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2019 Post Show Report RetailNEXT THE NEW WAVE OF PEOPLE, PRODUCTS & PROCESSES 14-15 October 2019 Le Méridien Hotel & Conference Centre, Dubai EVENT PARTNERS GOLD PARTNERS CX PARTNER SILVER PARTNERS EXHIBITION KNOWLEDGE DESIGN MEDIA PARTNER PARTNER PARTNER PARTNERS RetailNEXT #MRF2019 THE NEW WAVE OF PEOPLE, PRODUCTS & PROCESSES ABOUT MIDDLE EAST RETAIL FORUM 2019 The Middle East Retail Forum (MRF) is a powerful aggregator of entrepreneurs, leaders, innovators and global retail trends. As the annual flagship knowledge-oriented forum that started eight years ago, MRF facilitates charting out the future of retail’s blueprint in the Middle East and beyond. With the theme “RetailNEXT: The new wave of People, Products & Processes”, MRF 2019 witnessed leaders, visionaries, innovators, change-makers and disruptors share their views on topics ranging from technology to talent, seamless to sustainability…and everything in between. @ME.RetailForum @imagesretailme middleeastretailforum middleeastretailforum middleeastretailforum.com RetailNEXT #MRF2019 THE NEW WAVE OF PEOPLE, PRODUCTS & PROCESSES WHAT THEY SAID 8th EDITION 87+ SPEAKERS 367+ DELEGATES 250+ COMPANIES “Thank you for inviting me to be a part of MRF 2019. “Thanks again for everything It was a pleasure to engage with my colleagues around MRF. It was beneficial in the retail sector. It was a great pleasure to join as I met three retailers with the CEOs Roundtable along so many successful whom I spoke about our colleagues and discuss the ever-changing landscape new brand Samha” of our business” Patrick Dorais, Director of Sales, Al Nassma Chocolate LLC Shames Al Hashemi, Director – Member of Board, Dual Investments Congratulations on an extremely successful conference. It was great to see the industry partake in such a well-organised event. I really enjoyed being part of the panel discussion session. My best wishes for the future editions to come “ Naim Maadad, Chief Executive, Gates Hospitality @ME.RetailForum @imagesretailme middleeastretailforum middleeastretailforum middleeastretailforum.com RetailNEXT #MRF2019 THE NEW WAVE OF PEOPLE, PRODUCTS & PROCESSES INDUSTRY - LEADING SPEAKERS ABDUL KADER SAADI AHMED AL QASEER AHMED KAZIM AHMED RAGAB AKANKSHA GOEL AMIT DHAMANI AMIT YADAV ARMIN JAMULA ASHISH SHUKLA BAHANEH DEHGHANI GREEN BERNHARD HEIDEN Managing Director COO Co-founder Group CEO & Executive Board Member Founder & Managing Director Managing Director Head of Marketing Co-founder & CEO CEO Founder Chief Strategy OfficerSchweitzer Group Glee Hospitality Solutions Shurooq Project Chaiwala BRG Holding Socialize Dhamani Jewels Group 2XL Furniture & Home Décor Its Her Way Cinépolis Gulf Happy Bubble & Creative Director, Interstore BUTHEINA KAZIM CAROLE MOAWAD CHANG SUP SHIN CHARBEL LAHOUD DUNCAN FRASER-SMITH ELENA WEBER ELLI KASBI FABRICE LE BOULENGER FERAS ALMADDAH FLORENCIO PADILLA FURQAN ATHAR Founder & Managing Director Co-founder CEO Head of Digital Scouting Vice President of F&B Founder & Managing Director Founder & CEO CEO Co-founder & Chief Marketing Officer Head of People Experience Managing Director Cinema Akil M’OISHÎ 1004 Gourmet Chalhoub Group The