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# Middle East Retail Forum (MRF) 2026

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- [Deliver change the tech way](https://middleeastretailforum.com/deliver-change-the-tech-way/) - Deliver change the tech way Technology is redefining the way retail function. Both internally as well as externally for the customer facing narrative, technology is the highlight that is pushing growth for retailers across offline and online. But, Tech implementations are always followed with questions on ROI and other such result-oriented discussions. But today along with
- [AI Trends To Redefine Retail](https://middleeastretailforum.com/ai-trends-to-redefine-retail/) - AI Trends To Redefine Retail AI Tools For ChangeArtificial intelligence and its advent into the business landscape has helped shape varied aspects of business and under its influence several key functions have grown and become streamlined. The AI buzz is growing, and it is taking over every aspect of business including retail. Let’s try to
- [Social commerce rules shopping decisions](https://middleeastretailforum.com/social-commerce-rules-shopping-decisions/) - Social commerce rules shopping decisions Social Media I E-commerceAccording to reports, about 98% of customers today choose the convenience of social media when shopping. The idea is to shop in a click while browsing your favourite content and never losing touch with #What’sTrending.Socially conscious consumers seek value and with social commerce they look to find
- [Retailing with purpose](https://middleeastretailforum.com/retailing-with-purpose/) - Retailing with purpose Purpose-driven retail is a buzzword today and has been interpreted and considered in varied ways. However, being purposeful in retail does not only mean conscious consumerism. The idea of purpose-driven retail way beyond the aspects of consumerism and can reflect on strategies and plans too. Let me talk about being purposeful, responsible, and
- [Keeping an eye on Futuristic Retail Trends](https://middleeastretailforum.com/keeping-an-eye-on-futuristic-retail-trends/) - Keeping an eye on Futuristic Retail Trends Retail I Future outlookRetail is undergoing a big change riding on evolving customer needs. Moreover, since the pandemic, the industry has evolved keeping pace with the growing customer demands. But at this juncture it is important to identify the critical trends of shopping and therefore understand how the

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- [MRF 2026](https://middleeastretailforum.com/mrf-2026/) - September 16, 2026 JW Marriott Hotel Marina, Dubai Building the Next Blueprint Buy Your Delegate Pass Download Brochure About MRF Building the Next Blueprint The Middle East has never been short on ambition.But ambition, right now, looks different.The region’s retail industry is taking a step back. Not a retreat.But a deliberate reckoning.To rethink the foundations,
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- [Agenda 2025](https://middleeastretailforum.com/agenda-2025/) - AGENDA 2025 THE FUTURE OF RETAIL IS BEING WRITTEN. THE AGENDA THAT HARNESSES #THEPOWEROFNEXT >>> What’s Next Is Coming. The 2025 MRF Agenda is in the Making — Stay Tuned. Click here to Download 10 OCTOBER 2023 26 September 2024 26 September 2024 26 September 2024 10:20 10:20 #NextGrowthBlueprint Explore the blueprint for strategic retail
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- [Conference Registration](https://middleeastretailforum.com/conference-registration/) - Conference Registration Delegate Fee FOR NON RETAILERS FOR RETAILERS NON RETAILERS PASS Conference Delegate Pass $ 1000 + VAT Includes All access to the Conference, Visit to Exhibition with Networking Lunch Purchase Delegate Pass Gala Pass Delegate Pass $ 1000 + VAT Entry to the RetailMe Awards followed by Cocktails and Gala Dinner Purchase Delegate
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- [Nomination Process](https://middleeastretailforum.com/nomination-process/) - NOMINATION PROCESS IMAGES RetailME Awards 2025 Recognizing Excellence in MENA Retail Awards Ceremony: 3rd September 2025 (Assessment Period: 1st August 2024 – 1st July 2025) The IMAGES RetailME Awards nomination categories and entry details are announced through the MRF websites, magazine ads, a personalized electronic campaign and tele-calling to prospective nominees in all proposed categories.Awards
- [Award Categories](https://middleeastretailforum.com/award-categories/) - IMAGES RetailME Most Admired Brand Campaign of the Year Eligibility: The nominations in this category will demonstrate how the retail brand campaign has met the demands of consistent messaging across different media channels. The honour will recognize marketing or advertising campaigns undertaken by retailers employing a highly creative and innovative approach across multiple channels that
- [Speakers 2025](https://middleeastretailforum.com/speakers-2025/) - SPEAKERS 2025 [lgxlogoslider id="17195" New Voices Onboard IMAGES RetailME Townhall Participants
- [Jury 2025](https://middleeastretailforum.com/jury-2025/) - Our All-Star Jury Panel for 2025
- [About MRF](https://middleeastretailforum.com/about-mrf/) - About MRF Be a part of the conversation. Be a part of what’s next. Next Starts Here The Middle East Retail Forum (MRF) is where the future of retail isn’t predicted — it’s experienced. As IMAGES RetailME’s flagship platform for retail conversations, the 14th Edition of MRF 2025 brings together the region’s sharpest minds and
- [MRF 2024 Panel Videos Archive](https://middleeastretailforum.com/mrf-2024-panel-videos-archive/) - Panel Videos Archive
- [Awards](https://middleeastretailforum.com/awards/) - IMAGES RetailME Awards 2025 – Celebrating Retail Excellence View Awards Categories The annual IMAGES RetailME Awards, held alongside the Middle East Retail Forum (MRF), serves as a prestigious platform to acknowledge and honour the outstanding achievements of top retail organisations and brands within the Middle East region.Setting industry standards, these honours specifically recognize retailers who
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- [Speakers Over The Years](https://middleeastretailforum.com/speakers-over-the-years/) - Speakers Over The Years SPEAKERS 2024 SPEAKERS 2023 SPEAKERS 2022 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 -
- [Thank You](https://middleeastretailforum.com/thank-you/) - Thank You! For your interest in the Middle East Retail Forum 2025. You may complete your purchase below. MRF TICKETS There are two categories for delegate registration- Retailer and Non- Retailer. Registrations under the wrong categories, whether intentional or accidental, will be forfeited without refunds. MRF 2024Conference Only PassConference + Gala Awards PassFor Retailer(E-Commerce D2C
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- [Speakers 2024](https://middleeastretailforum.com/speakers-2024/) - SPEAKERS 2024 New Voices Onboard
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- [Gala Pass LP](https://middleeastretailforum.com/gala-pass-lp/) - The Power of Next. The Power Of Next 26 SEPTEMBER 2024 JW MARRIOTT HOTEL, MARINA, DUBAI The Oscars of Retail is Almost Here! Get ready for the most anticipated event in the retail calendar! We’re thrilled to announce that the #OscarsOfRetail, the RetailME Awards, is just around the corner, and it promises to be an
- [MRF24 Exhibitor](https://middleeastretailforum.com/mrf24-exhibitor/) - The Power of Next. The Power Of Next 26 SEPTEMBER 2024 JW MARRIOTT HOTEL, MARINA, DUBAI Be a part of the conversation. Be a part of what’s next. Be a part of MRF. Largest Retail Intelligence Event of UAE Largest Retail Intelligence Event of UAE Demonstrate thought leadership to key decision-makersPromote products and services to
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- [Agenda 2024](https://middleeastretailforum.com/agenda-2024/) - AGENDA 2024 THE FUTURE OF RETAIL IS BEING WRITTEN. THE AGENDA THAT HARNESSES #THEPOWEROFNEXT >>> IS COMING SOON. The Focus On Next MRF 2024 EXPLORES THE PIVOTAL TOPICS THAT WILL SHAPE THE FUTURE OF RETAIL IN MENA AND BEYOND 10 OCTOBER 2023 26 September 2024 26 September 2024 26 September 2024 10:20 10:20 #NextGrowthBlueprint Explore
- [Partners 2024](https://middleeastretailforum.com/partners-2024/) - PARTNERS 2024 Explore the exciting world of futuristic retail technology at the Middle East Retail Forum (MRF) 2024. Join us at this leading knowledge- sharing platform where we bring together entrepreneurs, industry leaders, innovators, and experts to delve into the latest trends and advancements reshaping the retail landscape. PHYGITAL COMMERCE PARTNER RETAIL TECH PARTNER KNOWLEDGE
- [Jury 2024](https://middleeastretailforum.com/jury-2024/) - Anthony Spary CBRE MENA Phone: Head of Retail Anurag Bajpai KPMG Phone: Partner / Head of Consumer & Retail HOZEFA SAYLAWALA Zebra Technologies Europe Limited Phone: Director of Sales Middle East Khadija Al Bastaki Dubai Design District Phone: Senior Vice President Laila Mohamed Suhail Dubai Department of Economy and Tourism (DET) Phone: Chief Executive Officer
- [Jury 2023](https://middleeastretailforum.com/jury-2023/) - Alpay Akdemir Mastercard : Principal - Retail & Commerce EEMEA, Anurag Bajpai Head of Consumer & Retail, KPMG : Partner, Anurag is a Partner with KPMG in the Lower Gulf. He also leads KPMG’s Consumer & Retail sector in the region, with over 26 years of experience of working with clients, largely in the consumer
- [Agenda 2023](https://middleeastretailforum.com/agenda-2023/) - AGENDA 2023 Your Access To the Future of Retail Innovate. Collaborate. Transform 10 OCTOBER 2023 26 September 2024 26 September 2024 26 September 2024 10:20 10:20 #NextGrowthBlueprint Explore the blueprint for strategic retail growth, unlocking future market prospects and paving the way for next-level success. 10:28 10:28 #ShapingTheNextPowerhouse Explore how visionary retail leaders are shaping
- [Agenda 2020](https://middleeastretailforum.com/agenda-2020/) - Agenda 2020
- [Post Show Report 2020](https://middleeastretailforum.com/post-show-report-2020/) - Post Show Report 2020
- [Agenda 2021](https://middleeastretailforum.com/agenda-2021/) - Agenda 2021
- [Post Show Report 2021](https://middleeastretailforum.com/post-show-report-2021/) - Post Show Report 2021
- [AGENDA 2022](https://middleeastretailforum.com/agenda-2022/) - AGENDA 2022
- [MRF 2022 Post Show Report](https://middleeastretailforum.com/mrf-2022-post-show-report/) - POST SHOW REPORT 2022
- [MRF 2023 Post Show Report](https://middleeastretailforum.com/mrf-2023-post-show-report/) - POST SHOW REPORT 2023
- [Companies over the years](https://middleeastretailforum.com/companies-over-the-years/) - Companies over the years
- [MRF 2014 Video Gallery](https://middleeastretailforum.com/mrf-2014-video-gallery/) - MRF 2014 Video Gallery Day 1 2 MAIN HALL 06 Day 1 Vishal Pande What Women Want-The Biggest Influencers in Retail The Next Gen CEO Agenda Day 1 Omnichannel Brick Meets Clicks Retail Business Owners and CEO's Conclave- Middle East Retail Forum-2014 Marketing Constant Evolution- Create Compelling Brand Experiences Big Data and CRM- Moving Towards
- [Agenda 2014](https://middleeastretailforum.com/agenda-2014/) - Agenda 2014 Conference Agenda-2014 Reinventing retail growth in the Middle East“The annual Middle East Retail Forum (MRF) is the region’s most awaited retail event. The largest gathering of ideas, innovations, concepts and minds in the business of retailing, this two-day event, will see who’s who of the retail industry discussing key issues facing the retail
- [Photo Gallery 2014](https://middleeastretailforum.com/photo-gallery-2014/) - MRF 2014 Photo Gallery Awards Conference Exhibition
