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Dubai, Ae

United Arab Emirates

Advising companies how to achieve superior results in the Industrial & Logistics, and Data Center sectors. Delivering optimal results in challenging markets. Investment Agent.Key clients include Global Transport & Logistics companies, Global e-commerce enterprises, Global Integrated Logistics companies, hyperscale on-demand cloud computing services companies, co-location data center providers alongside master developers, investors, and occupiers.Also undertakes cross sector investment agency across the MEA region. Heads Agency for CBRE in Egypt.

United Arab Emirates

Head Egypt Agency for CBRE. Chartered Surveyor. Industrial & Logistics. Data Centers. Portfolio Manager. Portfolio Optimisation. Portfolio Strategy. Advisory & Transaction Services. Investment Agency. MRICS.MENA account lead for a Fortune 500 internet retailer expanding into the Middle East across the UAE, Saudi, and Egypt. Transaction lead for a top tier cloud platform expanding in to the United Arab Emirates, securing 3 sites for data centre use. Currently engaged in KSA.Ex-APAC, Europe Middle East and Africa South Transaction Management Account Lead for CBRE @ Uber.Ex-CEMEA transaction management lead for VISA, instrumental to the pre-lease of the 9,000 sqm CEMEA HQ office in Dubai. Undertakes cross sector acquisition and disposal instructions in the United Arab Emirates, the wider Middle East and Africa including Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and South Africa. Over 10 years transaction experience in the Middle East and Africa, and over 8 years’ experience in India. Has also undertaken transactions in Hong Kong, Singapore, the Philippines, and managed transaction managers across Australia and New Zealand.Key additional clients include Hewlett-Packard, lease re-gear delivering USD $6m of savings in Cairo; BP, pre-purchase of a 7,000 sqm HQ office in Cairo; VISA, pre-lease of a 9,000 sqm purpose built regional HQ office; PepsiCo, purchase of a 11,000 sqm HQ office in Cairo; BMW, pre-lease of a 5,328 sqm R&D facility in Dubai; and the lease of 160,000 sqm of land for data centre development in the UAE. Other clients represented include Aldar, Abbott, AbbVie, Weatherford, Sanofi, Oracle, HSBC Bank, Unilever, Amazon, AWS, Equinix, BNY Mellon, Johnson & Johnson, Eli Lilly, GE, and more.Owing to investment agency experience conducts investment, and investment consultancy instructions across the MEA region.

Uae

Investment Agency. Consultancy. Agency. Feasibility and Valuation. Projects included large scale master planned projects by international developers and Government entities. Working as a part of a mixed discipline specialist team advised a KSA Government body on a large scale cross sector urban regeneration project for Riyadh.Advised companies on their entry to the UAE. Undertook prime residential agency including the purchase of a UK residence for a member of the UAE Royal Family.National Investment Department. Investment sales and acquisitions in the UK. Key clients included Arlington Business Parks Partnership (GBP 1bn portfolio) and DTZ Investment Management. Wide range of investment work across the office and industrial sectors. Worked as a part of a wider S&P team led by A. Martin on the acquisition of several large scale properties and portfolios, of note Hammersmith Embankment, and the Akeler portfolio, and with M. Rowlands the purchase of Thames Valley Park, let to Microsoft.

London, United Kingdom

Valuation Department. Portfolio and individual property valuations. Key clients included MJ Gleeson Plc and JP Morgan. Worked as a part of a wider C&W team on the valuations of The Carnaby Estate, The Cabinet Office (Admiralty House, Admiralty Arch, and 22 Whitehall), and The Prudential and BBC Staff Pension property portfolios. Valuation of all property sectors throughout the UK. Passed RICS APC in 2004.

Master Of Arts (Ma), Property Valuation And Law

Activities and Societies: Studied part-time whilst working.

Education record