Manohor Lahori is an Indian business magnate, investor and philanthropist considered by some to be one of the most successful investors in Dubai. Manohar is the Founder, Chairman and CEO of Palmon Group. Over the years, Mr. Lahori pioneered the group to grow from apparel manufacturing company to a conglomerate with diverse business interests.

Manohar’s opportunistically invested in the blooming real estate sector in Dubai and by 2005 had a portfolio of 40+ real assets across various classes (industrial, commercial and residential).

Manohar has been recognized with many esteemed awards, including being the CEO of the Year, on Forbes List for Top Indian Leaders in the Arab World, Arabian Business Top Leaders, Indian Power List and Top Indian Businessmen in the GCC.

Kunal is the Executive Director of Palmon Group. Kunal joined the group in 2002 and serves for 12 years in different positions and was instrumental in establishing the Group as a major player in a range of sectors including logistics, retail, security and business storage solutions.

Kunal is has a rock-solid foundation in real estate which spans from construction, acquisition and investment. His true strength lies in asset management where he has optimized returns and asset value through tenant relationships and creative solutions.

Kunal strives to be the best in whatever he pursues. He is known to be a perfectionist and pays meticulous attention to detail.

Merher Michandani is the Managing Director of Palmon Group since 2014. Over the past 4 years, Meher has not only successfully directed the team but also inspired and empowered them to achieve beyond their capacity by focusing on operation efficiency.

Process management is the core of her responsibilities. Meher is dedicated to the growth of the employees believing that excellence is not a skill; it’s an attitude. A dynamic entrepreneur and business mind.

Meher has a strong passion for CSR and encouraging entrepreneurship in the UAE.

Andrew Love is the Partner & Head of Investment & Commercial Agency of Cavendish Maxwell. Spanning 11 years in property (eight as a surveyor), Andrew has provided a wide range of services to clients including development advisory, investment strategy, valuations and transactional services (structuring SPV’s, BVI companies, equity raising and advising on disposals and acquisitions).

Having passed the UAE’s real estate brokers course with one of the top marks, Andrew has transacted in excess of 3.5 million sq ft of office and industrial space. Given his initial background in valuation, Andrew also has strong analytical skills and still assists in cash flow modeling, NPV/IRR analysis and highest and best use case studies. His current day to day role involves providing professional advice regarding the investment, office, retail and industrial markets to a broad range of local and international companies, formulating and executing marketing plans for clients. Further, Andrew also helps in overseeing the Cavendish Maxwell training programme for graduates who are enrolled to sit their RICS assessment of professional competence (APC).

Over the last twenty four months Andrew has been involved in over 200 landlord and tenant representation assignments, assisting notable occupiers and banks such as Emirates NBD, Dubai Properties, Aramex, Souk.com, Dubai World Central, Kizad, Jebel Ali Free Zone, Investbridge, Bank of Sharjah, Landmark, Alshaya and Land Rover Jaguar.

Andrew previously worked at Montagu Evans and the Grampian Assessors and Electoral Registers in the United Kingdom. Andrew holds an MA degree in Real Estate and Spatial Planning and was awarded the RICS and RTPI Academic Scotland Award for the Best Real Estate Graduate.

Ms. Ghattas has over two decades of experience in real estate sector and is a Managing Partner of a real estate and brokerage company group, Seven Properties.

Ms. Ghattas is also Financial Controller of the construction company, Canadian Gulf Construction LLC and heads the architectural, construction and purchase departments.

Previously, Ms. Ghattas established and was an Associate Director for Collier International Middle East.

Mr. Fahad has a postgraduate of MBA in Strategic Management from Birmingham (UK) and a Bachelor Science degree in Finance, Insurance and Management from Northeastern University Boston (USA).

Mr. Fahad is an astute, insightful and respected venture capitalist. He is involved in an executive capacity with Etihad Capital and sits on the Board of Directors of several high-profile institutions such as Commercial Bank International.

He has held several key government positions such as Director of Department of Tourism and Director General of Dubai World Trade Centre.

Noor Sweid is the founder of Global Ventures, a Dubai-based, growth-stage venture capital firm focusing on investing in emerging markets. Previously, Noor was the Chief Investment Officer at The Dubai Future Foundation, where she spent time developing the technology and innovation ecosystem in Dubai, and a Managing Partner at Leap Ventures, a growth-stage venture capital firm based out of Dubai and Beirut.

Noor moved back to Dubai in 2005 after spending time in the US as a biotechnology and pharmaceutical strategy consultant. Once in Dubai, Noor joined her family business, Depa. Implementing best-practice corporate governance and enabling the scaling of the business tenfold in three years to reach US$600 million in revenues, Noor then led the IPO for the company in 2008, on the NASDAQ Dubai and the London Stock Exchange. In her eight year tenure at Depa, Noor’s involvement ranged from the strategic and growth planning and implementation, to application of corporate governance, the execution of a private placement and an IPO, cross-border acquisitions, regulatory compliance, and investor relations.

During this time, Noor also founded ZenYoga, the first yoga and pilates studio in MENA, which grew to become the largest chain of wellness studios in the Middle East, and which she exited ZenYoga in early 2014 through sale to a private equity firm.

Noor is Chairperson of the Middle East Venture Capital Association, was on the Founding Board of Endeavor UAE, and serves as a Director for MIT Sloan, TechWadi, The Grooming Company, the Collegiate American School in Dubai, as well as the portfolio companies of Global Ventures.

In 2018, Noor was named as one of the World’s Top 50 Women in Tech by Forbes and received the Arab Woman Award for Finance. Noor has also been named in the Arabian Business 100 Most Powerful Arab Women list three times and has been profiled on the covers of Forbes Middle East, Entrepreneur Middle East, and Arabian Business magazines.

Noor holds bachelors’ degrees in Finance and Economics from Boston College as well as an MBA from MIT Sloan.