Sébastien Marteau, CEO & Founder, Iconiction

Sébastien Marteau is the founder and CEO of ICONICTION. Launched in 2014, ICONICTION is a Dubai based leading company in affluent traveller and shopper mobile marketing and mobile advertising. Sebastien has extensive experience in the mobile and digital industry in both large multinationals and across the globe (especially in Europe, Middle-East and Asia-Pacific).

He is a strong leader, always committed to is the prime focus of his attention and his energy. A true locomotive in any organization, his drive and his vision give him a unique capacity to manage and inspire people to deliver their best while following a strong business ethic. He is intensely focused on the human side of the business engage with people whatever their culture. Animated by a real ability of forward thinking and seeing, he likes to connect the dots while facing very complex and challenging situation. Sébastien holds a Master Degree in International Business and Marketing from the European Business School.

James Lapushner, Managing Director, Anacott Capital

James Lapushner has over 20 years of experience in the real estate industry. Prior to Anacott Capital, Mr Lapushner was a Managing Director and the head of the German real estate private equity business at Morgan Stanley (MSREF) where he was responsible for the strategy and execution of Acquisitions, Finance and Asset Management. At Morgan Stanley, Mr Lapushner invested €2bn of equity, created the largest commercial real estate company in Germany with over €12bn of AuM, and created Argoneo, the largest asset management company in Germany with over 55 professionals. 

Abdulla Al Jasmi, General Manager, Marketoo Properties

Engineer Abdulla AlJasmi, an esteemed real estate developer who serves as the General Manager of Markeeto Properties - a leading owner and developer of real estate properties in Bosnia & Herzegovina for clients based in Gulf region. Mr. Abdulla brings over a decade of experience and relationships developing many renowned residential projects for investors and holidaymakers His real estate activities involve an aggregate value of several million dollars. Mr. Abdulla joined this business in the year 2007. His first task was to explore the region through cultivating travel and tourism in Bosnia. Since then Eng. Abdulla has led the firm into explosive growth in new areas of travel, tourism and property development, including leading the development of Al Aryaf Project. As oftoday Bosnia is known as one of the top real estate growth markets for the gulf clients. 

Hamad Omid, Chairman, Freehold Mediation Information

After studying Mechanical Engineering from Nicosia, Cyprus and then utilizing his 10 years of protracted experience, Mr. Ghasemi has been actively involved in the field as an advisor, real estate consultant, sales director, board member and a board advisor. After completing his education, Mr. Ghasemi was engaged in manufacturing and family business for a few years until he started working in real estate which involved managing investments worth 100 million AED. Working at the Al Masah International Real Estate Brokerage (LLC) as consultant or advisor for real estate developer companies such as Tiger Real Estate and Al Masah Real Estate Development (LLC), he played a key role in introducing the concept of unit transfers and the process of settlements within the developers. Holding an entrepreneurial streak within himself, he established Emirates World Investments (EMWIN) and Freehold Sales Centre at the age of 27, and established and became the Chairman of Freehold Mediation and Information Real Estate Consultancy (FMI) at 32. He has successfully created a team of professionals involved in real estate settlements, totalling the market value of FMI to 6 billion AED.

Amr Etreby, Senior Project Manager, MHPM

Amr El Etreby has extensive experience in leading large and complex projects in the UAE and North America. In addition to being a qualified professional in engineering and project management, Amr possesses the required business skills to engage stakeholders, understand their implicit and explicit demands, identify conflicting stakeholder interests and develop effective frameworks for steering project stakeholders to a successful project outcome. As an experienced leader, Amr fully understands the link between an organization's vision & strategy and its deployed projects.
Amr has a well-rounded experience as a Project Management professional, a qualified structural design engineer, a project controls manager, a contract administration expert, and a strategic business consultant. Amr's experience is an asset to his clients on projects he manages.
Amr has worked on a diverse portfolio of projects including Madinat Jumeirah Refurbishment, the development of Park Hyatt Resort, Yas Marina Circuit Expansion, and Marasy Development. Amr has also worked on several other high-profile projects such as the Dubai Metro and Palm Jumeirah Logo Island Palaces for the ruling family.

Mohammad Marria, Managing Director, Just Wills

Mohammad Marria established Just Wills DMCC 13 years ago after having works with Just Wills PLC in the UK since it's inception there. He has a number of diplomas in business studies, computer studies and slamic banking along with training accounts. He has a professional will writing qualification from the UK from Just Wills PLX and the Institute of Professional Will  Writers (IPW). Mohammad has a wide range of experience in financial services and real estate industry which adds to his wealth of knowledge regarding succession issues. Mohammad has been a key personality in the media in the UAE educating people here to the necessity of drafting a will to protect their assets. 

Kerem Cengiz, Managing Director, LWK + Partners

Kerem Cengiz is the Managing Director – MENA at LWK & Partners. With a strong design-led background and technical and commercial aptitude, he has had over 20 years of international experience across all aspects of real estate development.

Kerem aims to create developments that contribute in combining high urban design quality with assured commercial success through innovation, strong leadership and effective management. He has addressed and participated in multiple international conferences, such as MIPIM, Cityscapes and The Big5 Dubai. He has also presented at several universities, and has led the formation of national architectural guideline and regulatory publications.

Kerem’s outstanding work and leadership has helped him secure many significant and high-profile projects in the UAE, GCC Region and internationally against other globally recognised international practices. This has earned him and his team the “Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Business Award for Innovation” in 2017, as well as “The Queen’s Award for Enterprise: International Trade” in 2009.

Guy Wilkinson, Director, Viability Management Consultancy

A highly experienced hospitality professional, Guy Wilkinson is Director at Viability Management Consultants, a dedicated hotel and real estate advisory firm in Dubai. His specialties are development, pre-opening, asset management, market research and feasibility studies for hotels and other buildings. From 2015 to 2018, Guy was COO of PCFC Hotels in Dubai, where he oversaw the successful relaunch of the famous ocean liner QE2 as a permanent hotel. For many years, Guy had a dual career writing for the hotel trade press in the UAE and beyond.  He is also a regular conference speaker.