- [PARTNERS 2014](https://middleeastretailforum.com/partners-2014/) - Partners 2014 INTERNATIONAL LULU GROUP Lulu Group International with an annual turnover of over US$ 6.5 billion is one of the most aggressively expanding retail player in the region. Lulu hypermarkets, the flagship brand of the group today controls almost 33% of the organized grocery retail sector of the region with 119 stores spread across
- [PARTNERS 2015](https://middleeastretailforum.com/partners-2015/) - Partners 2015 INTERNATIONAL LULU GROUP Lulu Group International with an annual turnover of over US$ 6.5 billion is one of the most aggressively expanding retail player in the region. Lulu hypermarkets, the flagship brand of the group today controls almost 33% of the organized grocery retail sector of the region with 119 stores spread across
- [Agenda 2015](https://middleeastretailforum.com/agenda-2015/) - Agenda 2015
- [MRF 2015 Video Gallery](https://middleeastretailforum.com/mrf-2015-video-gallery/) - MRF 2015 Video Gallery Nasif Kayed, Managing Director, Sheikh Mohammed Centre for Cultural Understanding Shailen Shukla, Head – Logistics Division, Jumbo Electronics Co. Ltd Middle East Retail Forum 2015 - Retail Business Owners & CEOs Conclave Part-1 Middle East Retail Forum 2015 - Retail Business Owners & CEOs Conclave Part - 2 Middle East Retail
- [Photo Gallery 2015](https://middleeastretailforum.com/photo-gallery-2015/) - MRF 2015 Photo Gallery Awards Logistics Conclave Marketing Conclave Networking Retail Design Conclave Shopping Mall Conclave
- [Partners 2016](https://middleeastretailforum.com/partners-2016/) - Partners 2016 Event Partners 2016 LuLu Group International Lulu Group International with an annual turnover of over US$ 6.5 billion is one of the most aggressively expanding retail player in the region. Lulu hypermarkets, the flagship brand of the group today controls almost 33% of the organized grocery retail sector of the region with 119
- [MRF 2016 Video Gallery](https://middleeastretailforum.com/mrf-2016-video-gallery/) - MRF 2016 Video Gallery Ziad Alqufaidi - Managing Director- ENOC Retail Ziad Alqufaidi - Managing Director- ENOC Retail Rajiv Suri - CEO- Majid Al Futtaim Fashion Paul Kenny - Partner- Emerge Ventures Nick Peel - CEO- Marka PJSC Natasha Rockstrom - Innovator - Mzero.one Cyrille Fabre - Partner - Bain & Company Dubai Eyad Alkassar
- [Photo Gallery 2016](https://middleeastretailforum.com/photo-gallery-2016/) - MRF 2016 Photo Gallery Awards Convenience, Choice, Customer Experience 3Cs To Delight Customers Creating Retail Destinations Of The Future Cyrille Fabre, Partner, Bain & Company Dubai Love For Food Grows. Bon Appetite! Mohammad Alawi, CEO, Red Sea Markets Co Networking Refresh, Recharge, Reinvent Or Die! Retail Business Owners & CEOs Conclave Shafeena Yusuffali, CEO, Tablez
- [Agenda 2016](https://middleeastretailforum.com/agenda-2016/) - Agenda 2016
- [PARTNERS 2017](https://middleeastretailforum.com/partners-2017/) - Partners 2017 OUR PARTNERS NETWORK PLATINUM PARTNERS Dubai Economy The Business Excellence Department in Dubai Economy, undertakes and promotes several key programmes and awards – including the Dubai Quality Award, Dubai Human Development Award, Dubai Service Excellence Scheme and Global Islamic Business Award and key initiatives like the Best Practices & Benchmarking Forum, DSES Bazaar,
- [Photo Gallery 2017](https://middleeastretailforum.com/photo-gallery-2017/) - MRF 2017 Photo Gallery Audience Boston Consulting Group – Arun Bruce Retail Business Owners & CEOs Conclave – Audience & Roundtable Shots Spotlight On New Retail Gateways For The Middle East Dream Big Enjy Kiwan Entrepreneurship GCC Startup Retail Incubator Generic Venue Morten Kirch Mukul Bafana Audience Shots & Individual Shots Retail 360 Debating Formats
- [Agenda 2017](https://middleeastretailforum.com/agenda-2017/) - Agenda 2017
- [ABOUT MIDDLE EAST RETAIL FORUM 2018](https://middleeastretailforum.com/about-middle-east-retail-forum-2018/) - ABOUT MIDDLE EAST RETAIL FORUM 2018 Theme : Physical meets digital: Rethinking retail with the online-offline convergence Retail will become stronger, channel agnostic and more agile to adapt to rapid, disruptive, changes. Stores will become inspirational spaces, morphed into lively, immersive environments. Retailers will engage with consumers differently, interacting with them at their preferred touchpoints.
- [Awards Jury 2018](https://middleeastretailforum.com/awards-jury2018/) - AWARDS JURY 2018 AWARDS JURY 2018 Adel Belcaid, Principal, AT Kearney Middle East Adel Belcaid is a principal with AT Kearney’s CMT practice, based in Dubai. Belcaid has over 18 years of strategy and operational experience acquired through various engagements in the Middle East, Europe and the US. He advises corporations, regulators and government agencies
- [Awards 2018](https://middleeastretailforum.com/awards-2018/) - Awards 2018 IMAGES RETAILME AWARDS 2018 CATEGORIES Please understand the criteria before you select your category. The judges will require evidence of success achieved during theassessment period – August 1, 2017, to July 31, 2018. Most Admired Brand Campaign of the Year : Retailers can nominate one or more of their outstanding retail brand campaigns executed
- [Agenda 2018](https://middleeastretailforum.com/agenda-2018/) - Agenda 2018
- [Media Coverage 2019](https://middleeastretailforum.com/media-coverage-2019/) - Media Coverage 2019 Media Coverage 2019 Retailers need to adapt to new shopper buying patterns Retailers across the UAE and the GCC need to ensure that they are ahead of the curve by focusing on the needs of their customers, especially when it comes to their online purchasing and spending habits, experts at the eighth
- [MRF 2019 Photo Gallery](https://middleeastretailforum.com/mrf-2019-photo-gallery/) - MRF 2019 Photo Gallery MIDDLE EAST RETAIL FORUM RETAILME AWARDS
- [Agenda 2019](https://middleeastretailforum.com/agenda-2019/) - Agenda 2019
- [MRF 2019 Video Gallery](https://middleeastretailforum.com/mrf-2019-video-gallery/) - MRF 2019 Video Gallery MRF 2019| Session Highlights MRF 2019 | SOLOs Stories, Opinions, Learnings, Outcomes MRF 2019 | Start-Up Concalve MRF 2019 | Tech Talks MRF 2019 | SOLOs Stories, Opinions, Learnings, Outcomes MRF 2019 | Report Release MRF 2019 | Panel Discussions MRF 2019 | Panel Discussions MRF 2019 | Keynote Session MRF
- [Speakers 2019](https://middleeastretailforum.com/speakers-2019/) - SPEAKERS 2019 Abdul Kader Saadi Managing Director - Glee Hospitality Solutions Having graduated from Les Roches Hotel Management School in Switzerland, Abdul Kader Saadi joined the Sogeres company, part of a leading catering group. He spent over six years with the company in Paris. Moving back to the UK in 2001 Saadi joined the MARC
- [Post Show Report 2019](https://middleeastretailforum.com/post-show-report-2019/) - Post Show Report 2019
- [PARTNERS 2020](https://middleeastretailforum.com/partners-2020/) - Partners 2020 PREFERRED PARTNERS ABOUT SEMNOX Semnox is a leading provider of customized holistic solutions for the global entertainment and leisure industry. Our clients include theme parks, adventure parks, water parks, family entertainment centers (FECs)/arcades, food courts/restaurants, health clubs and gyms. Our specialties include innovative solutions (RFID/Barcode/QRCode/fingerprint-based) for ticketing and cashless operations, self-service kiosks, customer
- [Speakers 2020](https://middleeastretailforum.com/speakers-2020/) - SPEAKERS 2020 Ahmed Ragab Group CEO - Baraka Retail Group Ahmed Ragab Group CEO - Baraka Retail Group Amitabh Taneja Chairman & Managing Director - Images Group Amitabh Taneja Chairman & Managing Director - Images Group Andrew Smith Regional Director - Ayton Global Research Andrew Smith is the Regional Director for Ayton Global Research. When
- [RETAILME AWARDS WINNERS 2021](https://middleeastretailforum.com/retailme-awards-winners-2021/) - RETAILME AWARDS WINNERS 2021
- [PARTNERS 2021](https://middleeastretailforum.com/partners-2021/) - Partners 2021 PLATINUM PARTNER ABOUT DUBAI OUTLET MALL Dubai Outlet Mall is the first ‘Outlet’ concept mall in the MENA region. Home to over 1300 of the world’s top premium and luxury labels in over 240 stores. Dubai Outlet Mall has always lead retail innovation through various propositions. Now, more than ever innovation through developing
- [Speakers 2021](https://middleeastretailforum.com/speakers-2021/) - SPEAKERS 2021 Ahmad AR BinDawood CEO - BinDawood Holding Ahmad AR BinDawood CEO - BinDawood Holding Ahmed Ragab Group CEO - Baraka Retail Group Ahmed Ragab Group CEO - Baraka Retail Group Amina Flaifel Head of Real Estate - Alhokair Fashion Retail Amina Flaifel Head of Real Estate - Alhokair Fashion Retail Ashish Panjabi COO
- [PARTNERS 2022](https://middleeastretailforum.com/partners-2022/) - Partners 2021 PLATINUM PARTNER Mastercard Mastercard’s offerings go beyond the transaction. We provide customers across industries and geographies with a tailored portfolio of solutions to address their business pain points. By harnessing the power of our real-time, anonymized and aggregated transaction data, powerful software platforms and wealth of expertise, we empower customers to unlock a
- [Speakers 2022](https://middleeastretailforum.com/speakers-2022/) - SPEAKERS 2022 Abdelrahman El Hefny Director - Femex For Import Abdelrahman El Hefny Director - Femex For Import Adam Docrat Head of Information Technology - GCC - Aster Retail Adam Docrat Head of Information Technology - GCC - Aster Retail Adel Sajan Managing Director Danube group - Danube Home Adel Sajan Managing Director Danube group
- [Photo Gallery 2023](https://middleeastretailforum.com/photo-gallery-2023/) - MRF 2023 PHOTO GALLERY
- [Partners 2023](https://middleeastretailforum.com/partners-2023/) - PARTNERS 2023 Explore the exciting world of futuristic retail technology at the Middle East Retail Forum (MRF) 2023. Join us at this leading knowledge- sharing platform where we bring together entrepreneurs, industry leaders, innovators, and experts to delve into the latest trends and advancements reshaping the retail landscape. DATA ANALYTICS PARTNER OFFICIAL REAL ESTATE PARTNER
- [Speakers 2023](https://middleeastretailforum.com/speakers-2023/) - SPEAKERS 2023 Kim Thompson RAW Coffee Company : Owner and Managing Director, Mazen Kanaan House of Pops : Co-Founder & CEO, Kunal Kapoor The Luxury Closet : Founder and CEO, Founded in 2012 in the bustling city of Dubai as a three-member team, The Luxury Closet is built on the firm foundation of circularity, authenticity,
- [About IMAGES Group](https://middleeastretailforum.com/about-images-group/) - About IMAGES Group Since its inception in 1992, IMAGES Group has evolved into India’s most prolific and influential disseminator of retail intelligence. Recognised by Indian and international retail communities through its B2B Magazines, Conferences, Exhibitions, Research Reports and Web Portals, the IMAGES Group is the largest retail intelligence organization in South Asia and the Middle
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- [India Pavilion](https://middleeastretailforum.com/india-pavilion/) - Showcase your Retail Tech innovation on the global stage India Pavilion At MRF 2023 India Pavilion Helps retailers understand the world of technology by presenting numerous opportunities for both retailers and technology providers.The India Pavilion at MRF provides exhibitors with an avenue to showcase their retail tech solutions to a diverse and growing market. It
- [Awardees](https://middleeastretailforum.com/awardees/)
- [RetailME Awards - Nominations Fee](https://middleeastretailforum.com/retailme-awards-nominations-fee/) - RetailME Awards - Nominations Please fill in details to book your ticket "*" indicates required fields URLThis field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. Please fill in details to book your nominations Full Name*Company*Designation*Email ID* Mobile Number*Billing details Street Address City State / Province / Region ZIP / Postal Code Country Please
