LocationsMiddle East & North Africa

GAA-Marta Consulting General Manager Trevor Owen on current trends in the tourism industry
Trevor Owen is the General Manager of GAA-Marta Consulting, an innovative consulting firm that provides services to governments and the tourism industry. He spoke with The Pro...
Jumeirah Group Executive Chairman Gerald Lawless on Jumeirah’s international footprint & the tourism market in Dubai
Gerald Lawless is the Executive Chairman for Jumeirah Group, a global luxury hospitality company and part of Dubai Holding. He spoke with The Prospect Group about travel and t...
Kurdistan Minister of Trade & Industry Sinan Abdulkhalq Ahmed Chalabi on economic development in northern Iraq
Sinan Abdulkhalq Ahmed Chalabi is the Minister of Trade and Industry of the Kurdistan Regional Government of Iraq. He spoke with The Prospect Group about growth and developmen...
Radisson Blu Doha General Manager Gordon MacKenzie on the travel & tourism industry in Qatar
Gordon MacKenzie is the General Manager of the Radisson Blu Doha, a 584 room property previously known as the Ramada Plaza Doha. He spoke with The Prospect Group about the imp...
Descon Engineering Qatar General Manager Mansoor Rashid on infrastructure construction in Qatar
Mansoor Rashid is the General Manager of Descon Engineering Qatar, an integrated engineering, construction, and plant maintenance company. He spoke with The Prospect Group abo...
Asian Finance Bank CEO Mohamed Azahari Kamil on remaining competitive in a crowded banking sector
Datuk Mohamed Azahari Kamil is the CEO of Asian Finance Bank Berhad, which is one of the three Asian foreign Islamic Banks that has been granted a license by Bank Negara Malay...
Bank of Baroda Chief Executive of GCC Operations K V Rama Moorthy on the company’s operations in the UAE
K. V. Rama Moorthy is the Chief Executive – GCC Operations for Bank of Baroda, India’s international bank. He spoke with The Prospect Group about Bank of BarodaÃ...
Egypt’s Minister of Tourism Mounir Fakhry Abdel Nour on challenges & opportunities in Egypt’s tourism sector
Mounir Fakhry Abdel Nour is the Minister of Tourism of Egypt. He spoke with The Prospect Group about the importance of the tourism sector to Egypt’s economy, key challe...
Libyan Transitional Government Minister of Economy Ahmad Salem Al Koshly on the current security situation in Libya
Ahmad Salem Al Koshly is the Minister of Economy in the Libyan Transitional Government. He spoke with The Prospect Group about the current security situation in Libya and its ...
Mazaya Qatar CEO Seraj Al Baker on the real estate market in Doha
Seraj Al Baker is the CEO of Mazaya Qatar, a public real estate development company listed on the Qatar Exchange. He spoke with The Prospect Group about Mazaya’s key mi...
Google MENA Managing Director Ari Kesisoglu on the Internet & technology in the Middle East
Ari Kesisoglu is the Managing Director for MENA at Google. He spoke with The Prospect Group about Google’s activities in the region, the economic impact of the internet...
US-Qatar Business Council President Patrick Theros on the economic relationship between Qatar and the US
Ambassador Patrick N. Theros (Ret.) is the President of the US-Qatar Business Council, a non-profit, private sector organization which provides a forum for discussion of key e...
AMICO Group CEO Mihran Hazarian on the supply & demand of healthcare in the GCC
Mihran Hazarian is the CEO of AMICO Group (Al Amin Medical Instruments Company), which markets and services a broad line of surgical and diagnostic equipment and devices. He s...
TESMEC General Manager Rabie Kamel on the trenching industry in Qatar
Rabie Kamel is the General Manager of TESMEC, the sole agent, exclusive supplier, and distributor of TESMEC trenching machines and equipment in Qatar and the Middle East. He s...
PWC Qatar Country Senior Partner Stephen Anderson on the business climate in Qatar
Stephen Anderson is the Country Senior Partner at PWC in Qatar. He spoke with The Prospect Group about Qatar’s economic performance, the increasing sophistication of fa...
RAK Hospital Executive Director Raza Siddiqui compares the US & UAE healthcare systems
Raza Siddiqui is the Executive Director of RAK Hospital, a new ultramodern facility located in Ras Al Khaimah and managed by Sonnenhof Swiss Health. He spoke with The Prospect...
KPMG Qatar Partner Rajesh Menon on family-owned businesses, SMEs, and junior market listings
Rajesh Menon is a Partner at KPMG in Qatar. He spoke with The Prospect Group about Qatar’s overall economic prospects, the impact of the new junior market on SMEs and f...
Medicare Group Managing Director & CEO Abdulwahed Al-Mawlawi on the way forward for healthcare in Qatar
Abdulwahed Al-Mawlawi is the Managing Director and CEO of Medicare Group, the publicly traded Qatari parent company of Ahli Hospital. He spoke with The Prospect Group about re...