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27-29 OCT 2025
Madinat Jumeirah, Dubai

2025 SPEAKERS

His Excellency Abdulla bin Touq Al Marri
Minister of Economy and Tourism
United Arab Emirates

Naser Mohamed Ali Naser Alnuwais
Chairman of the Board of Directors
Rotana Hotel Management Corporation P.J.S.C

Markus Venzin
Chief Executive Officer
EHL Group

Marc Socker
Chief Executive Officer
Maybourne

Eleonora Srugo
Licensed Associated Real Estate Broker, Douglas Elliman
Star of Netflix’s Selling the City

Stefano Saporetti
Director of Brand Diversification
Aston Martin

Stephen Sackur
Former Presenter
HARDTalk

Shaikha Nasser Al Nowais
Corporate Vice President of Owner Relationship Management, Rotana Hotel Management Corporation
Secretary-General Elect, UN Tourism

Hans Meyer
Co Founder & Managing Director
Zoku

Marc Dardenne
Chief Executive Officer
Modon Holding Hospitality

Nick Candy
Chief Executive Officer
Candy Capital

Dr Khaled Khalifa
Senior Advisor, Representative to the GCC
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

Neil Benjelloun
Founder & Managing Partner
JL Equity Group

Gregory Lanter
Group Deputy CEO
Club Med

Dimitris Manikis
President, Europe, Middle East, Eurasia and Africa (EMEA)
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts

Haitham Mattar
Managing Director MEA & South West Asia / Special Advisor to Secretary General UNWTO
IHG Hotel & Resort

H․E. Abdulla Abdulalee Al Humaidan
Secretary-General
Zayed Higher Organization for People of Determination

Dr․ Carole Ackermann
Chairwoman of the Board President of EHL Board of Trustees
EHL Hospitality Business School

Hassan Ahdab
Chief Hospitality Operations Officer
Taiba Investments

Yasser Ahmed
Chief Executive Officer
Action Hotels Limited

Asif Alidina
Co-Founder & CEO
Inntelo AI

Abdulrahman Almoayed
Chief Investment and Development Officer
Legacy Hotels Group / Louvre Hotels Group - MENA

Roi Ariel
General Manager
Global Sustainable Tourism Council (GSTC)

Amit Arora
Chief Operating Officer
Arada

Klaus Assmann
Chief Operating Officer - Middle East, India & Southeast Asia
United Hospitality Management (UHM)

Dirk Bakker
Head of EMEA Hotels | EMEA & Global Capital Markets
Colliers

Roy Bannister
Head of Strategic Partnership
The Bench

Daniel von Barloewen
Senior Vice President, Global Mixed-Use Development
Accor

Ben Baseley-Walker
Founder & Managing Partner
Andart Global

Moussa Beidas
Partner and Ideation Lead
PricewaterhouseCoopers ME

Rene Beil
Managing Director, BEAUFORT
Chairman, MAARAH HOLDINGS & HAMA President Middle East

Chiara Caruso
Director National Tourism Fund
CDP Real Asset SGr SpA

Atul Chopra
Founder &CEO
FRESHONTABLE LLC

Katrina Craig
Chief Executive Officer
Hotel Solutions Partnership

Peter Daire
Senior Executive Advisor, Sports Consulting
PricewaterhouseCoopers ME

Sam Dawson
Managing Partner
GSIQ

Gustavo De Hostos
Founder and Managing Partner
FORSITE CREATIVE

Eoghan Devlin
Project Quantity Surveyor
Compass Project Consulting

Fritz Dickamp
Managing Director
Studio 49

Oussama El Kadiri
Partner - Head of Hospitality, Tourism & Leisure Advisory Services MENA
Knight Frank

Larissa Esser
Senior Advisor, Representative to the GCC
Colliers

Giuliano Gasparini, FRICS, CRE, HAMA, IoH, CHIA
Head of Hospitality Asset Management
WASL Group

Artur Gerber
Chief Executive Officer
TUI Blue Hotels & Resorts

Marinos Giannopoulos
Chief Executive Officer
Enterprise Greece

Amir Ali Golbarg
Senior Vice President - India, Middle East & Africa
Minor Hotel Group Limited

Gemma Greenwood
Director
Content Inc

Michaela Guzy
Founder, CEO + Chief Content Creator
OhThePeopleYouMeet

James Hacon
Founder & Partner
Think Hospitality

Bani Haddad
Founder & Managing Director
Aleph Hospitality

Li Hawkins
Partner and Managing Director
Insight Out

Ufi Ibrahim
Chief Executive Officer
Energy & Environment Alliance

Speaking at the Branded Residences Forum

Riyan Itani
Director and Founder
Global Branded Residences Ltd.