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- [Yahyah Pandor](https://middleeastretailforum.com/member/yahyah-pandor/) - Yahyah Pandor holds the position of Regional lead in the region for global Blue Yonder, leader in supply chain platforms for retailers globally. Yahyah is responsible for overseeing customer requirements and meeting those needs, partner enablement, Go To Market strategies and driving the revolution of AI with Blue Yonder in the Supply Chain domain. With
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- [Mrunal Khimji](https://middleeastretailforum.com/member/mrunal-khimji/) - Mrunal Khimji, the dynamic force behind Mrunal’s Boutique, is a distinguished designer and business owner whose academic journey in Jewellery Design at the Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, laid the groundwork for her illustrious career. Her professional tenure at notable firms like New York-based Rosy Blue and their partner in India, Intergold, further honed
- [Vikas Chadha](https://middleeastretailforum.com/member/vikas-chadha/) - Vikas Chadha joined Jumbo Electronics as its Chief Executive Officer (CEO) in October 2021. With over 31 years of experience working among leading global technology companies, Vikas’s role focuses on leading Jumbo through a transition of growth across the UAE and GCC supporting Jumbo’s businesses, Customers, Partners, and Employees. Prior to joining Jumbo, Vikas held
- [Roberts Bendins](https://middleeastretailforum.com/member/roberts-bendins/) - Currently leading Nana Hyper department with a background in e-grocery startups and B2B E-commerce software sales and implementation. I bring deep insights into the fast-paced online grocery delivery industry. My experience in quick commerce has sharpened my skills in speed and efficiency, while my work in e-commerce has equipped me with expertise in inventory management,
- [Hameed Noor Mohamed](https://middleeastretailforum.com/member/hameed-noor-mohamed/) - Hameed Noor Mohamed is responsible for structuring and raising finance in the commercial and capital markets. He also specializes in raising impact and development finance in emerging markets with an emphasis on ESG initiatives. Hameed has over 30 years of experience in the Financial Services and Banking Industry. He specializes in navigating the complex regulatory
- [Sunil</br> Kumar](https://middleeastretailforum.com/member/sunil-kumar-2/)
- [Amir Mohamed Ali Zweil](https://middleeastretailforum.com/member/amir-mohamed-ali-zweil/)
- [Gaurav Mahajan](https://middleeastretailforum.com/member/gaurav-mahajan/)
- [Hassan Tamimi](https://middleeastretailforum.com/member/hassan-tamimi-2/)
- [Khadija Al Bastaki](https://middleeastretailforum.com/member/khadija-al-bastaki-2/)
- [Ana Elisa Seixas](https://middleeastretailforum.com/member/ana-elisa-seixas/)
- [Akshay</br> Rao](https://middleeastretailforum.com/member/akshay-rao/)
- [Vishal</br> Kapil](https://middleeastretailforum.com/member/vishal-kapil-2/)
- [Maria</br> Pavani](https://middleeastretailforum.com/member/maria-pavani/)
- [Doaa</br> Gawish](https://middleeastretailforum.com/member/doaa-gawish/)
- [Ashutosh Chakradeo](https://middleeastretailforum.com/member/ashutosh-chakradeo/)
- [Bappaditya Banerjee](https://middleeastretailforum.com/member/bappaditya-banerjee/)
- [Anthony Spary](https://middleeastretailforum.com/member/anthony-spary/)
- [Anurag Bajpai](https://middleeastretailforum.com/member/anurag-bajpai-3/)
- [Laila Mohamed Suhail](https://middleeastretailforum.com/member/laila-mohamed-suhail/)
- [Mohammad Alawi](https://middleeastretailforum.com/member/mohammad-alawi-4/)
- [May Kanounji](https://middleeastretailforum.com/member/may-kanounji/)
- [Eng. Faisal bin Abdulrahman Al-Nasser](https://middleeastretailforum.com/member/eng-faisal-bin-abdulrahman-al-nasser/)
- [Sadique Ahmed](https://middleeastretailforum.com/member/sadique-ahmed/)
- [HOZEFA SAYLAWALA](https://middleeastretailforum.com/member/hozefa-saylawala-3/)
- [TAMANNA PADHI](https://middleeastretailforum.com/member/tamanna-padhi/)
- [RAVI DHAR](https://middleeastretailforum.com/member/ravi-dhar-2/)
- [MOHAMMED DHEDHI](https://middleeastretailforum.com/member/mohammed-dhedhi/)
- [MOHAMMAD ALAWI](https://middleeastretailforum.com/member/mohammad-alawi-3/)
- [Aurelien Cuellar](https://middleeastretailforum.com/member/aurelien-cuellar/)
- [Ibrahim Abudyak](https://middleeastretailforum.com/member/ibrahim-abudyak/)
- [Stuart Henwood](https://middleeastretailforum.com/member/stuart-henwood/)
- [Kartik Bhatt](https://middleeastretailforum.com/member/kartik-bhatt/)
- [Maurizio Fabbrini](https://middleeastretailforum.com/member/maurizio-fabbrini/)
- [Tasleem Arif](https://middleeastretailforum.com/member/tasleem-arif/)
- [Varun Garg](https://middleeastretailforum.com/member/varun-garg/)
- [Bhavesh Morar](https://middleeastretailforum.com/member/bhavesh-morar/)
- [Joerg Meiser](https://middleeastretailforum.com/member/joerg-meiser/)
- [Nicolas Boussand](https://middleeastretailforum.com/member/nicolas-boussand/)
- [Mustafa Khanwala](https://middleeastretailforum.com/member/mustafa-khanwala/)
- [Dr Sahitya Chaturvedi](https://middleeastretailforum.com/member/dr-sahitya-chaturvedi/)
- [Dr. Stavroula Kalogeras](https://middleeastretailforum.com/member/stavroula-kalogeras/)
- [Dr. Naim Maadad](https://middleeastretailforum.com/member/naim-maadad/)
- [Halim Atallah](https://middleeastretailforum.com/member/halim-atallah/)
- [Sareesh Polassery](https://middleeastretailforum.com/member/sareesh-polassery/)
- [Ahmad Yousuf](https://middleeastretailforum.com/member/ahmad-yousuf/)
- [Udit Mittal](https://middleeastretailforum.com/member/udit-mittal/)
- [Driss IZIKI](https://middleeastretailforum.com/member/driss-iziki/)
- [K Ram Sudhirr](https://middleeastretailforum.com/member/k-ram-sudhirr/)
- [Vic Bageria](https://middleeastretailforum.com/member/vic-bageria/)
- [Joseph Sam](https://middleeastretailforum.com/member/joseph-sam/)
- [Mohamed Alsayed](https://middleeastretailforum.com/member/mohamed-alsayed/)
- [Parul Arora](https://middleeastretailforum.com/member/parul-arora/)
- [Paul Redmayne](https://middleeastretailforum.com/member/paul-redmayne/)
- [John Strickland](https://middleeastretailforum.com/member/john-strickland/)
- [Rachid Labrik](https://middleeastretailforum.com/member/rachid-labrik/)
- [Seneca Cottom](https://middleeastretailforum.com/member/seneca-cottom/)
- [Oliver Tan](https://middleeastretailforum.com/member/oliver-tan/)
- [Chris Chong](https://middleeastretailforum.com/member/chris-chong/)
- [Navin Joshua](https://middleeastretailforum.com/member/navin-joshua/)
- [Emily Roberts](https://middleeastretailforum.com/member/emily-roberts/)
- [Anshuman Anand](https://middleeastretailforum.com/member/anshuman-anand/)
- [Ambika Wadhwa](https://middleeastretailforum.com/member/ambika-wadhwa/)
- [Mohamed Attia](https://middleeastretailforum.com/member/mohamed-attia/)
- [Sayed Habib](https://middleeastretailforum.com/member/sayed-habib/)
- [Panchali Mahendra](https://middleeastretailforum.com/member/panchali-mahendra/)
- [Dr Günther Helm](https://middleeastretailforum.com/member/dr-gunther-helm/)
- [Hozefa Saylawala](https://middleeastretailforum.com/member/hozefa-saylawala-2/)
- [Justin Joseph](https://middleeastretailforum.com/member/justin-joseph/)
- [Venkat Reddy](https://middleeastretailforum.com/member/venkat-reddy/)
- [Sabina Mirza-Akhmedova](https://middleeastretailforum.com/member/sabina-mirza-akhmedova/)
- [Sanjeev Rao](https://middleeastretailforum.com/member/sanjeev-rao/)
- [Dennie Wallace](https://middleeastretailforum.com/member/dennie-wallace/)
- [Isobel Abulhoul](https://middleeastretailforum.com/member/isobel-abulhoul/)
- [Gian Paolo Biasotto](https://middleeastretailforum.com/member/gian-paolo-biasotto/)
- [Sanjeev Madavi](https://middleeastretailforum.com/member/sanjeev-madavi/)
- [Saeed Ghanem Al Suwaidi](https://middleeastretailforum.com/member/saeed-ghanem-al-suwaidi/)
- [Hozefa Saylawala](https://middleeastretailforum.com/member/hozefa-saylawala/)
- [Maureen Hall](https://middleeastretailforum.com/member/maureen-hall/)
- [Mohamed Galal](https://middleeastretailforum.com/member/mohamed-galal/)
- [Daniel Solomon](https://middleeastretailforum.com/member/daniel-solomon/)
- [Nawal Masri](https://middleeastretailforum.com/member/nawal-masri/)
- [Hassan Tamimi](https://middleeastretailforum.com/member/hassan-tamimi/)
- [George Kunnappally](https://middleeastretailforum.com/member/george-kunnappally/)
- [Vajir Ali Momin](https://middleeastretailforum.com/member/vajir-ali-momin/)
- [Duncan Muir](https://middleeastretailforum.com/member/duncan-muir/)
- [Justina Eitzinger](https://middleeastretailforum.com/member/justina-eitzinger/)
- [Mohammad Alawi](https://middleeastretailforum.com/member/mohammad-alawi-2/)
- [Mohammad Alawi](https://middleeastretailforum.com/member/mohammad-alawi/) - Mohammad Alawi is a board member & CEO - Red Sea Markets Company. He comes with over 25 years of experience in creating successful developments and renovating existing retail properties in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. He chairs the Shopping Malls Committee at JCCI and is a member of the National Saudi Tourism Board in
- [Alpay Akdemir](https://middleeastretailforum.com/member/alpay-akdemir/)
- [SADEQ ABDULRASOOL](https://middleeastretailforum.com/member/sadeq-abdulrasool/)
- [Dharmendra Mehta](https://middleeastretailforum.com/member/dharmendra-mehta/)
- [Fahed Ghanim](https://middleeastretailforum.com/member/fahed-ghanim/)
- [Jayaraj Perumalsamy](https://middleeastretailforum.com/member/jayaraj-perumalsamy/)
- [Neeraj Teckchandani](https://middleeastretailforum.com/member/neeraj-teckchandani/)
- [John Hadden](https://middleeastretailforum.com/member/john-hadden/)
- [Adrian Shaw](https://middleeastretailforum.com/member/adrian-shaw/)
- [Darine El Sabbagh](https://middleeastretailforum.com/member/darine-el-sabbagh/)
- [Sunil Kumar](https://middleeastretailforum.com/member/sunil-kumar/)
- [Erika Blazeviciute Doyle](https://middleeastretailforum.com/member/erika-blazeviciute-doyle/)
- [Ashim A Patil](https://middleeastretailforum.com/member/ashim-a-patil/)
- [Vishal Kapil](https://middleeastretailforum.com/member/vishal-kapil/)
- [Dhiraj Agarwal](https://middleeastretailforum.com/member/dhiraj-agarwal/)
- [Mazen Kanaan](https://middleeastretailforum.com/member/mazen-kanaan/)
- [Aayat Khan](https://middleeastretailforum.com/member/aayat-khan/)
- [Tapan Vaidya](https://middleeastretailforum.com/member/tapan-vaidya/)
- [Adam Docrat](https://middleeastretailforum.com/member/adam-docrat/)
- [Laila Suhail](https://middleeastretailforum.com/member/laila-suhail/) - Laila Mohammed Suhail, is the Chief Executive Officer of Strategic Alliances and Partnerships Sector - DET and Entities at Dubai’s Department of Economy and Tourism (DET), the principal authority responsible for strengthening Dubai’s positioning as a world-leading commercial hub and tourism destination.
- [Vladimir Radojevic](https://middleeastretailforum.com/member/vladimir-radojevic/)
- [Henrik Winther](https://middleeastretailforum.com/member/henrik-winther/)
- [Anurag Bajpai](https://middleeastretailforum.com/member/anurag-bajpai/) - Anurag is a Partner with KPMG in the Lower Gulf. He also leads KPMG’s Consumer & Retail sector in the region, with over 26 years of experience of working with clients, largely in the consumer and retail sector, including family owned businesses and global multinationals. He works with clients who have operations across the region.
- [Rajat Asthana](https://middleeastretailforum.com/member/rajat-asthana/)
- [Pamela Lilburne Opie](https://middleeastretailforum.com/member/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
- [Tejasvi Duvuri](https://middleeastretailforum.com/member/tejasvi-duvuri/)
