9th RetrofitTech MENA Summit

Faisal Rashid

Senior Director - Demand Side Management - Supreme Council of Energy

Faisal Ali AL Rashid, U.A.E national, a degree holder of Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering-Dayton, Ohio university, U.S.A 1991. Also, a certified PMP-USA. Earn professional certificate in policy making from LSE-UK. Has a solid experience in energy management including supply and demand. Has strong background in process industrial plant including oil& gas, power& water generation process, material handling process. Mr. AL Rashid has been frequent speaker and active participant at various local and international energy related events.

He has published numerous articles on energy management and sustainability topics.

He currently holds a position of Senior DSM Director in Dubai Supreme Council of Energy looking after the whole energy demand management spectrum of emirate of Dubai. He has contributed to success of DSM programs, energy consumption reduction and energy efficiency policy structure in Dubai. Served previously in oil and gas industry for 15 years as project division manager/Project Executive, handled mega feed and EPC projects and worked as general manager in glass manufacturing firm for 3 years.

Elie Matar

Head of Electricity - Regulatory and Supervisory Bureau (RSB)

Elie is the Head of Electricity at the Regulatory and Supervisory Bureau in Dubai. The RSB regulates the electricity, water and district cooling sectors in the Emirate. For close to 10 years at the RSB Elie has been focusing on regulating electricity generation under the Independent Power Producer model, and supporting programmes that foster the building retrofit market and promote energy and water efficiency in Dubai’s built environment.

Elie has over 22 years of work experience and holds a MBA and a bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering. He gained his expertise in the energy and utilities sector largely through regulatory and consulting work in the UAE, Canada and Lebanon.

Aditya Shah

Chief Growth Officer - Taka Solutions

Aditya Shah is the Chief Growth Officer at Taka Solutions, one of the oldest and largest ESCO’s in the region. He specializes in decentralization of infrastructure and is currently responsible for commercializing various Efficiency-as-a-Service offerings for Taka Solutions. Aditya has more than 16 years of climate impact and infrastructure investment experience across Middle East, Africa and Asia with organizations like Creek Capital, IL&FS Investment Managers Limited and Abu Dhabi Investment Company.

Aditya holds a Master’s degree in Business Administration and a Bachelor’s degree in Commerce. Aditya is also a Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst, a Chartered Accountant a certified Sustainability and Climate Risk professional from the Global Association of Risk Professionals.

Neeraja Rahul

Chief Engineer - Radisson Red Hotel Dubai Silicon Oasis

Ahmed El Kiki

SVP Projects & Technical Services - MEA - Tetra Hospitality Investment LLC and Millennium Hotels & Resorts MEA

Deepthy K B

Regional Director, Market Development - GBCI Middle East

Hassan Younes

Co - CEO & Founder - GRFN

Hassan Younes is the Co - CEO & Founder of grfn, a multi-disciplinary consultancy and has over 15 years of extensive experience in the fields of Energy Efficiency, Design, Sustainability, and Project Execution and Management. Hassan has been involved in many high-end projects in the MENA region encompassing MEP designs, energy efficiency, commissioning management, sustainability and measurement and verification for new and existing buildings in the MENA region. He also was involved in energy and sustainability policy studies for many governmental entities in the GCC. He is a trainer for the ASHRAE Global Training Centre. He is a trainer for the Association of energy engineers’ Certified Energy Manager (CEM) course, Energy Valuation Organization’s Certified Measurement Verification Professional (CMVP) course and the facilitator for the Emirates Green Building Council Building Retrofit Program. He is an appointed Consultant for ASHRAE 62.1 Standard and is a member of the training committee for the CMVP course. He is also the current ASHRAE Falcon Chapter president and on the technical committee and was the Vice Chair of CIBSE Regional Chapter. Hassan holds all the ASHRAE certifications.

Nishat Chida

Head of Contracts & Budgets - Asset Management Services & Solutions - Al Wasl Properties

Over the last 24 years in Facilities management , I have spearheaded many successful real estate assets and Facilities management operations, incorporating best practices & saving initiatives with the aim to continuously improve the image of the firm in terms of service delivery, financial performance, & most importantly customer satisfaction.

Amr El Etreby

Principal, Dubai office - Colliers Project Leaders

Tushant Suri

Head of Sustainability, Middle East - Ramboll

Tushant has been working in the ESG space for over 11 years across a number of international markets including India, Middle East & Europe in the real-estate, infrastructure and manufacturing sector.

With a background in corporate ESG strategy for listed companies, decarbonisation pathways, technical low-carbon/net-zero design and construction, and renewable energy procurement including power purchase agreements (PPAs), he has been developed and implemented value creation model for Multiplex (a Brookfield company) Middle East and Multiplex (a Brookfield company) Europe.

Over the last 5-years, he is working closely with across industry groups including World Economic Forum ‘Concrete Zero’ working group, UK Green Building Council, the Science Based Targets Initiative’s advisory board for ‘Building’ sector, World Green Building Council and as a Board member at Emirates Green Building Council.

Gayathri Udhay

Senior Sustainability & Net Zero Consultant MENA - JLL

Gayathri Udhay is a Senior Sustainability & Net Zero Consultant at JLL with 14 years of experience delivering sustainable solutions to the real estate industry across the Middle East and Asia. An Energy and Environmental Engineer by profession, she is a LEED and WELL Accredited Professional and is a certified LEED Green Rater.

Gayathri has worked on numerous innovative Net Zero projects in the region, including DEWA Solar Innovation Centre, Al Sheraa Net Zero headquarters and Aldar Developments Net Zero implementation. Her experience is from inception through commissioning and operations, ensuring the projects are delivering what they are set out to, in terms of sustainability.

Besides being a passionate advocator of sustainability implementation, Gayathri is also a mentor to numerous graduates and a regular educator of clients in the region