First Group ICONS Coffee Couture Elli Junior Grandiose Supermarket Zmakan Chalhoub Group McArthur + Company EBRAHEEM AL SAMADI GEETANJALI KAUL GEORGE KUNNAPPALLY GIRARD MOUSSA HATHAL SAAD ALUTAIBI HEBA AL FARAZI HEER LALWANI HESHAM ALMEKKAWI IAN ALEXANDER HUNTER IBRAHIM ABUDYAK ISOBEL ABULHOUL CEO Retail Co-founder Managing Director Director of CX CEO Founder & CEO Marketing Manager CEO COO Co-founder Co-founder Al Samadi Group TurtleCard Nando’s UAE SAP Alandalus Property Co Coveti Al Ghurair Retail YYT Food Corporation BinSina & Holland & Barrett The Smash Room Magrudy’s Alandalus Property JIM RAGSDALE KATIA KACHAN KHADIJA AL BASTAKI KRISTINE LASAM KUNAL KAPOOR LAURENT GUITART LEANNE SHERLOCK LEENA KHALIL LUCY CHOW LUZ VILLAMIL MAHA MORLEY-KIRK Deputy CEO – Beauty Managing Partner Executive Director Head of Branding & Integrated Marketing Founder CEO Co-founder Co-founder & Partner Director Deputy Director CEO Kamal Osman Jamjoom Group All4Founders Dubai Design District Accenture Interactive The Luxury Closet Circle K UAE Safe Space Mumzworld Women’s Angel Investor Network Cinema Akil Pinky Goat All4Founders Convenience Arabia LLC. Circle K UAE @ME.RetailForum @imagesretailme middleeastretailforum middleeastretailforum middleeastretailforum.com RetailNEXT #MRF2019 THE NEW WAVE OF PEOPLE, PRODUCTS & PROCESSES INDUSTRY - LEADING SPEAKERS MAHMOUD BARTAWI MAHMOUD GAO MALIK SHEHAB MANISH DAS MANOJ GANAPATHY MARK LACK MARK TESSEYMAN MARWAN ESKANDARANI MARWAN JASSIM AL SARKAL MEGHA KAPOOR MILAT SAYRA BERIRMEN Co-founder Founder Co-founder & CEO Group Chief Officer – Franchise Retail Division Manager – Visitors CEO CEO Group Business Development Director – GCC Executive Chairman Head of Performance Marketing Digital Innovation Director Under500 Mr Draper Golden Scent Jashanmal Group Management & Robotics Division Urban Foods LIWA Trading Enterprises Kamal Osman Jamjoom Group Shurooq AYM Commerce Reem Mall Jacky’s Business Solutions MOHAMED ATTIA MOHAMED GALAL MOHAMMAD ALAWI MOHAMMED DHEDHI MOUNA ABBASSY NADINE BENCHAFFAI NAIM MAADAD PATRICK DORAIS PEGGY LI PRIYA PATEL-CHOMEL RACHEL McARTHUR General Manager – Business Development CEO Chairman Principal Founder Co-founder & Managing Partner Chief Executive Director of Sales Managing Partner Product Marketing Lead Founder & Managing Editor Al-Othaim Leisure & Tourism Co Dar Al Osool Sahat Property Management Co AT Kearney Consumer & Retail IZIL Beauty Taqado Mexican Kitchen & Founder Gates Hospitality Al Nassma Chocolate LLC sps:affinity - Facebook Middle East Digital Ink Media Middle East & Africa Park House Café RAJIV PRASAD RAMESH CIDAMBI RAZA BEIG RUMANA NAZIM SAJAN ALEX SANDEEP GANEDIWALLA SARAH JONES SHAHZAD BHATTI SHAMES AL HASHEMI SHAMIN AMIN SHANT OKNAYAN Chief Innovation Officer COO CEO, Splash & Founder Vice President – GCC Managing Partner Founder & CEO Founder Director – Member of Board Head of Business Development Group Director Xpandretail Dubai Duty Free Director, Landmark Group The Edit Tablez RedSeer Consulting Sprii.com The Co-Dubai & Share This Space Dual Investments Landmark Leisure Middle East & North Africa Facebook the Co- dubai SHIVJEET KULLAR STEVI LOWMASS TAHIR SHAH TANIA LODI TIMOTHY EARNEST