- [Phil McArthur](https://middleeastretailforum.com/member/phil-mcarthur/) - An experienced shopping centre specialist and renowned leader in the Retail Real Estate Industry providing expertise for over 40 years throughout the MENA region and globally. Phil along with an extensive team of experts has provided help to over 150 developers in 22 nations planning new retail destinations as well as rescuing poor-performing investments.
- [Ravi Dhar](https://middleeastretailforum.com/member/ravi-dhar/) - Professor Dhar has been involved in pioneering work in understanding the different factors that influence how consumers think and decide. He has also served as a consultant to dozens of Fortune 100 companies in a wide variety of industries, including CPG, health care, high tech, financial services and luxury goods on developing best practices for
- [Khadija Al Bastaki](https://middleeastretailforum.com/member/khadija-al-bastaki/) - Khadija Al Bastaki is the Senior Vice President of Dubai Design District (d3), a member of TECOM Group PJSC. She plays a key role in positioning d3 as a global centre for design, art and creativity. Al Bastaki leads numerous strategic cultural and commercial initiatives to cement Dubai’s position as a hub for creativity and
- [ASHISH PANJABI](https://middleeastretailforum.com/member/ashish-panjabi/)
- [Mikdad Babhrawala](https://middleeastretailforum.com/member/mikdad-babhrawala/)
- [Basma Chaieri](https://middleeastretailforum.com/member/basma-chaieri/)
- [Alfred James](https://middleeastretailforum.com/member/alfred-james/)
- [Mukta Purain](https://middleeastretailforum.com/member/mukta-purain/)
- [Deepthi Chandran Joyau](https://middleeastretailforum.com/member/deepthi-chandran-joyau/)
- [Kunal Kapoor](https://middleeastretailforum.com/member/kunal-kapoor/) - Founded in 2012 in the bustling city of Dubai as a three-member team, The Luxury Closet is built on the firm foundation of circularity, authenticity, and excellent customer service. With thousands of unique designer products, global consignors, and buyers, The Luxury Closet is one of the most trusted marketplaces for authentic luxury today.
- [Ahmed Ragab](https://middleeastretailforum.com/member/ahmed-ragab/)
- [Rajesh Kumar](https://middleeastretailforum.com/member/rajesh-kumar/)
- [Kim Thompson](https://middleeastretailforum.com/member/kim-thompson/)

## Shortcodes

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## Team Showcase

- [Ahmed Shalash](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/ahmed-shalash-2/)
- [Charly Pruden](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/charly-pruden/)
- [Mahmoud Aladin Ibrahim](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/ahmed-shalash/)
- [Zahra Abdalla](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/zahra-abdalla/)
- [Mete Guney](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/mete-guney/)
- [Abdelrahman El Hefny](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/abdelrahman-el-hefny/)
- [Ashish Panjabi](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/ashish-panjabi-2/)
- [Dharmin Ved](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/dharmin-ved/)
- [Nada Alawi](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/nada-alawi/)
- [Tom Harvey](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/tom-harvey-2/)
- [Esam Hafez](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/esam-hafez/)
- [Jacques Wessel Rheeder](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/jacques-wessel-rheeder/)
- [Ashima Kakar](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/ashima-kakar/)
- [James Scott](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/james-scott/)
- [Thomas Lundgren](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/thomas-lundgren/)
- [Jamil Haddad](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/jamil-haddad/)
- [Walid Hajj](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/walid-hajj/)
- [Ayman Beydoun](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/ayman-beydoun/)
- [Krishna Dhanak](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/krishna-dhanak/)
- [Emilia Ohrtmann](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/emilia-ohrtmann/)
- [Adam Docrat](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/adam-docrat/)
- [Igor Demishev](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/igor-demishev/)
- [Bernhard Heiden](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/bernhard-heiden/)
- [Omeir Kalsekar](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/omeir-kalsekar/)
- [Nick Vinckier](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/nick-vinckier/)
- [Zeina Akkawi](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/zeina-akkawi/)
- [Nawal El Masri](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/nawal-el-masri-2/)
- [Mustafa Khanwala](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/mustafa-khanwala/)
- [Darine El Sabbagh](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/darine-el-sabbagh/)
- [Anisha Oberoi](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/anisha-oberoi/)
- [Yousef Almawy](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/yousef-almawy/)
- [Mohamed Galal](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/mohamed-galal-2/)
- [Ronny Froehlich](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/ronny-froehlich/)
- [Basma Chaieri](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/basma-chaieri/)
- [Razan Akrouk](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/razan-akrouk/)
- [Sharique Khan](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/sharique-khan/)
- [Ella Doskocilova](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/ella-doskocilova/)
- [Colm McLoughlin](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/colm-mcloughlin/)
- [Ana Elisa Seixas](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/ana-elisa-seixas/)
- [Jodie Thorpe](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/jodie-thorpe/)
- [Mohammad Alhawari](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/mohammad-alhawari/)
- [Sayed Habib](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/sayed-habib/)
- [Mohsen Ahmad](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/mohsen-ahmad/)
- [John Strickland](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/john-strickland-2/)
- [V Nandakumar](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/nandakumar/)
- [Stéphane Pignard](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/stephane-pignard/)
- [Ksenia Ternyuk](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/ksenia-ternyuk/)
- [Sudhir Syal](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/sudhir-syal/)
- [Adel Sajan](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/adel-sajan/)
- [Nisreen Shocair](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/nisreen-shocair/)
- [Kapil Sethi](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/kapil-sethi/)
- [Sima Ved](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/sima-ved/)
- [Thomas Prom](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/thomas-prom/)
- [Fahad Kazim](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/fahad-kazim/)
- [Tom Foley](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/tom-foley/)
- [Amina Flaifel](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/amina-flaifel/)
- [Sowmya Iyer](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/sowmya-iyer/)
- [Pilar de Miguel Viera](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/pilar-de-miguel-viera/)
- [Jerome Georges-Vivien](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/jerome-georges-vivien/)
- [Phil McArthur](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/phil-mcarthur/)
- [Mark Thomson](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/mark-thomson/)
- [Kartik Bhatt](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/kartik-bhatt/)
- [Simon Smith](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/simon-smith/)
- [John Strickland](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/john-strickland/)
- [Sander Maertens](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/sander-maertens/)
- [Michael Chalhoub](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/michael-chalhoub/)
- [Avijit Yadav](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/avijit-yadav/)
- [Shehbaz S Shaikh](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/shehbaz-s-shaikh/)
- [Khaled Soliman](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/khaled-soliman/)
- [Kishan Palija](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/kishan-palija/)
- [Ahmad AR BinDawood](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/ahmad-ar-bindawood/)
- [Muna Al Gurg](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/muna-al-gurg/)
- [Tom Harvey](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/tom-harvey/)
- [Daniel Gomez](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/daniel-gomez/)
- [Toufic Kreidieh](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/toufic-kreidieh/)
- [Tawhid Abdullah](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/tawhid-abdullah/)
- [Nilesh Ved](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/nilesh-ved/)
- [Andrew Smith](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/andrew-smith/) - Andrew Smith is the Regional Director for Ayton Global Research. When Founder and Managing Director of Ayton Global Research, Susan Ayton, looked to expand into the Middle East, Andrew offered his time and knowledge to help the company become established in this region. Andrew will be introducing Susan Ayton. Susan Ayton is the Founder and
- [Renuka Jagtiani](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/renuka-jagtiani/) - For over 25 years, Renuka Jagtiani has guided Landmark Group’s corporate strategy and grown the fashion and hospitality businesses for the region’s leading retail and hospitality conglomerate in the Middle East, Africa and the Indian subcontinent. A cornerstone of the Group’s journey, Jagtiani was instrumental in creating the high-street fashion brand Splash in 1993. In
- [Susan Ayton](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/susan-ayton/) - Susan Ayton is the Founder and Managing Director of Ayton Global Research Ltd and inventor and owner of Ayton System Software, which has been successfully trading for over 25 years. She has designed and ran consumer studies for over 400 international clients including; contract manufacturers such as PZ Cussons and Acheson & Acheson, large high
- [Jeremy Denisty](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/jeremy-denisty/) - Jeremy Denisty is a transformation & innovation expert leading the MENA office of the Belgian advisory firm Scopernia. For the last 10 years, Scopernia has been helping leaders across all industries transform, innovate and grow towards a strong, future-proof organisation. Scopernia’s expertise is grounded in four best-selling books written and published by its founding partners:
- [Cameron Mitchell](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/cameron-mitchell/) - Cameron Mitchell has worked in the entertainment industry for 25 years, initially in various regional operational roles across Australia, specialising in the setup and opening of new complexes and cinema concepts across the country. He joined Majid Al Futtaim in January 2007, and as CEO oversees the existing entertainment businesses, coupled with the company’s aggressive
- [Amitabh Taneja](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/amitabh-taneja/)
- [Justina Eitzinger](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/justina-eitzinger/)
- [Nathan Watts](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/nathan-watts/) - Since the beginning of 2020 Nathan Watts represents the London-based office of the retail agency Interstore, part of the design and shopfitting company Interstore | Schweitzer, as creative director. Prior to that, for 15 years he has worked for branding and retail agency Fitch, where he was able to acquire in-depth experience in the retail
