Back to Powerlist Ranking 18 : Jyotsna Hedge, President, Sobha Group “As the President of the company, it’s been my commitment to ensure that we are amongst the leading developers in the UAE, building homes where families live, and grow together. A place that lasts for generations. At Sobha, we believe it is our responsibility to live the vision of the company and continually execute on our strategy. Luckily for us, we are a dedicated team that is extremely passionate about delivering uncompromisable quality. I am a firm believer that there is no place like Dubai and the…
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Back to Powerlist Ian joined AECOM three years ago and during this time, he’s led the company through a significant growth period, by partnering with key government entities to drive their transformation programs under KSA’s Vision 2030. AECOM is focused on PIF as a strategic client and has secured several multi-year contracts, which are currently under execution. In this three- year period, AECOM’s bottom line has doubled, and the top line grew by 80%. During the pandemic AECOM implemented a robust digital infrastructure to enable a smooth transition to remote work with minimal interruption to client deliverables. AECOM encouraged…
Back to Powerlist Ranking 9: Farhad Azizi, CEO of Azizi Developments Farhad Azizi’s most substantial impacts on the organisation were in the recent restructuring efforts, especially the realms of customer centricity, transparency, and efficiency. He has introduced new processes and policies to heighten quality control, ensure customer satisfaction through improved ROIs, reduced response turnaround times, and overall better customer service efforts, enhanced communication channels, and much more. Azizi has instilled a customer-first mindset across all senior management and has ensured that it extends to each, and every staff member and every operational decision being made, with the underlying notion that…
Back to Powerlist Ranking 8: John Pagano, CEO of The Red Sea Development & AMAALA John Pagano has been tasked with delivering one of Saudi’s most ambitious luxury sustainable tourism projects that would place Saudi Arabia on the global tourism map. Pagano joined TRSDC in 2018 as their CEO and was recently appointed as the CEO of AMAALA. Over the past 12 months, TRSDC have awarded contracts to CCE for Coastal Village Infrastructure Package; to MachinesTalk for smart wearable tech and wireless tags; awards contract for employee accommodation at Coastal Village to AlKifah Contracting Company; appoints Gartner for flagship destination’s…
Back to Powerlist Ranking 5: Yu Tao,President and CEO of CSCEC ME In the Middle East region, China State Construction Engineering Corporation (Middle East) has more than 40 projects that are currently on-going. During the last year, as Covid-19 has been a huge factor exerting pressure on the construction industry, the company has completed the Dubai Hills Estate Mall Access Project ahead of schedule. “Looking back on 2020, no matter how difficult it was, we completed the projects on schedule as well as protected our employees’ health during that unprecedented time and it was really challenging work,” said Yu Tao.…
Back to Powerlist Ranking 4: Mohamed Alabbar, Founder of Emaar Properties Emaar Properties PJSC announced it has achieved significant increased property sales underscoring investors’ continued confidence in Emaar brand and recovery of Dubai real estate market. During the first quarter (January to March) of 2021, Emaar recorded an increase in group property sales of 83 per cent to AED 7.115 billion compared to the Q1 2020 group property sales of AED 3.887 billion. The property sales were even higher than Q1 2019 by 6%. Backed by robust property sales, Emaar’s Q1 2021 revenue stood at AED 5.993 billion, an increase…