TOM URQUHART VIJAY TALREJA XAVIER ANGLADA ZAID ALQUFAIDI ZUBIN DOSHI CEO Founder & CEO Founder Founder Group Director/CEO Presenter Co-founder & Director Managing Director – Accenture Digital Managing Director Founder NFX Digital The Camel Soap Factory Moti Roti Tania’s Teahouse Al-Futtaim Malls Dubai One Adapty Lead, MENA and Turkey ENOC Retail Scoopi Café Dubai One @ME.RetailForum @imagesretailme middleeastretailforum middleeastretailforum middleeastretailforum.com RetailNEXT #MRF2019 THE NEW WAVE OF PEOPLE, PRODUCTS & PROCESSES SPEAKERS OVER THE YEARS AMIN ANITA ARUN BHUPINDER CHRISTINE CYRILLE FRANK-MATTHIAS FUAD MANSOOR KHURSHID LENNARD LSHWAR ELMAGHRABY BAKER BRUCE SINGH SOUFFRANT NTIM FABRE KUNTERMANN SHARAF VAKIL OTTO CHUGANI MISHAL ABDUL MONA MUNA NADA NASIF NILESH RENUKA RONALDO SAID SHAIKHA AHMAD STEPHEN GRAHAM MOHSEN AI-HOKAIR ATAYA AL GURG ALAWI KAYED VED JAGTIANI MOUCHAWAR DAHER AL BISHRI HOLBROOK Abdul Kader Saadi, Glee Hospitality Solutions Fuad Mansoor Sharaf, Majid Al Futtaim Properties Mark Thomson, Zebra Technologies Rahul Agarwal, Organic Harvest Shavak Srivastava, GLA Abdulla Mahmood, Comicave Furqan Athar, McArthur +Company Markus Beyr, Attraktion! Raja Abdulkhader, Line Investments & Property Shawn Sipman, UCS Adel Rashid, Hidesign Middle East Garry Wells, LUSH Matthew King, Baembu Rajiv Prasad, Xpandretail Sheriff Rizwan, Alshop.com Aiisha Ramadan, Aiisha Hani S AI-Sulaimani, Hamal Property Co. Matthieu Guinard, GlamBox Middle East powered by Sávant Data System LLC Shuja Jashanmal, Lucrae Akbar Moideen Thumbay, Thumbay Group Hesham Almekkawi, Marka Group Pjsc Michael Schmidt, Dubai Duty Free Rajiv Sangari, IMG Theme Park Sidiqa Sohail, Spontiphoria Boutique & Café Alasdair Lennox, Fitch Hosam Arab, Namshi.com Milos Ryba, Planet Retail Rajiv Suri, Majid Al Futtaim Fashion Silvio Liedtke, Landmark Leisure Alex John Andarakis, Andarakis Advisory Services Hozefa Saylawala, Motorola Solutions Mohammad Alawi, Jeddah Chamber KSA Raju Shroff, Regal Group Sonia Parekh, The Goodwill Tribe Alexandre Teodoresco, Street Nights/Truckers Dxb Ian Ohan, Freedom Pizza Mohammed Abdullah AI-Anjari, Mohammad Raki Phillips, SugarMoo Sophie Katirai, Sophie's closet Amal Al Marri, Independent Food Idriss Al Rifai, Fetchr Al Anjeri Company Ramesh Cidambi, Dubai Duty Free Steve Odak, imarketVend Ameesha Shah-Prabhu, Trrain lshwar Chugani, Giordano Mohamed Galal, Tasweeq Shopping Malls Ramzi Nakad, Fashion Forward Dubai & BRAG Stevi Lowmass, The Camel Soap Factory Anand J Mehta, Motorola Solutions James Morley-Smith, Emea Zebra Technologies Mohamed Haouache, Storefront Raza Beig, Landmark Group Sumit Bathla, AI-Futtaim Group Andrew Williamson, Jones Lang LaSalle James Whelton, AYM Mohammad Shoaib Hai, Majid Al Futtaim Fashion Rebecca Chebli, Al Masah Capital TP Pratap, QwikCilver Solutions Arun Bruce, Boston Consulting Group Jeremy Johnston, Zuhoor Al Reef Mohanish Agni, VISA, Middle East Rohan Bhardwaj, Radix Wears Tahir Shah, Moti Roti Andreas Borgmann, Kcal Jim Ragsdale, Mikyajy Morten Kirch, SSI SCHAEFER Rohin Thampi, Zomato Taleb Al Saleh, NCC (Souq Planet) Arva Saleem Ahmed, Frying Pan Tourism LLC Joy Ajlouny, Fetchr Mukul Bafana, Arvind Internet Ronalda