Guy Ivesha
Founder & CEO
Maslow's

Sally Jeffery
Global Education and Skills Leader Partner
PricewaterhouseCoopers ME

Kapil Jobanputra
Managing Director
Elaeo Partners

Barun Jolly
Senior Vice President and Business Unit General Manager
Robinsons Hotels and Resorts

Aseem Kapoor
Founder & Chief Executive
ARK People Solutions

Rizwan Kassim
Chief Executive Officer
Rikas Hospitality

David Keen
CEO & Founder
QUO Global

Jiri Konecny
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
ELKO EP

Jan-Patrick Krüger
Managing Director
Pandox AB

Speaking at the Branded Residences Forum

Barry Landsberg
Principal
Landsberg Residential Consulting Inc.

Gerald Lawless
Ambassador
World Travel & Tourism Council

Professor Marc Lepere
Lead in ESG & Sustainability, Executive Education, Department of Banking & Finance
King’s Business School

Serena Lim
Chief Growth Officer
The Ascott Limited

Costas Livadaris
Technical Director - Hotels & Hospitality
Parsons

Enrico Manaresi
Press & Media Director
Technogym

Glenn Mandziuk
Chief Executive Officer
World Sustainable Hospitality Alliance

Ali Manzoor
Senior Director Head of Hospitality, Hotels & Tourism
CBRE MENA

Nicolas Mayer
Partner, Global Industry Leader Tourism
PricewaterhouseCoopers ME

Ralph Melis
Chief Operating Officer
ExploreTECH

Jaidev Menezes
RVP Mixed Use Development EMEA
Marriott International

Elie Milky
Chief Development Officer, Middle East, Northeast Africa, Greece & Cyprus
Radisson Hotel Group

Philippe Najjar
Partner
PricewaterhouseCoopers ME

Nicolas Nasra
Head of Hotel Advisory
Colliers MENA

Amit Nayak, CHA
Vice President
HAMA MEA

Siegfried Nierhaus
Vice President & Head of Development Middle East, India and Africa
H World International

Pelumi Nubi
Founder
Nubi Network

Wesam Okasha
MD & Head of Global Development
TUI Blue Hotels & Resorts

Rosa Piro
Chief Investment Officer
Arada

Arjan Pit
Managing Director Middle East
UNS

Alessandra Priante
President
ENIT SpA

Marco S․ Rentsch
Partner | Global Consulting Hospitality and Tourism Center of Excellence
PricewaterhouseCoopers ME

Pedro Ribeiro
Chief Commercial Officer
Rua Al Madinah Holding

Sophie Ryan
Head of Corporate Communications, Marketing and Brand
Dubai Racing Club

Paul Saba
Vice President and Senior Counsel - EMEA
Marriott International

Piergiorgio Schirru
Executive Vice President
Blastness

Dr Achim Schmitt
Dean
EHL Hospitality Business School

Jitesh Shetty
CEO & Co-founder
Credibl Innovations Inc

Joe Tabet
Founder & Managing Director
JT+Partners

David Thomson
Senior Vice President Development
The First Group Hospitality

Daniel Thorniley
President
DT-Global Business Consulting

Speaking at the Branded Residences Forum

Jeff Tisdall
Chief Business Officer, Accor One Living and Global Head of Mixed-Use
Accor One Living

Wytze Van Den Berg
Vice President EMEA
BWH Hotels

Suma Venkatesh
Executive Vice President - Real Estate & Development
The Indian Hotels Company Limited

Andre Wiringa
Founder & CEO
Start Reverse

Philip Wooller
Area Director - Middle East and Africa
STR

Jonathan Worsley
Chairman & CEO
The Bench

Elie Younes
Executive Vice President & Global Chief Development Officer
Radisson Hotel Group

Nadia Zaal
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Zaya Real Estate Developer