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2013 Speakers

Sarmad Zok

Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Kingdom Hotel Investments

Nigel Teasdale

Senior Asset Manager, Tourism Development & Investment Company (TDIC)

Susan Harmsworth MBE

Chief Executive Officer, ESPA International

Duncan Fraser-Smith

Director of Food and Beverage Concepts Asia Middle east and Africa, IHG

Gabriel Von Bonsdorff

Assistant Vice President - Investments, IFA Hotels Investments

Rudi Jagersbacher

President, Middle East and Africa, Hilton Worldwide

Catalin Cighi

Managing Partner, Cain Hospitality Innovation

Raja Nasri

Chairman, Turnkey Ventures

Essameldeen Abdelhady Mohamed

Chairman and Managing Director, The Egyptian General Company for Tourism and Hotels " E G O T H "

Alex Kyriakidis

President & Managing Director Middle East & Africa, Marriott International, Inc.

Elizabeth Randall Winkle

Managing Director, STR Global

Neil George

Vice President, Acquisitions & Development EAME, Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc.

Paul Griffiths

Chief Executive Officer, Dubai Airports

Darroch Crawford

Managing Director, Premier Inn Hotels International

Salman A. Haider

Executive Managing Director, Hotels, Majid Al Futtaim Properties

Hamad Eghdani

Director of Government Relations & Emiratisation , Emaar Hospitality Group & Emaar Hotels + Resorts (Armani Hotels Group)

Margaret McMahon

Managing Director, Wimberly Interiors

Nilay Ozral

Director of Real Estate Operations, ALDAR Properties PJSC

Julide Ozbilge Nuss

Food and Beverage Asset Manager, Abu Dhabi National Hotels

Ivor McBurney

Vice President Finance – Development Projects, Kingdom Hotel Investments

Bill Heinecke

Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Anantara / Minor International PCL

Jean-Jacques Dessors

COO Africa, Middle East, Indian Ocean & Caribbean Islands, ACCOR

Eric Danziger

President & CEO, Wyndham Hotel Group

Arthur de Haast

Chairman, Hotels and Hospitality Group, Jones Lang LaSalle

Roeland Vos

President, Europe, Africa & Middle East, Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc.

Amine Moukarzel

President, Golden Tulip Hotels, Suites & Resorts MENA

Dinesh Chadha

Head of Business Development, Citymax Hotels, Landmark Hospitality

Christophe Landais

Managing Director Middle East, ACCOR

Gerald Lawless

President and Group Chief Executive Officer, Jumeirah Group

Dr Abdullah S. Alweshail

General Director National Project for Tourism HR Development, Saudi Commission for Tourism and Antiquities

Dr Badr Al Badr

Chief Executive Officer, SHARACO

Richard Thompson

Editor, MEED

HE Helal Al Marri

Director General, Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing

H.E. Mohammed Mahfoodh Al Ardhi

Vice Chairman, National Bank of Oman

Joe Sita

President, IFA Hotel Investments

Jennifer Fox

President, Fairmont Hotels & Resorts

Jonathan Worsley

Chairman, Bench Events, Board Director, STR Global

Samer Abu Ayash

Head of Design, Construction & Real Estate, Kingdom Hotel investments

Rachel Ziemba

Head of Emerging Markets, Roubini Global Economics

Ahmed Al Fahim

Executive Director – Marketing, Communications, Sales and Leasing, TDIC

Yousef Wahbah

Partner - Head of Transaction Advisory Real Estate, Hospitality and Leisure - MENA , Ernst & Young

Andrew Sangster

Editorial Director, Hotel Analyst

Hadi Nezir

Chairman, UB Holding

Guido de Wilde

Senior Vice President, Regional Director Middle East, Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide

Brian Rafferty

Vice President - Engineering, Jumeirah Group

Olivier Granet

Director of Development Middle East, ACCOR

Wolfgang M. Neumann

President & CEO, The Rezidor Hotel Group

Margreet Papamichael

Director, AECOM Economics

Geoffrey Breeze

Executive Director , World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC)

Anita Mendiratta

Managing Director, CACHET Consulting

Ahmer Naushad

Director - Asset Management and Business Planning, Majid Al Futtaim Properties

Maria Zarraluqui

Vice President Development, Melia Hotels International

Taras Ettl

Vice President Development - Middle East & Africa, IHG

Gary Chapman

President Group Services & DNATA, Emirates Group

Yann Caillere

Chief Executive Officer, Accor

Mohamed Najia

Secretary General, Kuwait Hotel Owners Association

Kevin Underwood

Vice President & Principal, AECOM Design + Planning

Amr Abdel Ghaffar

Regional Director - Middle East, UNWTO

Cherif Hosny

Senior Vice President Development – Middle East, Africa & South Asia, Jumeirah Group

Ajay Malik

Senior Investment Officer, International Financial Corporation (IFC)

Hala Matar Choufany

Managing Director, HVS Dubai

Christoph Härle

CEO Continental Europe, Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels & Hospitality Group

Adel Ali

Chief Executive Officer, Air Arabia

Khalaf Al Habtoor

Chairman, Al Habtoor Group

Stefan Breg

Chief Worrier, TRIBE

Dr Salah Al-Bukayyet

Deputy Secretary General - Investments, Saudi Commission for Tourism and Antiquities

Mohmamed K. Al Dhaheri

Quality & Performance Manager, Abu Dhabi Tourism & Culture Authority

Marcello Baricordi

Country Manager UAE, Visa

Alain Debare

General Manager, Action Hotels

Lo’ai B. Bateineh

Head of Investment Mangement Group, Oman Arab Bank

Paul Pisani

Senior Vice President, Hotel Development, Corinthia Hotels

Russel Sharpe

Chief Operating Officer, Citymax Hotels - Landmark Group

David Vely

Senior Vice President Development Middle East & Africa, Whitbread Hotels & Restaurants International

Selim El Zein

Head of Hospitality Asset Management, Colliers International MENA Region

Filippo Sona

Director and Head of Hotels (MENA Region) , Colliers International MENA Region

David Thomson

Chief Operating Officer, JA Resorts and Hotels

Carlos Khneisser

Vice President Development - Middle East, Hilton Worldwide

Pascal Gauvin

Chief Operating Officer of IHG, India, Middle East and Africa (IMEA), IHG

Gabriel Matar

Head of Hotels & Hospitality, Middle East & Africa, Jones Lang LaSalle

Bani Haddad

Regional Vice President – Middle East & Africa, Wyndham Hotel Group

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