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12-14 June 2023
Radisson Blu Hotel Nairobi Upper Hill
Scott Antel
Owner/Founder
Scott's FZ
Mohamed Awadalla
Chief Executive Officer
TIME Hotels Managment LLC
Rose Bakri
Chief Operating Officer
Louvre Hotels Africa
Anne Biging
CEO & Founder
Healing Hotels of the World
Charbel Boutros
VP Development ME & Africa
IHG Hotels & Resorts
Paul Bridger
Chief Operating Officer
Rove Hotels
Farhan Charaniya
Managing Director
GHSP FZCO
Rahul Chaudhary
CEO, CG Hospitality Global Holdings
Managing Director, CG Corp Global &
Karim Cheltout
Regional Vice President, Lodging Development
Marriott International
Hala Matar Choufany
President Middle East & Africa
HVS Dubai
TIm Cordon
Chief Operating Officer, Middle East & Africa
Radisson Hotel Group
David Damiba
Managing Partner & Chief Investment Officer
Kasada Capital Management
Rajan Datar
BBC World News
Host of BBC Travel Show &
Mark Dunford
CEO
Knight Frank
Lara Dupre
Co-founder & General Manager
Le Palais d'Akwa
Thomas Emanuel
Senior Director
STR
Hamza Farooqui
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Millat Investments (Pty) Ltd
Erwan Garnier
Sr Director Development
Radisson Hotel Group
Koome Gikunda
Director Real Estate
Director Real Estate, Actis
Wayne Godwin
Head of Hotels & Hospitality Group, Africa
JLL
Olivier Granet
Managing Partner & Chief Executive Officer
Kasada Capital Management
Peter Greenberg
Travel Editor
CBS News
Bani Haddad
Founder, Managing Director
Aleph Hospitality
Catherine Hendry
Principal: Property Finance Africa
Nedbank Corporate and Investment Banking
Mohammed Hersi
Group Director of Operations
Pollman's Tours and Safaris Ltd
Valerie Hoffenberg
Founder & President, Expert in Gender Equality & Serial Entrepreneur
She Travel Club
Kim Irmler
Development Director Sub-Saharan Africa
Accor
Srividya Jagannathan
Manager - Consumer and Social Services
International Finance Corp, World Bank Group
Mahmud Jan Mohamed
Managing Director for Tourism Promotion Services, Serena Hotels Africa
Head of the Tourism Department for Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development (AKFED)
Merilee Karr
Founder and CEO
UnderTheDoormat Group
Khalil Ketari
Consultant
Kasada Capital Management
Jugal Khushalani
Director, Lodging Development, Middle East & Africa
Marriott International
Naiara Lopez Giner
Associate Manager - Tourism Advisory Lead
Colliers
Clemence Lormand
Development Middle East & Africa
Fauchon Hospitality
Christopher Lund
Executive Director, Head of Hotels - MENA Region
Colliers
Jerry Mabena
Chief Executive Officer,
Motsamayi Tourism Group
Hon. Peninah Malonza OGW
Cabinet Secretary
Ministry of Tourism & Wildlife Kenya
Alyshia Mangalji
Vice President Europe and Africa
Westmont Hospitality Group
Khalil Manji
Partner
Compagnie Hoteliere et Immobiliere Du Congo (CHIC)
Laurinda Marsh
Global Projects Key Account Manager Africa
Hansgrohe SE
Vimbai Masiyiwa
Chief Executive Officer
Batoka Hospitality Group
Haitham Mattar
Managing Director MEA & South West Asia
IHG Hotels & Resorts
Bernard Micallef
Snr Industry Specialist
IFC
Wanja Michuki
Family Business Coach, Consultant, Advisor
Be Bold Consulting & Advisory Ltd
Samantha Muna
Group MD & Director of Business Development
Trianum Hospitality Limited
Thomas Mundy
Head of Capital Markets Research
JLL
Abraham Muthogo Kamau
Vice President - Africa
ToggleMarket
Anantha Narayanan
Chief Technical Officer
HGS Holdings
Nqobizita Mangaliso Ndlovu
Minister of Environment
Tourism and Hospitality Industry, Zimbabwe
Wesam Okasha
Head of Global Development
TUI Hotels & Resorts
Funke Okubadejo
Managing Director
ACTIS
Dupe Olusola
MD/CEO
Transcorp Hotels Plc
Johary Rajosefa
General Coordinator of Projects
Ministry of Tourism Madagascar
Mmatšatši Ramawela
Director, Gecko Afrika Holdings & Chapter President
International institute for Peace through Tourism Southern Africa (IIPTSA)
Assia Riccio
Founder
Evolvin' Women
Lasse Ristolainen
Principal: Development
Kasada Capital Management
Michaella Rugwizangoga
Chief Tourism Officer
Rwanda Development Board
Fuad Sajd
Founder & CEO
ToggleMarket
Willie Scholtz
Director
EQUATE Africa
Stephane Sebah
Vice President Development GTAF & East Africa
Louvre Hotels
Daniel Silke
Director
Political Futures Consultancy
Paul Stevens
Chief Operating Officer - MEA & Turkey
Accor
James Stuart
Director
The Social House, Nairobi
Valery Super
CEO
Painted Wolves
Pat Thaker
Editorial and Regional Director MEA
The Economist Intelligence Unit
Wytze Van den Berg
Vice President EMEA
BWH Hotel Group®
Roelof van der Westhuizen
Chief Executive Officer
Equate Africa
Jameel Verjee
Founder & CEO
CityBlue Hotels (a member of The Diar Group)
Trevor Ward
Managing Director
W Hospitality Group
Matthew Weihs
Managing Director
the Bench
Amos Wekesa
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Great Lakes Safaris
Billy Cheung Yiu Tung
Chairman of the Board
Century Park Hotel and Residences Ltd