Middle East Retail Forum (MRF)

SPEAKERS 2024

New Voices Onboard

Anand Padmanabhan

Account Manager

Zebra Technologies
Payment Solutions Enabler

Steve Vickerstaff

COO

Alshaya Group
Omnichannel Retailer

Mayank Srivastava

Associate Director – ME & Africa

Tata Communications
Technology Enabler

Farid
Vakil

Regional Channel Head

Zebra Technologies
Payment Solutions Enabler

Manish Sabnis

Chief Executive Officer

Grandiose
Supermarket Chain

Zeynep Sarsar

Associate Director – Retail

CBRE MENA
Advisory Services

Jack Chan

Country Manager UAE

SleekFlow
Retail Solutions Enabler

Leena Khalil

Founder

Mumzworld
E-commerce Platform

Emin
İmer

General Manager

Hepsiglobal
E-commerce Platform

Aamir Allibhoy

Chief Marketing Officer

Tim Hortons Middle East
Coffee Chain

Akshay
Rao

Head E-Commerce

Landmark Group (Babyshop)
Omnichannel Retailer

Amir Mohamed Ali Zweil

Vice President - Marketing & Innovation

Majid Al Futtaim – Lifestyle
Omnichannel Retailer

Ana Elisa Seixas

Head of Marketing

ASICS Middle East
Sports Footwear & Apparel Retailer

Anand Padmanabhan

Account Manager

Zebra Technologies
Payment Solutions Enabler

Ashutosh Chakradeo

Chief Retail Officer

Choithrams
Supermarket Chain

Aurelien Cuellar

Director Technology & Omnichannel

Chalhoub Group
Omnichannel Retailer

Bappaditya Banerjee

Director of Technology

BFL Group
Value Retailer

Bhavesh Morar

Consumer & Retail Industry Leader

Deloitte
Advisory Services

Debashish Mukherjee

Partner and Regional Lead, Consumer and Retail, Middle East & Africa

Kearney
Advisory Services

Doaa
Gawish

CEO & Founder

The Hair Addict
Beauty Retailer

Emin
İmer

General Manager

Hepsiglobal
E-commerce Platform

Eng. Faisal bin Abdulrahman Al-Nasser

CEO

Alandalus Property
Retail Real Estate

Farid
Vakil

Regional Channel Head

Zebra Technologies
Payment Solutions Enabler

Gaurav Mahajan

Chief Executive Officer - Lifestyle

Landmark Group
Omnichannel Retailer

Hameed Noor Mohamed

Managing Director

Alpen Capital
Advisory services

Hassan Tamimi

Chief Executive Officer

The Little Things
Specialized and Boutique Reatiler

Ibrahim Abudyak

CEO, Co-founder

The Smash Room
Leisure & Entertainment

Jack Chan

Country Manager UAE

SleekFlow
Retail Solutions Enabler

Jacques Rheeder

Managing Director

Threads ME
Education Apparel Retailer

Joerg Meiser

Partner, ME Consumer & Retail Strategy Lead

Deloitte
Advisory Services

Jonathan Flender

Vice President - Digital & Omni

GMG
Omnichannel Retailer

Leena Khalil

Founder

Mumzworld
E-commerce Platform

Manish Sabnis

Chief Executive Officer

Grandiose
Supermarket Chain

Maria
Pavani

Founder & CEO

Tres Marias Coffee
Speciality coffee

Mark Tesseyman

Chief Executive Officer

LIWA Trading Enterprises
Omnichannel Retailer

May Kanounji

Chief Executive Officer

Blooming
Fashion Retailer

Mayank Srivastava

Associate Director – ME & Africa

Tata Communications
Technology Enabler

Mohamed Attia

Chief Executive Officer

Al Othaim Entertainment
Leisure & Entertainment

Mohammad Alawi

Chairman of the Board Azad Properties

Azad Properties
Retail Real Estate

Mrunal Khimji

Founder & Creative Director

Mrunal’s Boutique
Multi-designer Atelier

Mukul Yadav

Head of MENA

Gupshup
Conversational Commerce

Mustafa Khanwala

Founder and CEO

MishiPay Ltd.
Retail Payment Tech Enabler

Roberts Bendins

Head of Hyper & Marketplace

Nana
Digital grocery shopping platform

Roman Poludnev

Sales Director

Honeywell
Technology Enabler

Ryan Murray

Resort Commercial Director

LEGOLAND Dubai Resort
Leisure & Entertainment

Sadique Ahmed

Chief Executive Officer

RetailGPT
Phygital Commerce Enabler

Scott
Pryde

Principal, and Middle East Mixed-Use Director

DLR Group
Global design and Architecture

Sherif Eldebawy

Vice President ‑ Leisure & Entertainment

Al Ghurair Properties (GLITCH)
Leisure & Entertainment

Steve Vickerstaff

COO

Alshaya Group
Omnichannel Retailer

Stuart Henwood

Regional General Manager Middle East, Africa & India

New Balance
Sports Footwear & Apparel Retailer

Sulin Sugathan

President/Director of Retail

Royal Furniture
Home & houseware Retailer

Sundeep Khanna

Partner, Consumer & Retail

Deloitte
Advisory Services

Sunil
Kumar

Chief Executive Officer

Spinneys
Supermarket Chain

Vikas Chadha

Chief Executive Officer

Jumbo Electronics
IT & consumer electronics Retailer

Vishal
Kapil

Group CIO

GMG
Omnichannel Retailer

Yahyah Pandor

Regional Lead – Retail

Blue Yonder
Supply Chain Enabler

Zeynep Sarsar

Associate Director – Retail

CBRE MENA
Advisory Services
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