secret Skin
Yousef Almawy
VP - Retail - Adyen
Mohamed Galal
Chairman & MD - TSM AlSanad
Ronny Froehlich
Co-Founder - GOLDEN SCENT
Basma Chaieri
Founder - Etika Jewels
Sharique Khan
GM Retail - Rasasi Perfumes
Ella Doskocilova
Founder - Elluna Organic Beauty
Ana Elisa Seixas
Head of Marketing - ASICS
Jodie Thorpe
Founder and MD - Little Birdy Group
Mohammad Alhawari
Founder & CEO - Feel Good Tea Co.
Sayed Habib
Director - Business Development, Franchise and E - Commerce - Danube Home
Mohsen Ahmad
CEO - Logistics - Dubai South
John Strickland
Head of Retail Solutions MEI - Board International
V Nandakumar
Director Marketing and Communications - LuLu Group International
Ksenia Ternyuk
CEO and Founder - Reborn Retail
Sudhir Syal
CBO - Lenskart
Adel Sajan
Managing Director Danube group - Danube Home
Sowmya Iyer
Founder & CEO - DViO Digital
Mark Thomson
Retail Director EMEA - Zebra Technologies
Kishan Palija
CEO - Geekay Group
Toufic Kreidieh
Founding Partner and CEO - Brands For Less
Justina Eitzinger
COO (Host) - Images Group Middle East
Khurshid Vakil
Co-founder - Marina Home
Hozefa Saylawala
Director of Sales - Zebra Technologies
Tapan Vaidya
CEO - PJP Investments Group
Phillip Smith
Group Digital Director - Kamal Osman Jamjoom Group
Naim Maadad
Chief Executive & Founder - Gates Hospitality
Mark Tesseyman
CEO - LIWA Trading Enterprises
Isobel Abulhoul
Co-founder - Magrudy’s
Ahmed Ragab
Group CEO - Baraka Retail Group
Elli Kasbi
Founder & CEO - Elli Junior
Mouna Abbassy
Founder & CEO - IZIL Beauty
Leena Khalil
Co-founder - Mumzworld
Nadine Benchaffai
CEO - Abfab Foods
Mohammad Iqbal Alawi
Board Member & CEO - Red Sea Markets Company
Ibrahim Abudyak
CEO & Co-founder - The Smash Room
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