Visionary, Award-wining Chief Marketing Officer with 18+ years of international marketing communications experience for 15 different industries and won 2 international marketing awards from USA and Asia. Headed various Marcom senior roles for companies / brands of repute in MENA region such as...

Mustafa is a customer experience driven Product Designer who is passionate about transforming business through effective use of Technology and Innovation.

Joy Ajlouny is an e-commerce industry professional whose influence in business and entrepreneurship has spanned the globe. Joy is the co-founder of Fetchr, a Silicon-Valley backed Technology Company based in Dubai aimed at solving the "no-address" problem hindering growth in emerging...

Nader Amiri is the Founder & CEO of el Grocer, a grocery delivery marketplace platform. In just over 12 years in the FMCG industry with Unilever, Kraft Foods/Mondelez, and Coca-Cola, Nader has asserted himself as a passionate innovator. With a strong multidisciplinary experience in brand...

I am the Marketing Director for Beside Group and currently manage brands such as Diesel, Fred Perry, Scotch & Soda and Pinko among others across the Middle East.  As the head of the Marketing & Visual Merchandising departments, my responsibilities include managing all ATL, BTL, PR. CRM...

 As the head of marketing and communications at Cigna Insurance Middle East, Lianne Braganza-D’Sylva is responsible for reinforcing Cigna’s customer-centric approach through the development and execution of strategic brand marketing, targeted segmentation programs, digital initiatives and...

Alper Celen is the founder of ENHANCE DIGITAL, a holding company specializing in online vertical marketplaces that improve lifestyles in the Middle East and Africa. ENHANCE wholly owns JOIGIFTS.com, the leading online gifting platform in Saudi and UAE and is shareholder in MEDIGO.com, global leader ...

Cezca’s experience spans 8 years in the digital advertising field and she managed both regional and international brands across 12 different industries. She handled the digital strategy for brands like Sony Middle East, Bose, Philips Middle East, Majid Al Futtaim Retail, Baskin...

Hussein has over 18 years of solid Marketing Communication experience in the space leading and building integrated marketing practices and customer experience journeys within multinational agencies (JWT, Leo Burnett, and TBWA\), clients (Saudi Telecom Co., Vodafone, Nokia, Visa, and HSBC) and...

Bartosz Demczuk  - is a head of Global Consulting for CRM & Loyalty Solution at Comarch. With over 10 years’ experience in loyalty program he made a journey together with customer across all market industries from loyalty 1.0 up to the latest trends around SoLoMo, precision...

Bart Denolf is currently the CEO Franchise for the Sacoor Brothers group. Since he   joined the company in 2015 he has been actively increasing the presence in new markets.  Prior to joining the Sacoor Brothers group  he pursued a successful career at Pepe jeans group ( Pepe jeans, Hackett) from...

With over 16 years’ experience in professional services marketing, business development and client service for three of the largest global accountancy & advisory firms, Mandip has led and developed diverse teams across advanced and emerging markets in Europe, Asia and more recently the Middle...

Nav currently leads the marketing and communication strategy for ACCA across 11 countries in the Middle East region. Prior to this, she has worked for PwC, BDO and a mid-tier accounting firm in both the UK and UAE. Nav holds a BA (Hons) from the University of Central England and is an Affiliate of...

Pablo is a marketing leader with 15+ years of experience, mainly in digital and e-commerce. In his career he has covered several positions, working for companies with 10,000+ employees’ (such as eBay and Ogilvy), as well as in early-stage start-ups. Before moving to Dubai, he had lived and worked...

As an international consumer goods executive, I joined P&G in 2000 working in various roles in Sales (Customer Business development). This allowed me to have a diversified experience in different channels, categories and markets such as baby care, fabric care, and feminine care.I finally led...

Mona is an experienced brand manager with demonstrated history of working in the beauty industry within the Middle East and Africa. She believes in democratizing the beauty industry and modernizing traditional media.