- [Somia Anwar](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/somia-anwar/) - Bookends is the first digital platform in the UAE for buying and selling pre-loved books. Bookends is a UAE-based start-up founded by mompreneurs Grace Karim and Somia Anwar. Karim is a mother of two enthusiastic readers Omar and Adam. While Anwar is also a mother of two avid readers Zoha and Abdullah. While their kids
- [Grace Karim](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/grace-karim/) - Bookends is the first digital platform in the UAE for buying and selling pre-loved books. Bookends is a UAE-based start-up founded by mompreneurs Grace Karim and Somia Anwar. Karim is a mother of two enthusiastic readers Omar and Adam. While Anwar is also a mother of two avid readers Zoha and Abdullah. While their kids
- [Kiran Karanki](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/kiran-karanki/) - Kiran Karanki is the CEO of Semnox Solutions, a multi-national company focused on developing solutions for the leisure and amusement industry. In this role, he oversees the overall strategy and the operations of Semnox, setting the focus and driving the execution. Semnox is an innovation driven company and Karanki has architected the hardware platform and
- [Farah Emara](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/farah-emara/) - Farah Emara has extensive experience with start-ups and SMEs. She completed her Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Economic Development and Public Policy at Durham University and pursued a Master’s Degree in Management at the London School of Economics. Emara has worked in Procter & Gamble as the head of the strategic communications department as well as
- [Shamim Kassibawi](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/shamim-kassibawi/) - Shamim Kassibawi is a publicist turned serial entrepreneur and appreneur. She has over a decade worth of public relation skills and has led successful media campaigns for various industries including healthcare, FMCG, aviation, lifestyle and many more. Kassibawi identified a gap within her community where parents and children, especially expats, had very little or no
- [Majed M. Al Tahan](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/majed-m-al-tahan/) - Majed M Al Tahan is the Founder & CEO, AYM and Co-founder & MD, Danube Online. He is an award-winning entrepreneur and e-commerce leader in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia with a great passion to impact the apps market. Al Tahan recognised that e-commerce was the missing element in the Saudi retail landscape and he grabbed
- [Kris Fade](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/kris-fade/) - Kris Fade is the Australian/Lebanese radio phenomenon that has taken the region by storm. He hosts The Kris Fade Show on Virgin Radio speaking to one million listeners daily and his show is also airing on Australia’s largest radio network, KIIS Network, with more than 2 million listeners. Fade hosts the official Middle East Chart,
- [Meenaxy Vashishtha](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/meenaxy-vashishtha-founder-goorganic/) - Meenaxy Vashishtha started her journey with plant-based food eight years back when after both her boys were born. After going through two back-to-back C sections in just a period of 1-year and 3 months, the whole process put a tremendous pressure on her body. Living on multiple multivitamins and pills was not helping and was
- [Khurshid Vakil](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/khurshid-vakil/)
- [Patrick Chalhoub](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/patrick-chalhoub-2/) - Patrick Chalhoub began his career in 1979, fulfilling his father’s vision to build a bridge between the east and west and be the ambassador of luxury lifestyle in the region. In 1990, he created a regional distribution platform in the Jebel Ali Free zone with Fendi, L’Oréal, Dior Parfums and Puig. As the director of
- [Mohamed Attia](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/mohamed-attia-2/) - Mohamed Attia is the CEO of SALA Entertainment (Salman Al Hokair Leisure & Attractions Entertainment), which is a subsidiary of the Salman Al Hokair Group in Saudi Arabia. In his current role, Attia oversees a huge expansion of SALA Entertainment’s business within the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. He is an accomplished and productivity-oriented leader with
- [Raed Hafez](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/raed-hafez/) - Raed Hafez, the new CEO of elGrocer brings over 25 years of experience in managing large-scale technology developments and leading large commercial operations. Hafez’s experience in scaling up start-ups, especially as an investor, has been proven over the few last years and will be critical in elGrocer’s growth ambitions in the coming years. He will
- [Ryan Den Rooijen](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/ryan-den-rooijen/) - Ryan Den Rooijen has joined the Chalhoub Group as group head of data and analytics in charge of leading the data transformation stream with a goal to make using analytics as natural to the organisation as using the internet. Rooijen has previously worked with Dyson and Google; he has been recognised for exceptional achievements and
- [Hozefa Saylawala](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/hozefa-saylawala/)
- [Tapan Vaidya](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/tapan-vaidya/)
- [Halima Jumani](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/halima-jumani/) - Halima Jumani is director and part of the founding family of Kibsons Online Home Delivery Service, which focuses on distributing fresh, healthy food directly from market-to-door for thousands of UAE residents. Jumani has worked at Kibsons for over 10 years, having seen the company go from strength-to-strength and leading the expansion through the practical challenges
- [Neelam Keswani](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/neelam-keswani/) - With over 15 years of working experience, Neelam Keswani started her career with UAE’s popular ‘Buy One Get One Free’ concept, The ENTERTAINER. After a successful stint of five years, she moved on to Gulf Technical, working on coupon loyalty programmes. Keswani then joined Cobone.com as its founding member and strategically grew the brand as
- [Ian Ohan](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/ian-ohan/) - A later in life entrepreneur, Ian Ohan has lived, worked and created in the Gulf region for the past two decades. He is the founder & chief executive of KRUSH Brands. KRUSH Brands is a full-service, multi-kitchen, brand development, operating and franchising company. Cool brands that you love, bound together by technology, convenient and reliable,
- [Phillip Smith](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/phillip-smith/)
- [Marwan Moukarzel](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/marwan-moukarzel-2/) - Marwan Moukarzel is the CEO of Fawaz Alhokair Fashion Retail, a leading fashion retail group in Saudi Arabia. At Fawaz Alhokair Fashion Retail, Moukarzel oversees all facets of the business, across all operating territories. He drives growth and maximises value for shareholders, brand owners and customers, pivoting the company to new heights of success. Prior
- [Hisham Al Amoudi](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/hisham-al-amoudi/) - After more than 25 years of working with Kamal Osman Jamjoom (KOJ) Group, Hisham Al Amoudi was appointed as Group CEO in 2017. He has worked alongside the KOJ Group founder in establishing and growing the business from a handful of shops in the city of Jeddah in western Saudi in the 1990s to the
- [Kristian Stinson](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/kristian-stinson/) - Kristian Stinson is the co-founder and CEO of Hopi, a premium daily contact lens brand selling directly to consumers across the GCC. Stinson co-founded Hopi, together with business partner Charles Wright, in December 2019 to disrupt the antiquated contact lens retail model and bring high-quality daily lenses directly to customers at honest prices. Stinson is
- [Bart Denolf](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/bart-denolf/) - Bart Denolf is currently the CEO – Franchise for the Sacoor Brothers Group. Since he joined the company in 2015, Denolf has been actively driving growth both offline and online and the company has since opened in more than 10 new countries. Prior to joining the Sacoor Brothers Group, he pursued a successful career at
- [Piyush Kumar Chowhan](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/piyush-kumar-chowhan/) - In his role at Lulu Group International, Piyush Kumar Chowhan is responsible for digital strategy and execution of technology for all its global businesses across 12 countries, which include retail, hypermarket and shopping malls. He has over 20 years of experience in driving businesses change using the latest technology innovations, thereby enhancing business value. Chowhan
- [Khurshid Vakil](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/khurshid-vakil-2/) - Khurshid Vakil is co-founder of Marina Retail Corporation, under which Marina Home Interiors retail chain operates. The avant-garde lifestyle & home décor company, headquartered in Dubai, operates its large format stores across most Middle East markets, North Africa and the sub-continent. Born in India and having lived and worked in Switzerland, Spain and the UAE,
- [Said Daher](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/said-daher/) - Said G. Daher is CEO of AZADEA Group Holding. AZADEA Group was established in 1978 and today is spread over 15 markets and manages more than 50 brands across clothing, accessories, food, multimedia, home furnishings and sports goods. Daher has played an integral part in the development of AZADEA; he was appointed as director of
- [Patrick Chalhoub](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/patrick-chalhoub/) - Patrick Chalhoub began his career in 1979, becoming involved in the realisation of his father’s vision to build a bridge between the east and west and be the ambassador of luxury lifestyle in the region. In 1990, he created a regional distribution platform in the Jebel Ali Free zone. From 2000 he developed the retail
- [Mona Ataya](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/mona-ataya/) - Mona Ataya, CEO & founder of Mumzworld.com, has proven to be one of the Middle East’s most prominent women entrepreneurs. Beyond leading a successful and growing SME, and inspiring her employees and communities, Ataya is on a mission to change the region, one mum at a time. She has managed to grow Mumzworld from a
- [Mishal Al Hokair](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/mishal-al-hokair/) - Mishal Al Hokair has the direct responsibility for the family entertainment centres’ performance within Saudi Arabia-based Al Hokair Group. He took full operational responsibility for the entertainment division after gaining considerable experience as deputy CEO & vice president for marketing of the Al Hokair Group. In November 2010, he joined Al Hokair Group as a
- [Kamal Jamjoom](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/kamal-osman/) - Kamal Jamjoom is the owner and chairman of Kamal Osman Jamjoom Group LLC. Jamjoom graduated from Lanchester University, UK with a BSc in Production Engineering following his schooling in Saudi Arabia and Lebanon. In 1987, Kamal Osman Jamjoom Est. (KOJ) was founded and is now a multi-channel retail group with operational headquarters in Dubai and
