MIDDLE EAST DIVISION

Yasser El Kady, Ph.D
Business Development

Dr. El Kady brings 27 years of experience to the team as an executive and consultant with a base experience in the financial, managerial, marketing and economic phases of businesses. He has worked as the Financial and Economic consultant for the King Faisal Foundation Riyadh, Saudi Arabia for the last ten years and participated in developing projects worth more than $500 million.

Fluent in both English and Arabic
Business Developer (Hospitality and Retail Industry)
Developing and evaluating feasibility studies
Arrange Bank and Fund Raising packages
Negotiation with third parties, banks, contractor’s agents, etc.
Knowledge of the financial ratios accounting principles
Managing insurance activities
Developing computer based financial models
Developing strategies for new ventures in real estate and industrial investments

Mark Elawadi
Operations

A hands-on manager with strong leadership skills and an excellent performance record. Mark Elawadi employs a scientific approach to hotel operations and asset management via effective utilization of financial models to maximize revenues, contain costs and increase profitability and ROI. He works relentlessly with hotel management to enhance service delivery to improve hotel profitability and positively influence the hotel's asset performance.

Mr. Elawadi is known for:

His solid hands on experience in hotel operations with Conrad and Marriott hotels
Excellent hotel pre-opening and turn around experience
Excellent creativity in Food & Beverage concept development and operating experience
Highly skilled strategic planning, sales & marketing, revenue management including Time Share operations
Fluency in financial management
Very successful multiple hotel pre-opening experience
Exceptional communication, administration and negotiation skills
Outstanding owner relationships
Excellent ethical and integrity standards.
•Excellent knowledge of hotel valuations and management contracts