Amr is the founder of GoodsMart, He studied Mechanical Engineering, ERP systems and database analysis, he worked with several companies in more than 15 countries around the world, travelling helped him shape his personality, expanded his awareness and introduced him to a great diversity of people.

Craig is born and brought up in Dubai, having studied at Dubai Scholars in Ghusais and then Saint Mary's in Oud Metha. At 14, he founded his first company, Craig and Savio’s Football Tournaments, and dipped his toes into the world of entrepreneurialism and risk taking. He would later follow...

A Senior Management professional with a career spanning over 18 years across different industries. Habeeb has built sales teams and negotiated & managed deals across different continents & cultures with specific experience In the U.S, Canada, Asia & MENA region.At Fetchr, Habeeb was...

Sudeep is an airline executive with 23 years of experience in aviation in different countries and business models. Sudeep has previously worked for BA, TWA and Virgin Nigeria and in a number of roles as a consultant to the industry as Managing Partner of Athena Aviation. Sudeep has started four...

Laurent Guitart has 21 +years of experiences in retail: wide experiences across all retail industry Hypermarket, central purchase and leading International franchise of Convenience store.Currently, Laurent is the CEO of Convenience Arabia, Circle K master franchise in UAE. After joining the team in ...

Ashutosh currently leads the Sales and Marketing at Cocoona Centre for Aesthetic Transformation. His experience spans across multiple industries with a total of 17 years in the field of Marketing & Communications. Over the last 13 years he has been based in Dubai and where he was the account...

Kunal is the Head of Marketing and Technology for Landmark Leisure. Having started his career with Landmark's flagship FEC brand Fun City a decade back, Kunal has played a crucial role to grow the business from 11 store operation in 2009 to 86 stores across Middle East and India. The journey...

Shafika Houcine is Head of Digital Experience at OSN and brings strong, data-driven journeys to the forefront of the company’s digitization objectives. Author of “MVNO strategies in Europe”, entrepreneur and journalist, she holds customers at the core of all campaigns and firmly believes in the...

A results-driven professional with more than 14 years experience in communications and marketing and e-commerce, Sayad Ibrahimli possesses a strong understanding of the industry. Having worked with the Fairmont Raffles Hotels International (now part of Accor Hotels) and the Waldorf Astoria...

 Khaled is the VP Communications for Europe, Central Asia, Middle East & Africa Region with over 16 years of service in Tetra Pak. He has more than 25 years’ experience, which started in advertising and then continued in international sales, marketing and branding in FMCG (B2C) and Food...

Karsten Jankowski is the General Manager, Marketing and Public Relations of INFINITI Middle East and oversees the overall strategic direction of marketing and communications within the company.In his role, Karsten Jankowski spearheads the marketing and PR operations for the INFINITI brand in the...

Melissa joined Novo Cinemas in January 2018 as the Sales and Marketing Director. She is responsible for the sales, marketing, PR and communications, and business development efforts of the company. In addition to strategic business development efforts, she directs media...

An entrepreneur and Co-founder of Living Kool since 2014, driven by a passion to constantly be connected with the audience, a consumer oriented business was the way to go. Living Kool started as a discounted activity website but within months moved into innovative products and daily need...

Dina leads the Marketing Department for BOUNCE Middle East, the region’s first trampoline park. With 10 years of experience in the region, Dina has worked in an array of industries from both the agency and client sides, covering FMCG, Luxury, Real Estate, Telecommunications, and more recently, Live ...

James Michael Lafferty is The Chief Executive Officer of Fine Hygienic Holding, and has often been described as one of the most unique and diversified CEO’s in the world today. He is not only a successful CEO-- He is an Olympic Coach. An award-winning journalist. A college professor. A competitive...

Nadine Mezher is the Co-founder and CMO of Sarwa, the first automated investment advisory platform in the region. Nadine co-founded Sarwa after years of consultancy in retail strategy and marketing with a track record of projects delivered for clients ranging from government entities such as the...