- [Bridgett Lau](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/bridgett-lau/) - Bridgett Lau is a sales professional with two decades of global experience in solution sales in corporates and early stage ventures in Europe, North America and the Middle Eastern markets. Along with Michael Cooke, Lau launched an e-commerce social enterprise called One Good Thing in 2017. One Good Thing brings creators and customers together, allowing
- [Nawal El Masri](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/nawal-el-masri/) - Nawal El Masri is the founder and storyteller of exhale, a mindful and conscious driven e-commerce brand that seeks to change perspectives through storytelling, art, visual journeys and clothing. El Masri believes that through exhale she can bring awareness for mental wellness and break stigmas in order for the society to use the tools they
- [Naim Maadad](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/naim-maadad/)
- [Mark Tesseyman](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/mark-tesseyman/)
- [Isobel Abulhoul](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/isobel-abulhoul-2/)
- [Ashish Panjabi](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/ashish-panjabi/) - Ashish Panjabi is the COO of Jacky’s Business Solutions. Panjabi also runs Jacky’s Retail LLC, which operates Samsung Brand Shops across the UAE and is a partner in Cutting Edge Solutions FZE. He is a board member and president-elect for the UAE Chapter of TiE (The Indus Entrepreneur), where the focus is on fostering entrepreneurship
- [Ahmed Ragab](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/ahmed-ragab-2/)
- [Mohammed Dhedhi](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/mohammed-dhedhi/) - Mohammed Dhedhi has over 15 years of experience in North America and the Middle East helping clients tackle their more critical agenda items. His work is focused on consumer and retail industries where he has advised on several cross-functional topics, including corporate and growth strategy, M&A, sales improvement and broader transformation programmes. His work has
- [Priya Patel-Chomel](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/priya-patel-chomel/) - Priya Patel is the Product Lead for Facebook and Family of apps in the Middle East, Turkey and Africa. She has 17 years’ experience in media and advertising including print (Financial Times), TV (BBC), agency and digital in the UK, Australia and Asia. Prior to joining Facebook, Patel spent five years at multinational company Google,
- [Akanksha Goel](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/akanksha-goel/) - Akanksha Goel is the Founder of Socialize (2010), an independent social media agency, recognised amongst the country's top performing businesses and included in Dubai's prestigious SME100 ranking (2015). Goel was nominated as Emirates Woman of The Year in 2013. She is also the Founder of FrontRow.ae, Middle East’s first curated network of social media influencers.
- [Girard Moussa](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/girard-moussa/) - Girard Moussa is the Director of CX at SAP leading the CX transformation across Middle East South. Moussa joined from Microsoft where he was the Cybersecurity Director for MEA. He joined the Microsoft Enterprise Cybersecurity Group as the first person on the ground in 2016 to engage with the top customers to establish Microsoft as a trusted
- [Rachel McArthur](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/rachel-mcarthur/) - Rachel McArthur is a Dubai-based journalist and editor, with over a decade of experience in digital, print and broadcast media. She is the Founder and Managing Editor of Digital Ink Media, a provider that curates exclusive content – including editorial copy, photography and video – for some of the region’s best-known media outlets and brands.
- [Shamin Amin](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/shamin-amin/) - Shamin Amin is the Head of Business Development at Landmark Leisure since 2012, having joined the business as a store manager in 2005 and eventually heading operations in the UAE. He was elevated to form the Business Development department. In the formative years after strengthening the base fundamentals of business along with Silvio Liedkte, CEO,
- [Elena Weber](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/elena-weber/) - Model turned entrepreneur, Elena Weber is the founder and managing director of ICONS Coffee Couture – a café that blends glamour with health & wellness. Launched in 2012, Weber signed the first franchisee for ICONS in 2013, which led to the opening of ICONS Coffee Couture outlet at Souk al Bahar in The Dubai Mall.
- [Megha Kapoor](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/megha-kapoor/) - Megha Kapoor is head of performance marketing at AYM Commerce. She is a data and performance-driven marketing executive with over 12 years of success in developing highly successful, award-winning marketing programmes and advertising campaigns. Before joining AYM in May 2017, Kapoor built her career at some of the region’s biggest online lifestyle apps and transportation
- [Milat Sayra Berirmen](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/milat-sayra-berirmen/) - In August 2018, Harvard-alumni Milat Sayra Berirmen was announced as Reem Mall Abu Dhabi’s Digital Innovation Director in line with the developer’s ambition to turn the $1.2 billion mega mall into the world’s first fully digitally enabled mall – unequivocally reinventing the shopping centre experience for both retailer and customer. Berirmen has previously worked for
- [Shivjeet Kullar](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/shivjeet-kullar/) - Shivjeet Kullar is known as the brand guru in India. He has spent over 25 years in advertising. He began his career with agencies like Lintas and Contract. At the age of 29, he became a creative director and went on to win over 100 national and international awards, including One Show, New York Festival,
- [Xavier Anglada](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/xavier-anglada/) - Xavier Anglada has 22+ years of combined strategy consulting and operational experience in the digital, fintech, high-tech, media and telecommunications industries in Europe, Asia, Africa and the Middle East, leading large teams of professionals and effectively steering P&L in operations. He has extensive experience as an advisor to top executives of leading groups across multiple
- [Shahzad Bhatti](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/shahzad-bhatti/) - Shahzad Bhatti is the founder of The Co-Dubai and Share This Space. He has made it his mission to make it easier and more affordable to launch a business for entrepreneurs. Offering a unique concept of coworking, education and collaboration he launched the first coworking incubator certified by the Dubai SME and one of the
- [Elli Kasbi](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/elli-kasbi/)
- [Tom Urquhart](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/tom-urquhart/) - Tom Urquhart is a very popular media professional in Dubai, who hosts The Agenda show on Dubai Eye 103.8 and several television shows.
- [Sarah Jones](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/sarah-jones/) - Sarah Jones was bitten by the bug at just 14, when she set up a profitable eBay business importing items from across the globe and selling in the UK, igniting a love for e-commerce and developing an acute business mind in the process. Four years later, a degree in economics at Edinburgh University beckoned, which
- [Luz Villamil](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/luz-villamil/) - Luz Salem Villamil oversees partnerships and business development at Cinema Akil, and is the creator of Alternativo Latino, the UAE’s first Latin American Film Week. A self-identifying third culture kid, Villamil was born in Bogota to a Palestinian father and Colombian mother, raised in Fujairah and now lives and works in Dubai. She holds more
- [Ian Alexander Hunter](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/ian-alexander-hunter/) - Ian Alexander Hunter is a highly experienced international general manager with a first-class track record obtained across three continents. He uses deep customer insights and understanding to establish a differentiated brand position. Hunter’s extensive experience across many disciplines – marketing, commercial, supply chain as well as managing director – allows him to take a 360-degree
- [Fabrice Le Boulenger](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/fabrice-le-boulenger/) - With over two decades of food retail experience in Europe, South America, Africa and the Middle East, Fabrice Le Boulenger currently holds the position of CEO of Grandiose Supermarket in the UAE. Le Boulenger started his career by opening his own French restaurant chains in Buenos Aires, Argentina, before moving to the Carrefour Group, where
- [Tahir Shah](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/tahir-shah/) - Tahir Shah is the Founder of Moti Roti, a Pakistani ‘soul kitchen’ with a local cult following in Dubai for their roti-style burritos. After 12 years of working for Nokia he decided to drop out of corporate life and set out on a mission to make Pakistani food modern, healthy and accessible to outsiders. Starting
- [Stevi Lowmass](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/stevi-lowmass/) - The idea of creating a Dubai-based soap factory came to Stevi Lowmass after a visit to an Australian soap manufacturer in 2008. As a long-time resident of the UAE, and a host to many friends and family visiting her, Lowmass was all too aware of the shortage of beautiful local souvenirs that reflected the rich
- [Sandeep Ganediwalla](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/sandeep-ganediwalla/) - Sandeep Ganediwalla is a digital strategist with a focus on emerging markets with 16+ years of experience in consulting and technology. He has expertise in multiple sectors including retail, e-commerce, technology, telecom and private equity across topics including corporate strategy, commercial strategy, functional strategy, business planning, due-diligence and funding. Most recently, he was the director
- [Ramesh Cidambi](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/ramesh-cidambi/) - Ramesh Cidambi is the Chief Operating Officer of Dubai Duty Free (DDF) and is responsible for all aspects of the company’s operation and reporting to the Executive Vice Chairman and CEO, Colm McLoughlin. His responsibilities include both the retail and leisure business of DDF. Prior to his current role, Cidambi has held a variety of
- [Patrick Dorais](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/patrick-dorais/) - Patrick Dorais brings with him over 20 years of international sales and marketing experience, entirely consumer-related, both from a retail operator and supplier-side perspective. He has gained extensive knowledge of the food industry working for top-name blue-chips companies, predominantly in the confectionery industry. After obtaining his Bachelor of Arts (Economics) at York University’s Glendon College,
- [Mohamed Attia](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/mohamed-attia/) - Mohamed Attia is an energetic professional who always converts challenges in any circumstances to a win- win solution. That’s why he is known for his own strategic plans to turn in a right direction of business with the aim to accomplish company goals. He comes with rich experience of 18 years of in the leisure
- [Manoj Ganapathy](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/manoj-ganapathy/) - Manoj Ganapathy is the Divisional Manager at Jacky Business Solutions, and possesses over two decades of Gulf experience in various fields of electronics, office/industry automation, physical security, point of sale, auto identification and data capture solutions etc., in the UAE. He has an educational background in Electronics & Communication Engineering and post-graduation in Marketing Management.
