11-13 May 2025
Mandarin Oriental Al Faisaliah, Riyadh

2025 SPEAKERS

HH Prince Bandar bin Saud bin Khalid Al Saud
Secretary General, King Faisal Foundation (KFF)
Chairman of the Board of Directors, Al Khozama Investment Company

Khalid Saud Abu Haimed
Chief Executive Officer
Al Khozama Investment Company

Nikolina Angelkova
Former Minister Tourism
Bulgaria

Sultan Bader Al-Otaibi
Chief Executive Officer
Taiba Investments

Waleed AlRashed AlHumaid
Chief Executive Officer
Alrajhi Capital

Victor Abou Ghanem
Chief Executive Officer
Story Hospitality

Waleed Abualnadi
Commercial Director
Saudi Icon Company

Hassan Ahdab
Chief Hospitality Operations Officer
Taiba Investments

Hossam Al-Basrawi
General Manager Corporate Banking Group
Alrajhi Bank

Dr. Abeer Alamri
Strategic Planning & Monitoring Deputyship
Tourism Ministry

Mohammad Alathel
Vice Chairman
Amsa Hospitality

Wahdan AlKadi
Chief Executive Officer
Event Investment Fund

Khalid Alsatti
Senior Specialist
UN Tourism

Bilal Ambikapathy
Partner
Wisefields

Scott Antel
Founder Owner
Scott's FZ Hospitality Legal Services

Ahmad Arab
Founding Partner
Horwath HTL Saudi

Adrian Artimov
Chief Commercial Office
Sommet Education

Abdullah Azhari
CEO & Managing Director
Saudi Icon Company

Maud Bailly
Chief Executive Officer
Sofitel Legend, Sofitel, MGallery & Emblems

Lara Barett
Senior Vice President Legal - Luxury & Lifestyle, Special Projects & Global Legal Lead for Accor One Living
Accor

Daniel Von Barloewen
Regional Vice President, Accor One Living, Head of Mixed Use (EMEA)
AccorHotels Middle East and Africa FZ-LLC

Louis Nicolas Barrios
Regional Manager Innovation Education and Investment
UN Tourism

Ben Baseley-Walker
Founder & Managing Partner
Andart Global

Muhammad Bassrawi
President Domestic Tourism Business Unit
Saudi Tourism Authority

Stefan Breg
Managing Partner-Consulting
KEANE: Consult & Create

Nick Candy
Chief Executive Officer
Candy Capital

Lameese Damiri
Senior Education Specialist
UNTourism

Gregory Djerejian
Group Chief Legal Officer
Red Sea Global

Benoît-Etienne Domenget
Chief Executive Officer
Sommet Education

Tariq Dowidar
Vice President, KSA
Aleph Hospitality

Carlos Díez de la Lastra
Chief Executive Officer
Les Roches

Oussama El Kadiri
Partner - Head of Hospitality, Tourism & Leisure Advisory MENA
Knight Frank

Ayman Ezzeddine
Director, Business Development, Middle East, Egypt and Pakistan
Radisson Hotel Group

Amr Fakiha
Strategy & Growth Director, Project & Development Services, KSA
JLL

Dr․Fabien Fresnel
Chief Executive Officer
The Riyadh School of Tourism and Hospitality

Yousef Gamal El-Din
Anchor and Entrepreneur
Stagespring

Hitesh Gandhi
Senior Director Saudi Arabia, Bahrain & Kuwait,
Marriott International

Dr. Sarah Gasim
Senior Vice President, Head of Hotels KSA
JLL

Amir Golbarg
Senior Vice President, Middle East & Africa
Minor Hotel Group MEA DMCC

Steven Greenway
Chief Executive Officer
flyadeal

Paul Griep
Director Industry Relation
Hotelschool The Hague

Heidi Grimwood
Vice President
ELE|NA

Mounib Hammoud
Mega Project Consultant
AlNahla Group

Hicham Hassouni
Chief Business Officer
Our Habitas, EVP KSA Ennismore

Jake Haupert
Chief Executive Officer
Transformational Travel Council

Sean Hehir
President & CEO
Trinity Investments

Jerry Inzerillo
Group Chief Executive Officer, Diriyah Company
Vice Chairman, Forbes Travel Guide

Adil Jabrayilov
Development Director MENA
Louvre Hotels Group

Ola Kayal
Founder & CEO
Nabati

Aradhana Khowala
CEO & Founder
Aptamind Partners

Julien Laloye
Director, Mixed-Use Development
Marriott International

Gregory Lanter
Group Deputy CEO
Club Med

Professor Marc Lepere
Lead in ESG & Sustainability, Executive Education, Department of Banking & Finance
King’s Business School

Serena Lim
Chief Growth Officer
The Ascott Limited

Panos Loupasis
Market Managing Director Türkiye, Middle East & Africa
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts

Lindsay Madden-Nadeu
Sr. Director Wellness Strategy
Red Sea Global

Glen Mandziuk
Chief Executive Officer
World Sustainable Hospitality Alliance

Ali Manzoor
Senior Director Head of Hospitality, Hotels & Tourism
CBRE MENA

Ana Lobo Martins
Director, Interior Design
ARC International Design Consultants

Fahad Mohammed Alobailan
Chief Executive Officer
BAAN Holding

Jessy El Murr
Former Journalist
BBC

Maher Abou Nasr
Vice President Operations Saudi Arabia
IHG Hotels & Resorts

Amit Nayak
Vice President
HAMA MEA

Siegfried Nierhaus
Vice President/Head of Development Middle East, India, Africa
H World International

John O'Ceallaigh
Luxury-Travel Journalist
Former Telegraph Media Group's Luxury Travel Editor

Sundip Patel
Chief Executive Officer
Ezdaher Financing Company

Cyril Piaia
Chief Executive Officer

Ron Pohl
President
BWH Hotels

Carsten K. Rath
Entrepreneur
Passion for Excellence AG

Omar Romero De Francisco
Chief Development and Luxury Officer
Minor Hotels

Muin Serhan
Chief Executive Officer
Amsa Hospitality

Julia Simpson
President & CEO
World Travel & Tourism Council

Arjun Singh
Founding Director
Hospitality and Tourism Management Robert C. Vackar College of Business & Entrepreneurship

Patrick Smith
Chief Executive Officer
Strive Services Group

Michael Acton Smith
Co-founder
Calm

Joe Tabet
CEO & Managing Director
JT+Partners

Harry Theoharis
Member of Parliament, Hellenic Parliament
Candidate for UN Tourism Secretary-General

David Thomson
Senior Vice President
The First Group Hospitality

Johannes Torpe
Designer & Musician
Johannes Torpe Studios

Jules Ugo
Chief Executive Officer
LOTUS Arabia

Gavin Weaver
Regional Director
AtkinsRéalis

Anouck Weiss
Chief Communication Officer, Sommet Education
Co-founder and Executive VP, Sommet Education Foundation

Philip Wooller
Senior Director
STR

Jonathan Worsley
Chairman & CEO
The Bench

Elie Younes
Executive Vice President & Global Chief Development Officer
Radisson Hotel Group