An experienced Brand Director in the field of media, air transportation & digital travel with a track record of defining, developing and managing the implementation of Brand, Marketing and Corporate Communication strategies, both external and internal.

Senior Director with over 20+ year experience in well-reputed international companies in UK and Middle East.Industry background within Hospitality and Media with a full and thorough understanding of digital marketing channels and practical experience across the full marketing mix.Developing and...

Bart is a Chief Data Officer and Regional Head of Analytics at HSBC Middle East. He has been in the region since 2012 having worked in a variety of management roles in the fields of Strategy & Change, Remediation Office and numerous data related projects till date. Prior to joining HSBC, Bart...

Enterprise Digital Leader 2017 and Digital Retail Leader 2018 by MIT Sloan Review and the Khaleej Times plus CIO of the Year 2018, Kumar Prasoon is the Chief Information Officer (CIO) for a prominent retail chain and honored as one of the Global Topmost CIOs in the Middle East and Africa...

A colombian story teller enabling people to create memories worldwide at the ENTERTAINER. 13 years marketing stuff and helping brands make a difference in 4 different countries. Specialty coffee roaster.A traveller, a dreamer, a social activist, a seeker of challenges and the perfect cup of coffee.

I am an ecommerce and digital marketing entrepreneur with over 14 years of industry experience. I come from a software development background with a indepth understanding of performance marketing. I have worked with several leading regional digital agencies and brands before venturing into...

Ziad has been in the field of media and advertising in the middle east for more than 14 years. He worked for both established names such as Maktoob.com, and Yahoo! as well as launched a startup called Nimbuzz. Today, Ziad heads the marketing solutions team at LinkedIn and leads a team that...

“Hassan Raza is a professional marketing strategist, digital consultant & entrepreneur at heart, who created and promoted top brands in the field of Automotive, Education, Banking, Fashion & IT. A leader who consistently takes the challenging projects, builds exceptional teams, and drives...

Heather (Bumgarner) Redling has over 15 years in the theme park industry, starting her career as an Animal Trainer with SeaWorld Parks and Entertainment®After four years in Animal Training, she moved to the Sales and Marketing department and worked in a variety of roles from International &...

Rehan is an experienced and award-winning Technology Intrapreneur with more than 12 years of rich and diversified cumulative experience in Information Technology. He is currently heading Information Technology Department of the leading fashion apparel brand Khaadi where he is leading Khaadi's...

Guilherme is a User Experience Designer with more than 12 years in the IT field. He started working with UX back in Brazil, at HP, when he was part of the R&D team for Walmart digital products. In 2012, he moved to UAE and from there he has participated on very important projects, such as the...

For most, Danelle Ruth Palang, Director of Marketing and Communications at the Dusit Thani Dubai, is responsible for promoting and upholding the iconic Dusit lifestyle, but to her peers, she is a formidable thought leader and innovator, the skillful intermediary between one of the world’s finest...

Leading the charge and at Dubai’s favourite Asian street food restaurants WOK BOYZ is its CEO and co-founder Gaurav Sabharwal. Proudly born and bought up in Dubai and after a successful 15-year corporate stint in some of the world’s largest companies, he has embraced his two passions – food and...

Moiza has always loved puzzles and solving problems. She is addicted to technology and believes that tech is the key to arriving at global solutions to many of the issues that face our world today. She is passionate about using technology to improve the quality of our everyday lives.She has a truly ...

Arif Saiyad is the force behind Arif Saiyad & Associados Ventures (ASA Ventures)―a venture capital company which he founded in his native country, Portugal, in 2003. Currently headquartered in Dubai, Arif sits at the head of ASA Ventures which has over 30 portfolio B2B and B2C companies  under...

Nadine “VP digital business” for Zee Entertainment MENA. Awarded "Digital Transformation Maestro” in December 2018. Have launched the top two OTT Arabic platforms, currently runs “Weyyak.com” and have managed “Shahid.net” earlier in her career. Known speaker and digital media subject matter...