- [Hesham Almekkawi](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/hesham-almekkawi/) - Hesham Almekkawi is currently the CEO of YYT Food Corp. based in Dubai and the operator of multi restaurant brands in the UAE, Bahrain, Qatar and KSA. He is an International Business Consultant and F&B industry expert with more than 25 years’ experience in managing global and international chains of restaurants in the US and
- [Heba Al Fazari](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/heba-al-farazi/) - Emirati entrepreneur Heba Al Fazari is a visionary and founder of Coveti. A former diplomat, the first Emirati offshore engineer in 2002 and author of “Politics of fashion: The Global Sourcing Hacks Every Fashion Designers Need,” she has worked and lived in more than 10 countries. Armed with a Georgetown Global MBA and Foreign Relation,
- [Abdul Kader Saadi](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/abdul-kader-saadi/) - Having graduated from Les Roches Hotel Management School in Switzerland, Abdul Kader Saadi joined the Sogeres company, part of a leading catering group. He spent over six years with the company in Paris. Moving back to the UK in 2001 Saadi joined the MARC restaurant group as project manager. After four successful years, three restaurants
- [Amit Dhamani](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/amit-dhamani/) - Amit Dhamani is the Managing Director of Dhamani Jewels Group. He started his career with setting up office for the Group in Bangkok in 1989. During these 30 years, the Dhamani Group has evolved from gem and diamond wholesale business to having notable fine jewellery brands as Dhamani 1969, Dhamani Jewels, DuSoul and Laviere with
- [Ebraheem Al Samadi](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/ebraheem-al-samadi/) - An entrepreneur from the age of 14, Ebraheem Al Samadi launched his very first business out of his mother’s Florida apartment selling thrift shop clothing and items on eBay, a stint which eventually earned him one of eBay’s coveted “1000 Power Sellers” awards. He joined the family business in 2010 as CEO of Retail, headed
- [Tania Lodi](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/tania-lodi/) - Tania Lodi is the founder of Tania’s Teahouse. Dubbed as Dubai’s most Instagrammable café, she has become a key player in the region’s foodie scene. It was when Lodi completed a Bachelor of Honors in Psychology at the University of Toronto that her love for the café culture began. Suffering from a chronic pain condition
- [Peggy Li](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/peggy-li/) - Peggy Li is the Managing Partner at SPS: Affinity, a boutique consultancy that covers all spectrum of working within the hospitality & service industries. She has 18+ years executive-level management experience in Europe, Middle East and Far East. She is a solid Michelin star high-end food & beverage operator worked with world-renowned chef such as
- [Mouna Abbassy](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/mouna-abbassy/)
- [Manish Das](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/manish-das/) - Manish Das heads the Jashanmal Group’s Franchise Retail Business, with a portfolio including international brands like Bally, Paul & Shark, Brooks Brothers, Stuart Weitzman, Clarks, Calvin Klein Underwear, Max & Co, T M Lewin and Kipling, to name a few. His wide corporate role and responsibilities included setting up the shared services vertical comprising Finance,
- [Mahmoud Bartawi](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/mahmoud-bartawi/) - UAE National Mahmoud Bartawi is a corporate banker and entrepreneur, specialising in the business development and management of Under500, a Dubai-based healthy café concept. Bartawi holds a Business Degree from the American University of Sharjah and a Masters in International Business from the University of Wollongong in Dubai. Observing a gap in the market for
- [Maha Morley-Kirk](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/maha-morley-kirk/) - With her strong fashion & makeup background coupled to her entrepreneurial spirit, it was only really a matter of time until Maha Morley-Kirk founded Pinky Goat. Lebanese by birth, she has spent most of her adult life in fashion, firstly as the Head of Visual Merchandising for H&M across all of the Middle East. The
- [Lucy Chow](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/lucy-chow/) - Lucy Chow is focused on the innovation space, both in terms of supporting founders and as an investor. She is a Director of WAIN (Women’s Angel Investor Network) and is a LP with Mindshift Capital. Chow was appointed Senator (UAE) at the Grand Assembly, World Business Angel Forum (WBAF) and is a Board Member of
- [Leena Khalil](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/leena-khalil/)
- [Leanne Sherlock](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/leanne-sherlock/) - Leanne Sherlock is a passionate Brand and Marketing Consultant with over 10 years of experience. She can provide strategic and practical advice to boost a company’s marketing efforts. She has the ability to plan any marketing strategy and implement all activities needed to support the strategy. In addition, Sherlock is someone who is ready to
- [Kristine Lasam](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/kristine-lasam/) - Kristine Lasam is a go-getter and passionate digital and strategy executive with over 15 years’ experience in advising and operating businesses in MENA. She demonstrates experience in a full range of transformational digital business operations aimed at traction and growth. Lasam has looked after a formidable list of global household brands like PepsiCo, Procter &
- [George Kunnappally](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/george-kunnappally/) - A seasoned hospitality industry professional, George Kunnappally has been into franchise operations, brand development and F&B management for over 20 years. He has launched and built brands like Subway, Charley’s Philly Steaks, Whittard of Chelsea, Bateaux Dubai, Second Cup Coffee, Joe’s Café, Johnny Rockets and a host of UAE bred concepts in the Middle East,
- [Duncan Fraser-Smith](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/duncan-fraser-smith/) - Duncan Fraser-Smith has spent the past 26 years in the hospitality industry, spanning Australia, Asia and the Middle East. During the past 10 years, he has been in the Middle East in key corporate food and beverage roles within the hospitality industry. In 2013, he established “The Cutting Edge Agency” and opened several outlets in
- [Bernhard Heiden](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/bernhard-heiden-chief-strategy-officer-schweitzer-group-creative-director-interstore/) - Bernhard Heiden has worked for 18 years as an architect and visual merchandising expert in various areas of responsibility for Manor, one of the largest department store chains in Switzerland. Meanwhile, he has been Creative Director of Interstore for over 19 years. He has a passion for working in different areas of fashion and food,
- [Ahmed Kazim](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/ahmed-kazim/) - A millennial raised in a traditional Emirati neighbourhood, following his ancestors’ footsteps through determined hard work and commitment, Ahmed Kazim was capable of working his way up into a career through audit and financial advisory at Deloitte, a globally recognised firm. After finally realising his entrepreneurial streak, Kazim partnered with his colleague to provide the
- [Ahmed Obaid Al Qaseer](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/ahmed-obaid-al-qaseer/) - Ahmed Obaid Al Qaseer graduated from Dubai Men’s College with a Bachelor’s degree in Business Information Technology. In 2002 he started his career at The Emirates Telecommunication Corporation (Etisalat) in the Government & Corporate Segment and worked as senior sales support and senior sales executive for four years. In 2006, he joined the Al Qasba
- [Shant Oknayan](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/shant-oknayan/) - Shant Oknayan is currently the Group Commercial Director at Facebook in the Middle East and North Africa, where he leads efforts to enable businesses in the region to scale growth and engage with consumers on Facebook, Instagram and the family of apps. Oknayan’s current focus is in retail, FMCG, telecom, technology, media and real estate,
- [Sajan Alex](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/sajan-alex/) - Sajan Alex is the Vice President of Tablez Food Company, the F&B retailing division of Abu-Dhabi based retail conglomerate Lulu Group. A seasoned F&B professional, Alex has over 15 years’ experience with some of the leading players in India and GCC. The Tablez Food Company that started out by opening two home-grown concepts, Bloomsbury’s Café
- [Raza Beig](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/raza-beig-ceo-splash-and-director-landmark-group/) - Raza Beig heads Splash and LMI, the fashion concepts of the retail conglomerate Landmark Group. He is also a Director of Landmark Group. Back in 1993, when Splash was at a nascent stage, Beig was involved in almost every aspect of the business from buying to visual merchandising, budgeting and retail operations. Over two decades
- [Rajiv Prasad](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/rajiv-prasad/) - With specialised studies in Electronics and Telecommunications as well as Computer Systems Networking from India and the UK, Rajiv Prasad is not only a technology geek but also possesses an unusual affinity to languages by speaking around eight languages and reading and writing around 14 languages. Wherever he has worked, Prasad is recognised for his
- [Nadine Benchaffai](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/nadine-benchaffai/)
- [Marwan Jassim Al Sarkal](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/marwan-jassim-al-sarkal-executive-chairman-shurooq/) - Marwan bin Jassim Al Sarkal is the Executive Chairman of the Sharjah Investment and Development Authority (Shurooq), and is one of the key business leaders in Sharjah. His career with Shurooq began as CEO of the authority in 2009 until mid-2018, after which he became the Executive Chairman under an Emiri decree by HH Sheikh
- [Marwan Eskandarani](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/marwan-eskandarani/) - Marwan Eskandarani has worked with the Kamal Osman Jamjoom (KOJ) Group since 1999, first starting in the sales team in Jeddah. He progressed within six months to a role in retail operations management within the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. This was followed by a move to Dubai where he supported the opening of operations across
- [Mark Lack](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/mark-lack/) - Mark Lack is a seasoned retailer with over 35 years of experience in leading major international, multi-regional, multi-cultural and multi-format retail, wholesale and FMCG companies. He specialises in developing and executing efficient store operations, improving the customer experience and loyalty engagement through training, empowering and engaging colleagues at all levels.
