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

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

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

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

Louis Abi Abboud
Regional Head - Lifestyle Collective MEAIT
Ennismore

Future Leader Award Presenter

Hassan Ahdab
Chief Hospitality Operations Officer
Taiba Investments

Yasser Ahmed
Chief Executive Officer
Action Hotels Limited

Award Winner - Lifetime Achievement Award

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

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)

Bertrand Audrin
Professor & Human Capital Specialist
EHL Hospitality Business School

Dominique Backhouse
Managing Director
Companion Communications

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

Moussa Beidas
Partner and Ideation Lead
PwC Middle East

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

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

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

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

Maarten Edelman
VP International Sales
dailypoint

Catherine Edwards
Chief Strategy 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

Larissa Esser
Senior Advisor, Representative to the GCC
Colliers

Alan Faena
Founder and President Faena Group
Faena Group

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

Guy Ivesha
Founder & CEO
Maslow's

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

Shaun Killa
Design Director and Founder
Killa Design

Jiri Konecny
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
ELKO EP

Jan-Patrick Krüger
Managing Director
Pandox AB

Speaking at the Branded Residences Forum

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
PwC Middle East

Ralph Melis
Chief Operating Officer
ExploreTECH

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

Philippe Najjar
Consulting Partner, Destinations
PwC Middle East

Nicolas Nasra
Head of Hotel Advisory
Colliers MENA

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

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
UNS United Network Studio

Alessandra Priante
President
ENIT SpA

Dinky Puri
Founding Partner
Eagle Wing

Vijay Raghavan
Director
Golden Sands Hotel Co․ LLC.

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

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

Muin Serhan
Chief Executive Officer
Amsa Hospitality

Jitesh Shetty
CEO & Co-founder
Credibl Innovations Inc

Khalid Shiba
Chief Information Smart Officer
HDL Automation

Daria Smith
Portfolio Director
The Bench

Armand Steinmeyer
VP Business Development
The Ascott Limited

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

Wytze Van Den Berg
Vice President EMEA
BWH Hotels

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

Rosanna Wang
Chief Operating Officer
Aristara

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

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