Jorge Sanz is a highly-experienced leader in Data Management/Data Governance, Advanced Analytics (Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning), Business Intelligence, Data Monetization and Big Data. He has a Master in Business Administration (MBA), a Statistics Degree and over 24 years of strong...

Mahmoud has extensive experience in building businesses- from start ups to global conglomerates.Having worked in FMCG, white goods, e-commerce and tech. industries across North America, Middle East and Africa; Mahmoud has developed marketing communications, brand growth plans, and go-to-market...

Aymane Sennoussi, Product and Growth enthusiast. Lives in the intersection of Product, Marketing and Data. Believes in value driven companies.

A marketer in the FMCG industry for past 13 years working on various categories like Fabric Care, Baby Care, Fem Care, Hair Care and Male grooming during a 12 year career in Procter and Gamble Near East handling Egypt, Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq and Syria where I also enjoyed broadening assignments in...

Andreas started his first company already at the age of 17, and has since successfully co-founded and invested in several lifestyle and tech startups. His curiosity and nature of always questioning existing structures and ways of doing things have encouraged him to become a visionary maverick and...

Matthew is the Director of Marketing at Cleartrip, the Middle East’s largest and fastest growing online travel agencies. Matthew has over a decade of experience in marketing and has worked with global and local brands in telecommunications, travel and hospitality, financial services, automotive and ...

Shyam Sunder has over 25 years experience in building brands across categories and markets. His first 15 years was in advertising, having started his career at DDB in India building the businesses of several successful brands including Apple and Henkel. Shyam went on to become the Country Head of a ...

Alexander Suski was appointed Regional Director of Sales and Marketing for Millennium Hotels & Resorts Middle East and Africa in 2016. In his role, he oversees the commercial support for the current 39 hotels in the portfolio as well as 42 future openings and is responsible for driving the...

Alex started his career at Tecbuy (formerly known as CompuME) in 2010. By 2013 he shifted as the Operations Manager of both LetsTango.com and Tecbuy. Where his duties were to oversee day to day operations and logistics of both companies, and gradually the IT Development and expansion of...

Started her career in Consulting and now 5 years later, heads ecommerce sales and marketing for Jacky’s Electronics, one of UAEs Power Retailers. Passionate about seamless omnichannel retailing with a keen eye for digital trends

Dharmin Ved has made his mark in the fashion retail industry as the CEO of 6TH STREET, the latest Apparel Group venture in the digital space. Being qualified as a Chartered Accountant in the UK, Dharmin’s first job was at Ernst & Young, (London). Soon after, he was then appointed as CEO of LM...

 As Chief Technology Officer at OSN, Jacques Von Benecke is the driving force behind the digital transformation agenda in the IT, Innovation, Broadcast and Business Intelligence teams at the MENA region’s leading entertainment network. Since joining OSN in 2017, Jacques’s key objective has been...

As the Group Head of Human Resources at Choithrams, Kunal caters to needs of over 4000 employees in the Middle East Region.  His passion and focus has enabled a switch in his organizations culture from a hierarchical “command and control” environment, to one which enables “trusted teams” to take...

Steven Worobec is the Global Brand Marketing Director at Careem, where he is responsible for bringing the brand’s story to life, through the local marketing teams and global strategic partnerships. He most recently launched the regional brand campaign “What’s Moves You, Moves Us” which made it to...

Joachim has 20 years of international experience in the telecommunication industry, covering management, business and technical aspects in communication networks.He joined Nokia in Finland in 2000 as a Customer Trainer for Messaging Platforms and has then held several sales and marketing management ...

Rami Zahran is the Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) of the Saudi German Hospital Group in KSA. He is responsible for the company’s Marketing, Communications and Events activities in the Saudi Arabia and supports the company’s investor relations function.Rami has over a decade of high-profile marketing ...

A Marketing expert with over twenty years’ experience offering proven track record in developing and executing marketing programs. With the ability and skill set to provide creative, innovative, enthusiastic and forward-thinking leadership in a team environment. Focused on achieving...