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A tenacious and driven individual focused on personal, professional and team development. An ambitious, fully committed and decisive person, who takes ownership, works at a fast pace, exceeds targets and enjoys new challenges. Over 23 years of experience in retail/asset management in both UK and UAE.

Current responsibilities

• Responsible for the P&L, Cost Reduction, Marketing and Operational performance of the malls

• Overseeing and Heading portfolio of multiple community malls

• Involved in new assets from planning, leasing, marketing to expanding operating malls

• Demonstrate effective leadership to maintain occupancy, enhance footfall and drive sales

• Maintain tenant occupancy of all malls and fill up any vacancies

• Create safe well-maintained environment and assure 100% with Mystery Shopper

• Build relationships and collaboration with business partners, local schools, community and local authorities

• Market intelligence and thorough knowledge of competition, market share along with area demographics

• Introduce digital transformation and new ways of doing things, automate processes via tenant portal

• Contingency planning and overcoming challenges economical and crisis management

• Member of the Leasing committee - to review concepts, commercials and retail mix

• Enforce lease obligations and deal with any queries, requests or disputes

• Managing and tendering contracts (support business and procurement)

• Execute new and renewals leases to meet and exceed objectives

• Findings innovative ideas and opportunities related and not limited to - increase revenue, marketing initiatives to enhance footfall, customer spend and increase customer dwell time

• Prepare monthly business review report and annual budget

• Strong team motivation, culture with an ownership frame of mind, working efficiently to achieve results • Introducing going green and energy efficiency such as recycling and adding solar panels to the malls

• Introduce Loyalty programme for our community and gift cards

• Tenant and customer satisfaction is key to our success

• Increasing tenant sales psf

• Mystery shopper achievement and scores to the highest levels at all times • Business 3 year forecast and re-pricing of budget where required to sustain business

• Creating opportunities to generate revenue and reduce overheads

Achievements

• Harvard Business School courses - 2022

• Best Employee Award - 2015

• Mall of the Year Award 2006

• Sceptre Awards Finalist- Young Achiever of the Year 2007

• Park Mark- Safer Parking Award 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008

• Waste disposal cost reduced by 29% and energy consumption reduced by 25.2%

• Young Achiever Case study for Make your Mark campaign

• Achieved 100% occupancy by 2007-2008 and increased net car park revenue by 24%

• Retail store manager survey (CEL) increased from 73.3% to 93%

Professional:

• February 2005-August 2008 M Power Operations/Marketing Management & Leadership Award

• June 2008 Project Argus- Westminster Counter Terrorism Command

• April 2008 Due Diligence Solutions- Fire Risk Assessments

• August 2006 / March 2015 - Occupational Institution of Safety and Health – IOSH

• February -July 2015 - High Potential Assessment

• March - September 2016 - Succession Planning - Individual Development Plan (IDP)

Higher Education (United Kingdom):

• July 2005- Middlesex University, BA Honours Business Management with Travel and Tourism

• June 2002 – Middlesex University, London Undergraduate Programme in Computer Science