Ashraf Ezzat Email & Phone Number

Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Ashraf currently serves as the Chief Executive Officer of a prominent real estate development firm in Saudi Arabia. He carries the P&L responsibility and oversees mega projects development, asset management, operations, specializing in PPP (Public Private Partnership) projects.Projects are mega real estate development and PPP projects (Residential, Commercial, Hospitality, and industrial).Reporting to the Board of Directors, Ashraf responsibilities include and not limited to: Business development, Strategic & Business planning, Financial modeling, Budgets setting, and achieving the targeted profits and IRR. Achieving set targets, projects completion criteria, and forecasted profit margins. Managing successful relationships with Authorities, Banks, Legal and Financial Firms and advisors. Ensuring the projects financing, and cash flow are well planned and controlled. Managing and monitoring projects development and construction phases. Appointing and managing all developments’ stakeholders including business, financial, and legal advisors, project management firms, local and international designers and consultants, local and international contractors, and major suppliers. Advising the PPP projects investors on the best ways forward to maximize operation efficiency and profits/IRR.

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Ward Holdings is a Real Estate development company specialized in developing Super Luxurious Hotels, and signature/branded residences and penthouses, residential and commercial projects, targeting a niche sector of the market. Best example: The Waldorf Astoria DIFC hotel and branded residences (Highest Category in Hilton’s chain). Reporting to the Board of Directors, Ashraf responsibilities included and not limited to: Business development, Strategic & Business planning, Financial modeling, Budgets setting, and achieving the targeted profits and IRR while maintaining the operation maximum efficiency. Hiring and Managing Consultants, Contractors, Suppliers, and Projects major Stakeholders. Ensuring a successful delivery of projects as planned and within the set budget. Ensuring the positioning of the developments in the Elite sector of the market to guarantee meeting the sales plan and maximizing profits. Conducting successful business deals and professional relationships with Hotel Operators and Guaranteeing Maximum Hotels’ operation profitability.  Managing successful relationships with Authorities, Banks, Legal and Financial Firms and advisors. Managing the PR, Marketing, and Sales consultants and real estate advisors. Ensuring the projects financing, and cash flow are well planned and controlled.

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Assigned with SAUDI OGER second biggest contracting Company in KSA as The Area Manager and leading Mega Projects allocated in all the Kingdom of Saudi with full P&L responsibility.Managing the Project Directors and Regional Managers located in western, northern, eastern, southern, and central region of the Kingdom, and the Core Team consisting of Technical/Engineering, Procurement, Contracts, Project Controls, and Logistic Directors based in the head office in Riyadh. Setting projects’ strategies, budgets/cost, and project management approach. Managing and monitoring all the projects development and construction phases, and client’s relationship. Managing and advising on projects commercials like claims, variations, and change orders, and monitor the projects cash flow and budget.

Doha, Qatar

Based in Doha, Ashraf was responsible for Managing the company’s Operation, Developments, and Projects including the management teams located in Doha and all countries, and clients’ relationship.QPM in order to provide locally and internationally the world-wide A class Project Management services, hired a consortium formed from the international famous PMCs (Hill international & Louis Berger), and the famous British Cost consultants David Adamson and EC Harris, and that Ashraf managed successfully. Projects are mix-use master developments in 7 ME countries with projects values that vary from 1 to 10 Billion Dollars/ Project, with a sum of almost QR 96 Billion ($ 28 Billion). The projects included state of the art facilities and involved the A+ world class stakeholders and operators.Best examples are:- Barwa commercial avenue, Barwa Business District for Qatar Petroleum, and Barwa City (Doha)- St Regis hotel and commercial towers Nile Cornish, Barwa new Cairo, and Sharm Al Sheikh resort (Egypt)- Al Houara coastal resort (Morocco), etc.....Ashraf was responsible for the company’s project management services, and operation/projects P&L, and successfully managed the staff, and the services provided and that included the following:Lands selection, Budgeting, Design and Master Planning Management, Value Engineering Management, Tenders and Procurement Management, Construction Management, Project Controls Management (Time Planning & cost control), Contracts Management, Commercial Management, Risk Management, HSE & Quality Management, etc.….

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Reporting to the Chairman/Owner, responsible for managing the company, its P&L, and its business development, operation, administration, finance, resources, and projects that reached a total value of more than AED 15 BAshraf role included and not limited to: Setting the company and the projects’ goals, strategies, budgets, and profit margins to guarantee maximum profitability. Monitoring and reviewing the projects development, and construction stages in addition to Managing client’s and stakeholders’ relationship.  Managing the selection, evaluation, negotiation, and appointment of design consultants, specialized consultants, contractors, sub-contractors, and major suppliers. Monitoring and Macro Managing all projects’ control systems, contracts administration, and value engineering systems, claims, variations, change orders, and cost consultancy aspects, and ensuring the application of state-of-the-art project management tools and procedures, and company’s safety and quality measures.

United Arab Emirates

Reporting to the group Chairman, Ashraf was responsible for managing the international real estate development company of the group with projects like:Tunis sport city, Lahore sport city, Hercules international sports in Morocco (HIST)Sport cities are mix use developments, and size varies from 2.5 to 12 million Sq.M and values from 3 to 8 billion dollars per city with a sum of approx. $ 30 Billion. Best example: Dubai sports city.Ashraf responsibilities included: Leading the negotiation and finalization of the investment agreements and development plans with governments and authorities, and financing institutes with the help and input of international legal and financial specialists and consultants.  Managing the appointment of all developments’ stakeholders including business, legal, and financial advisors, marketing consultants, project management firms, local and international designers and consultants, local and international contractors, and major suppliers. Managing the business contracts, technical and commercial deals with the Operators for Hotels, Hospitals, and Sport Facilities. Setting and managing the target budgets, project costing systems, cash flow, and projects target IRRs. Managing and monitoring the land selection process to guarantee the suitability for proper master planning and connectivity to traffic and infra-structure networks. Reviewing market survey and market research/study to identify market needs, and best Projects’ components mix. Managing and reviewing legal aspects, feasibility studies and business plans to identify project's program, phases, time frames, strategy, risks, cash flow; and to ensure maximum profitability while controlling the risks.  Monitoring and macro managing all projects’ project management activities and services, engineering, commercial, and construction stages from Master planning and design stages, through the construction, until project completion and sales or delivery to operators.

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

 Managed the company’s projects in Dubai and Jebel Ali, projects examples: American hospital, Kharbash tower, etc...) Successfully interfaced with clients, consultants, sub-contractors and suppliers, and efficiently managed projects teams and resources. Handled high level contractual and technical issues and its related correspondences. Managed the procurement of sub-contractors and suppliers, approving method statements and projects reporting, contracts administration, and ensuring the QA/QC and HSE procedures were well implemented. Effectively monitored time schedules and cost control to ensure on-time and within budget successful projects completion.

Msc (Ph.1), Project Management

Bsc, Architectural Engineering

High School