- [Laurent Guitart](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/laurent-guitart/) - Laurent Guitart has over 22 years of experience in retail with wide experience across verticals – including hypermarket, central purchase and leading international franchise of convenience stores. Currently, Guitart is the CEO of Convenience Arabia, Circle K master franchise in the UAE. Guitart grew the Circle K UAE business to 36 convenience stores, signed premium
- [Khadija Al Bastaki](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/khadija-al-bastaki/) - Khadija Al Bastaki plays a key role in positioning Dubai Design District (d3) both regionally and globally through strategic development, cultural programming and partnerships. Al Bastaki continues to focus on building d3’s profile as the leading destination for design, art and culture. Her responsibilities include enabling a strong design community, attracting and nurturing home-grown design
- [Katia Kachan](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/katia-kachan/) - Katia Kachan is a cross-border business development adviser for luxury and retail companies. Her professional mission is to contribute to international development of diverse industry players, from creative tech start-ups to global brands and retailers. Kachan acquired her business acumen while working in investment banking in London and Paris, after graduating from Sciences Po Paris
- [Jim Ragsdale](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/jim-ragsdale-deputy-ceo-beauty-kamal-osman-jamjoom-group/) - Jim Ragsdale has been with Kamal Osman Jamjoom Group LLC for over five years and is currently Deputy CEO of the Beauty Division, responsible for the management and development of Mikyajy, The Body Shop, Neal’s Yard Remedies and Nayomi Beauty Salon. Ragsdale holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in East Asian Studies (Japan) from Yale
- [Isobel Abulhoul](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/isobel-abulhoul/) - Isobel Abulhoul was born and educated at Cambridge in the UK. She came to Dubai in 1968 and it has been home for her ever since. Abulhoul co-founded Magrudy’s, a bookshop chain, in 1975. In addition to Magrudy’s, she was a co-founder of Jerboa Books, a publishing company which produces children’s books in Arabic and
- [Heer Lalwani](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/heer-lalwani/) - Utilising creativity, innovation and passion, Heer Lalwani has successfully carried out and executed various marketing campaigns in the region. In her current role with Al Ghurair Retail, she is responsible for managing a team of three and oversees all marketing operations for brands such as Springfield and The Face Shop – including devising and implementation
- [Furqan Athar](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/furqan-athar/) - Over the past two decades, Furqan Athar has been instrumental in the management, as well as the financial and administrative strategic planning of some of the most successful shopping centres and mixed-use developments in the Middle East and Asia. Furqan began his career at PricewaterhouseCoopers and KPMG before taking on management positions with Dubai-based developers
- [Florencio Padilla](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/florencio-padilla/) - Florencio Padilla has been working as an HR professional in Asia and Middle East since 2007. He is the Head of People Experience division within Group HR at Chalhoub Group. He led the division’s setup in the beginning of 2018 and development of its three-year strategy, with a strong focus on redesigning experiences in different
- [Charbel Lahoud](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/charbel-lahoud/) - Charbel Lahoud is the Head of Digital Scouting for luxury retailer Chalhoub Group. Lahoud has worked for more than eight years in a global management consulting firm, across industries supporting companies – crafting and implementing their digital transformation plan. He joined Chalhoub Group four years ago and incubated the e-commerce activities for the group. Lahoud
- [Chang Sup Shin](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/chang-sup-shin-ceo-1004-gourmet/) - Chang Sup Shin is the CEO of 1004 Gourmet, a Dubai-based Asian speciality food retail brand that also supplies to the likes of Carrefour; Nobu at Atlantis, The Palm; Burj Al Arab; Armani Hotel; and Zuma. Shin has reshaped 1004 Gourmet into a high-end concept store with an expansive product line, inclusive of an Asian
- [Vijay Talreja](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/vijay-talreja-co-founder-and-director-adapty/) - Vijay Talreja is the co-founder and director of Adapty, one of the leading digital commerce companies with offices in the US, the UAE and India. Talreja heads the UAE operations at Adapty. The team at Adapty designs and implements digital solutions that drive customer engagement and business growth by implementing industry leading e-commerce and content
- [Amit Yadav](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/amit-yadav/) - Amit Yadav is the head of marketing for home-grown luxury home furnishings brand 2XL Furniture & Home Décor with nine exclusive showrooms across Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah, Fujairah and Al Ain. He joined the company in 2016 and is responsible for strategic brand management and strong market positioning of 2XL Furniture & Home while leading
- [Bahaneh Dehghani Green](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/bahaneh-dehghani-green-founder-happy-bubble/) - A civil engineer by profession, Bahaneh Dehghani Green’s creative spirit led to the inception of Happy Bubble and a gradual career switch. What started off as a passion project on the side “ballooned” into a full-time role. Happy Bubble is famous for personalised bubble balloons and balloon installations in the UAE. From handpicking raw materials
- [Butheina Kazim](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/butheina-kazim-founder-managing-director-cinema-akil/) - Butheina Kazim is the Co-founder of Cinema Akil – the first arthouse cinema in Dubai and the Gulf region. She was a Fulbright scholar of Media, Culture and Communication at NYU and has worked as a project manager in television and radio stations in the UAE at media conglomerates Arab Media Group and Dubai Media
- [Feras Almaddah](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/feras-almaddah-co-founder-chief-marketing-officer-zmakan/) - Feras Almaddah has over 20 years of experience serving multinational brands. He has worked with several global agencies such as Publicis across various engagements in the MENA region. Some of the clients and brands he worked with include Unilever, Samsung Electronics, Procter & Gamble, Mercedes-Benz, MMW and Mitsubishi Motors. Almaddah is the founder of Headlines
- [Malik Shehab](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/malik-shehab-co-founder-ceo-golden-scent/) - Malik Shehab is the Co-founder and CEO of the beauty and lifestyle e-commerce platform Golden Scent. A Saudi national, Shehab brings a track record of entrepreneurial successes and financial management to his role. He is a financial expert who has worked in Germany. He also has experience in project management and deal-making in regional markets.
- [Shames Al Hashemi](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/shames-al-hashemi-director-member-of-board-dual-investments/) - Shames Al Hashemi is the eldest son of the founder, and the current co-executive director of Al Hashemi Enterprises (MHE). A lawyer by profession, Al Hashemi has successfully overseen the company’s expansion into the retail industry and has held several leadership roles across the GCC, including the oversight of franchise operations in Saudi Arabia and
- [Zaid Alqufaidi](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/zaid-alqufaidi/) - Zaid Alqufaidi is the Managing Director of ENOC Retail. In his current role, Alqufaidi is responsible for the strategic development of ENOC’s retail business stream. An ENOC veteran and a seasoned oil & gas industry professional, Alqufaidi comes to his role with extensive experience across the energy value chain, that includes marketing, aviation, terminal operations
- [Zubin Doshi](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/zubin-doshi/) - As an accomplished entrepreneur with a major in Business administration from University of Wollongong in Dubai, Zubin Doshi, the home-grown scoop master aspires to make Dubai an ice-cream haven for dessert lovers in the region. Turning his dream into reality Doshi launched the first Scoopi Café in Dubai, Jumeirah Beach Road in December 2014 and
- [Ashish Shukla](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/ashish-shukla/) - Ashish Shukla is the CEO of Cinépolis Gulf. In his role, Shukla is responsible for adapting Cinépolis International best practices in cinemas under the banner ‘Cinépolis Gulf’, which commenced operations in Bahrain and Oman in 2019 and will soon launch in the UAE and Saudi Arabia. With his expertise and experience, Shukla brings on board
- [Kunal Kapoor](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/kunal-kapoor/) - Initially sales manager at Louis Vuitton in Mall of the Emirates, Kunal Kapoor noticed how the brand never went on sale, as coveted as it was by many. This brought him to think of ways to democratise luxury and sell items at a lower price, which lead to him founding his own company. The Luxury
- [Mohamed Galal](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/mohamed-galal/) - Mohamed Galal is the CEO of Dar Al Osool Real Estate Company. A real estate veteran, he was the President & CEO of TSM CRENOVATIONS Egypt, a leading real estate retail mall management consultancy firm with focus on retail shopping malls development and mixed-use residential management. TSM CRENOVATIONS has been in the Egypt market for 10
- [Timothy Earnest](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/timothy-ernest-group-director-ceo-al-futtaim-malls/) - In his current role, Timothy Earnest manages a range of assets including super-regional iconic destinations in Qatar, the UAE and North Africa under the Festival City Malls brand, totalling 70 million visitors, 1,300 retailers and two additional assets under development in Dubai and Morocco. Earnest’s passion and expertise is building and executing an organisation as
- [Rumana Nazim](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/rumana-nazim/) - Born and raised in Dubai, Indian-origin Rumana Nazim founded The Edit in a bid to offer the modern women of the region a one-stop shop that serves up curated options ranging from art, fashion and even specialty coffee. Nazim studied law in London (at SOAS and BPP College of Law) and worked as an in-house
- [Naim Maadad](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/naim-maadad-chief-executive-gates-hospitality/) - Naim Maadad come with over 38 years of experience in the hospitality world across Australia, Asia and the Middle East in various senior management roles. He has launched and operated some of the world’s best hotels, resorts, spas and lifestyle F&B concepts. During his stint with international hospitality groups, Maadad was instrumental in nurturing sound
- [Mohammad Iqbal Alawi](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/mohammad-iqbal-alawi-chairman-sahat-property-management-co/)
- [Mark Tesseyman](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/mark-tesseyman-ceo-liwa-trading-enterprises/) - With over three decades of experience in the fashion retail industry, Mark Tesseyman has made his mark as an experienced successful retailer across the GCC, North Africa, Russia in addition to Europe and the UK. Tesseyman was appointed CEO of LIWA Trading Enterprises in 2015 to restructure and grow the organisation. The organisation’s key focus
- [Mahmoud Gao](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/mahmoud-gao/) - Mahmoud Gao is the founder and CEO of Mr. Draper, a curated shopping service that leverages data and technology to provide a convenient and personalised shopping experience. Prior to launching Mr. Draper, Gao started his career in the US at one at Accenture, working in management and strategy consulting. Wanting a complete change of pace,
- [Ibrahim Abudyak](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/ibrahim-abudyak-co-founder-the-smash-room/)
- [Hathal Saad Alutaibi](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/hathal-saad-alutaibi/) - Hathal Saad Alutaibi is the CEO and board member of Saudi Arabia-based, public listed company called Alandalus Property Company. He is also a board member of Hamat Real Estate Company and West Jeddah Hospital Co – the company that owns Dr. Suliman Alhabib Hospital in Jeddah. In his role, Alutaibi has led the company’s businesses
- [Geetanjali Kaul](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/geetanjali-kaul-co-founder-turtlecard/) - A young mother with over a decade of marketing experience across a number of different industries, Geetanjali Kaul felt daunted by the task of raising a toddler and keeping him suitably engaged in various social, physical and developmental activities. This led to the launch of TurtleCard, a kid’s activity booking app. Kaul has since gone
- [Carole Moawad](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/carole-moawad/) - Born and raised in Lebanon, Carole Moawad has a degree in chemistry, and is the co-founder of M’OISHÎ, UAE’s first and only home-grown mochi ice-cream manufacturer. It was during her visit to Beirut that Moawad first came across mochi ice-creams at a Japanese restaurant, and instantly fell in love with everything about this unique dessert.
- [Armin Jamula](https://middleeastretailforum.com/team-showcase/armin-jamula/) - Armin Jamula is the co-founder & CEO (or SheEO) of ItsHerWay, a platform that supports and empowers passionate and creative business driven women in the region. the platform’s mission is to enable and accelerate financial independence of women who have a passion and want to make profits from it. ItsHerWay not only supports them through

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