CHRIS CHONG | CEO – Retail & Workspace – CapitaLand Investment

Alshaya Group, John Hadden, CEO

Majid Al Futtaim Lifestyle, Fahed Ghanim, CEO

Western Furniture, Mikdad Bhabhrawala, Chief Executive Officer

EROS Group ,Rajat Asthana, COO

Spinneys ,Sunil Kumar ,Chief Executive Officer

Magrudy’s, Isobel Abulhoul, Co-founder

CapitaLand Investment, Chris Chong, CEO, Retail & Workspace

Apparel Group , Neeraj Teckchandani, Group CEO

• Only Ethikal FZE, Deepthi Chandran Joyau, Founder
• The Luxury Closet , Kunal Kapoor, Founder and CEO
• Etika Jewels,Basma Chaieri ,Founder
• Tigrus Restaurant Holding , Henrik Winther, President
• HeroGo,Daniel Solomon, Founder
• Klipit, Venkat Reddy, Founder
• Alshaya Group, Seneca Cottom, Head of Sustainability

• Moderator: Navin Joshua – Founder/Director – GreenHonchos
• The Little Things- Hassan Tamimi, Managing Director
• Project Chaiwala, Justin Joseph,Co-founder
• Mémoire Jewellery, Saeed Ghanem Al Suwaidi, CEO
• Wallace and company, Dennie Wallace, Founder
• Sleep chapter, Mansi Khandelwal, Founder
• IntiCo, Keba A. SOW, Director – EMEA Division

Moderator : Zebra Technologies, Hozefa Saylawala, Regional Sales Director-Mesta

GMG, Vishal Kapil , Group CIO

Jacky’s Retail LLC, ASHISH PANJABI, Chief Operating Officer

Aster DM Healthcare, Veneeth Purushotaman, Group Chief Information Officer

Barakat Group of Companies, Jayaraj Perumalsamy, Group Head of Information Technology & Digital Transformation (CIO)

AFG, Kartik Bhatt , Chief Digital Officer

Khimji Ramdas Group , Sanjeev Madavi, Group Chief Digital Transformation Officer

Mappable, Sabina Mirza-Akhmedova, Chief Operating Officer

Moderator – Aster Retail GCC, Adam Docrat, Head of Information Technology

Lulu Group International , Alfred James, Deputy General Manager Group E-Commerce

Golden Scent , Darine El Sabbagh, Managing Director

Lals Group ,Dharmendra Mehta, Group Head E-Commerce

FNP.ae ,Rajesh Kumar,CEO – GCC & SEA

HOMIEZ.ME, SADEQ ABDULRASOOL, CHIEF DIGITAL OFFICER

Campus Sutra , Dhiraj Agarwal, CEO and Co-Founder

Moderator : Joseph Sam CEO at www.ikkis.in and Wrap Art & Design and Advisor at, Unison International Consulting

Campus Activewear Ltd , Ambika Wadhwa, Country Head – HR

GMG, Varun Garg, EX – Vice President Human Resources

Apparel Group, Anshuman Anand, CEO of R&B (KSA) & Vice President

GMG Group ,Simon Smith, Ex- Senior Vice President

Udit Mittal , Founder and Managing Director, Unison International

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ViSenze, Oliver Tan, CEO and Co-Founder

-RAW Coffee Company, Kim Thompson, Co-Owner & Managing Director

-House of Pops, Mazen Kanaan, Co-Founder and CEO

-Linen Obsession , Pamela Opie, CEO & Founder

– MissPalettable, Mukta Purain, Founder

– Drink Dry LLC- Erika Blazeviciute Doyle, Founder & Managing Director

Adyen, Thomas Niens: VP Business Development Middle East

-Chattels & More,Adrian Shaw, CEO

– Dresos , Vladimir Radojevic, Co-Founder and CEO

– Red Sea Markets Company, Mohammad Alawi, Chairman of the executive committee

– GIAN PAOLO BIASOTTO | CO-FOUNDER VISION INDUSTRY & MANAGING DIRECTOR OPTITALIA GROUP – Retail and Direct Channels

-Board International, John Strickland, Retail Leader NEMEA

– Cenomi Retail, Dr Günther Helm, CEO

– Being Human Clothing, Sanjeev Rao, CEO

-Landmark Group,Amit Maheshwari , Head of E-Commerce

-Exhale- Nawal Masri – Founder

– Baraka Retail Group, Ahmed Ragab, Group CEO

– Infotek Software & Systems, Ashim A Patil , MD & CEO

• The Reborn Society, Zeynab El-Helw, Founder

• Danube Home, Sayed Habib, Director

-PJP Investments Group, Tapan Vaidya, CEO

-Gates Hospitality, Naim Maadad, Chief Executive and Founder

-Bateel International LLC ,Duncan Muir – Senior Director of F&B and Retail

-Nando’s UAE , George Kunnappally, Managing Director

– Atelier House Hospitality, Panchali Mahendra, Managing Director

– Genie, Emily Roberts, Associate Director

Moderator : Heriot-Watt University Dubai, Stavroula Kalogeras, Assistant Professor

Ajmal Perfumes Group, Dr Sahitya Chaturvedi – Head of Retail Accounts & Finance

-Chattels & More, Tejasvi Duvuri , Head of Buying

-TSM Mall, Mohamed Galal, President & CEO

-Lighthouse Middle East, Aayat Khan, COO

-Hearty Mart , Vajir Ali Momin, Group CEO and MD

-COÉGA Sunwear, Maureen Hall , Founder and CEO

-Al Hokair Group, Mohamed Attia, General Manager, Entertainment Division

-Sotheby’s , Paul Redmayne Senior Vice President – Luxury Sales