Lifetime Achievement Award Presenter

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

Thomas B. Meier
Chief Executive Officer
Jumeirah

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

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

H․E. Abdulla Abdulalee Al Humaidan
Director General
Zayed Authority for People of Determination

Louis Abi Abboud
Regional Head - Lifestyle Collective MEAIT
Ennismore

Hassan Ahdab
Chief Hospitality Operations Officer
Taiba Investments

Yasser Ahmed
Chief Executive Officer
Action Hotels Limited

Award Winner - Lifetime Achievement Award

Elena Akopiyants
Director of F&B Operations
Sharjah Investment and Development Authority (Shurooq)

Abdulla Rashed Al Abdouli
Chief Executive Officer
Marjan

Mushtaq Al Waeli
Senior Executive Advisor, Sports Consulting
PwC Middle East

Sohail Alali
Investment Director
Rua Al Madinah Holding

Fadi Alaseri
Senior Director – Education and Capability Building
Red Sea Global

Asif Alidina
Co-Founder & CEO
Inntelo AI

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

Scott Antel
Founder & Owner
Scott's FZ LLE

Roi Ariel
General Manager
Global Sustainable Tourism Council (GSTC)

Rolf Arndt
Managing Director
Fairmas Services

Amit Arora
Chief Operating Officer
Arada

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

Bertrand Audrin
Professor & Human Capital Specialist
EHL Hospitality Business School

George Azar
Chairman & CEO
Sotheby's International Realty

Dominique Backhouse
Managing Director
Companion Communications

Stephane Baghdassarian
SVP Development Hospitality
Groupe Barrière

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 One Living

Leo Barrit
Vice President of Sales
FLYR

Ben Baseley-Walker
Founder & Managing Partner
Andart Global

Peter Bazeli
Principal and Managing Director
Weitzman Associates, LLC

Mariana Beatriz Zobel De Ayala
Senior Vice President, Head of Leasing & Hospitality
Ayala Land, Inc.

Moussa Beidas
Partner and Ideation Lead
PwC Middle East

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

Camilla Bevilacqua
Partner - Tourisn and Hospitality
Arthur D Little

Jack Bowcott
Chief Executive Officer
Goki

Jerome Briet
Chief Development Officer EMEA
Marriott International

Chiara Caruso
Director National Tourism Fund
CDP Real Asset SGr SpA

Atul Chopra
Founder &CEO
FRESHONTABLE LLC

Hala Matar Choufany
President - Middle East, Africa and South Asia, Dubai
HVS

Lizzy Coates
Associate Director
Considerate Group

Patrick Coodien
Director
QE2 Hospitality Academy

Investor - PitchPoint

Katrina Craig
Chief Executive Officer
Hotel Solutions Partnership

Peter Daire
Senior Executive Advisor, Sports Consulting
PwC Middle East

Sam Dawson
Managing Partner
GSIQ

Gustavo De Hostos
Founder and Managing Partner
FORSITE CREATIVE

GIOVANNI DE NIEDERHÄUSERN
SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT OF ARCHITECTURE & PRODUCT DESIGN
Pininfarina

Eoghan Devlin
Project Quantity Surveyor
Compass Project Consulting

Sinead Devlin
Regional Director EMEA & Head of Global Strategic Partnerships
Emergenetics International

Fritz Dickamp
Managing Director
Studio 49

Rastko Djordjevic
Managing Director - Global Lead Asset Management, JLL
President, HAMA Europe

Maarten Edelman
VP International Sales
dailypoint

Catherine Edwards
Chief Growth Officer
QUO Global

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

Amr El Nady
Head of Hotels and Hospitality MEA and Managing Director, Global Hotel Desk
JLL

Investor - PitchPoint

Larissa Esser
Senior Advisor, Representative to the GCC
Colliers

Kris Fade
Founder, Fade Fit
Radio Personality, VIRGIN RADIO REGIONS

Alan Faena
Founder and President
Faena Group

Rabih Fakhreddine
Founder & Group CEO
7 Management

Hamza Farooqui
Chief Executive Officer
Millat Global Holdings

Sean Fitzpatrick
Chief Experience Officer
Tatler Asia

Marina Franolic
Head of Investor Relations
The Bench

Marco G Malacrida
Founder
Italia Hospitality

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

Chris Graham
Managing Director
Graham Associates

Olivier Granet
Managing Partner & Co-Chief Executive Officer
Kasada Capital Management

Gemma Greenwood
Director, Content Inc․
Moderator, Emcee, media training specialist, editor and communications consultant

Michaela Guzy
Founder, CEO + Chief Content Creator
OhThePeopleYouMeet

James Hacon
Founder & Partner
Think Hospitality

Bani Haddad
Founder & Managing Director
Aleph Hospitality

Jury

Roland Hancock
Partner, Education and Skills Leader and Chief Sustainability Officer
PwC Middle East

Li Hawkins
Partner and Managing Director
Insight Out

Elias Hayek
Shareholder, Co-Chair Hospitality Industry Group, Middle East and Europe
Greenberg Traurig

Christoph Hoffmann
Founder and Co-CEO
25hours Hotels

Oliver Hogg
Chief Executive Officer
Arzan Investment Management

Ufi Ibrahim
Chief Executive Officer
Energy & Environment Alliance

Ken Iikeo
Founder & CEO, Flat Collaboration
President HAMA Japan

Speaking at the Branded Residences Forum

Guy Ivesha
Founder & CEO
Maslow's

Kapil Jobanputra
Managing Director
Elaeo Partners

Barun Jolly
Senior Vice President and Business Unit General Manager
Robinsons Land Corporation

Aseem Kapoor
Founder & Chief Executive
ARK People Solutions

Rizwan Kassim
Chief Executive Officer
Rikas Hospitality

David Keen
CEO & Founder
QUO Global

Paul Keen
Partner
Deep Hospitality

Shaun Killa
Design Director and Founder
Killa Design

Mark Kirby
President
One&Only Resorts Kerzner International

Jiri Konecny
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
ELKO EP

Jan-Patrick Krüger
Managing Director
Pandox AB

Theodor Kubak
Co-Founder, President Emeritus; Director of the Supervisory Board, HAMA Europe
Managing Partner, Arbireo Hospitality Invest

Speaking at the Branded Residences Forum

Gerald Lawless
Ambassador
World Travel & Tourism Council

Alexander Lee
Chief Growth Officer
Jumeirah

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

Filippo Lodi Lodi
Director
UNStudio

Jeremy Maggs
Journalist, Radio Host and Television Presenter

Dean Main,
Founding Partner and Chief Executive Officer
Rhodium Residence Management

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

Philip Martin Barnes
Chief Executive Officer
Rotana Hotel Management Corporation PJSC

Nicolas Mayer
Partner, Global Industry Leader Tourism
PwC Middle East

Jaidev Menezes
RVP Mixed Use Development EMEA
Marriott International

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

Govind Mundra
Head of Development – Middle East & Africa
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts

Nicholas Nahas
Partner
Arthur D Little

Philippe Najjar
Consulting Partner, Destinations
PwC Middle East

Nicolas Nasra
Head of Hotel Advisory
Colliers MENA

Vickum Nawagamuwage
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Santani Wellness Resorts

Amit Nayak, CHA
Vice President
HAMA MEA

Thomas Niens
Vice President Sales
Adyen

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

Investor - PitchPoint

Pelumi Nubi
Founder
Nubi Network

H․E. Ahmed Obaid Al Qaseer
Chief Executive Officer
Sharjah Investment and Development Authority (Shurooq)

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

Barry O’Reilly
Head of Project Management UAE, Project & Development Services
JLL

Jason Paul Malajacan
Senior Vice President
Artstream Hospitality Management Group

Melisa Pezuk
Head of Development at AMAALA
Red Sea Global

Rosa Piro
Chief Investment Officer
Arada

Arjan Pit
Managing Director
UNS United Network Studio

Alessandra Priante
President
ENIT SpA

Zachary Pulman
Creative Director
Zachary Pulman Design Studio

Dinky Puri
Founding Partner
Eagle Wing

Alexander Rae
Head of M&A
Beaumier Hotels

Vijay Raghavan
Director
Golden Sands Hotel Co․ LLC.

Sashi Rajan
Executive Vice President - Advisory & Asset Management, Hotels & Hospitality, JLL
President, HAMA APAC

Jean-Baptiste Recher
Chief Development Officer Luxury Brands Middle East, Africa and Turkiye
Accor

Marco S․ Rentsch
Partner | Global Consulting Hospitality and Tourism Center of Excellence
PwC Middle East

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

Alida Saleh
Head of Sustainability, Consulting - MEA
JLL

Rahul Salgia
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
DigiValet

Piergiorgio Schirru
Executive Vice President
Blastness

Dr Achim Schmitt
Dean
EHL Hospitality Business School

Siggi Schrot
VP Sales - EMEA
RMS Cloud

Stephan Schupbach
Chief Executive Officer
Chedi Hospitality

Professor Scott Richardson
Academic Dean
Abu Dhabi Hospitality Academy Les Roches

Muin Serhan
Chief Executive Officer
Amsa Hospitality

Lada Shelkovnikova
Partner Hotels & Hospitality
Watson Farley & Williams LLP

Jitesh Shetty
CEO & Co-founder
Credibl Innovations Inc

Khalid Shiba
Chief Information Smart Officer
HDL Automation

Sajid Siddique
Senior Vice President - Head - Real Estate Structuring & Advisory
Mashreq Bank

Marc-Antoine Simon
Industry Manager, Travel Global Business Solutions, MENA
TikTok

Daria Smith
Portfolio Director
The Bench

Chad Sorensen
Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer, CHMWARRICK
HAMA President USA

Jesko von den Steinen
Experience Consulting Innovation Lead
PwC Middle East

Armand Steinmeyer
VP Business Development
The Ascott Limited

Jeff Strachan
AVP Business Operations
Dubai College of Tourism

Joe Tabet
Managing Director
JT+Partners

Eddy Tannous
Chief Operating Officer
Rotana Hotel Management Corporation PJSC

David Thomson
Senior Vice President Development
The First Group Hospitality

Daniel Thorniley
President
DT-Global Business Consulting

Speaking at the Branded Residences Forum

Kevin Underwood
Head of Hospitality Design
DesignEQ

Wytze Van Den Berg
Vice President EMEA
BWH Hotels

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

Investor - PitchPoint

Rosanna Wang
Chief Operating Officer
Aristara

Patrick van der Wardt
Founder
The Hotel IT Guy

Andre Wiringa
Founder & CEO
Start Reverse

Philip Wooller
Area Director - Middle East and Africa
STR

Jonathan Worsley
Chairman & CEO
The Bench

James Wrenn
Partner - Head of Hotel & Leisure Capital Markets | Middle East & Africa
Knight Frank

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

Toa Zhou
Managing Director, Head of Greater China, Hotels & Hospitality, JLL CHINA
HAMA President China

Maya Ziadeh
Chief Development Officer Luxury Brands Middle East, Africa and Turkiye
Accor