With over 15 years of experience in managing corporate reputation, planning, and transformation, Mohammed Al Eissa serves as the Chief Corporate Planning and Communications Officer at OMRAN Group – the executive arm for tourism development in the Sultanate of Oman. Mohammed’s rich experience is testament to his knowledge, expertise, and passion for emerging technologies, travel & tourism and sustainable growth.

Al Eissa has held challenging, and foresight driven roles in the public and private sector, where in he was responsible for developing national strategies, implementing performance management tactics, and executing various aspects of brand positioning, and crisis communication protocols. His ability to think out-of-the-box, and an unmatched acumen, has led him to manage special projects in several industries, including the formalization of a national in-country value roadmap for the tourism sector with the Ministry of Heritage & Tourism.

He played a pivotal role in developing a national implementation framework to help execute the state led KPIs for the sector. Moreover, Al Eissa steered the National Strategy for Environmental Sustainability for Oman’s Environment Authority to align with key economic, innovation and energy strategies of the country.

Mohammed holds a master’s in marketing from the University of Leicester, UK. He currently oversees key functions with OMRAN including MarCom, Innovation, R&D, business plans, sustainability, art and culture, and local content development.Mohammed also served as a Board of Director at several of OMRAN Group’s subsidiaries, as well the Middle East Leadership Academy, besides being a member of the Chartered Institute of Public Relations, UK.

He is a strong advocate for innovation, youth development, placemaking and purposeful leadership.

Mr. Arvind Singh joined the Indian Administrative Service in 1988 after acquiring Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in economics from St. Stephen’s College, Delhi and the Delhi School of Economics.

Mr. Arvind Singh has joined as Secretary, Ministry of Tourism in January, 2021. His previous assignment was as Chairman, Airports Authority of India. He has also served as Additional Chief Secretary (Energy) in Government of Maharashtra and as Chairman and Managing Director of Maharashtra State Power Generation Company Ltd. (MSPGCL) and the Maharashtra State Electricity Transmission Company Ltd. (MSETCL). He has also served at the Embassy of India, Tokyo as Minister (Economic & Commercial) between 2014-17.

Mr. Singh has attended mid-career training courses at the Graduate Institute, Geneva and Harvard University and is fluent in English, Hindi and Marathi.

Comercial Director at Fairmont Rio de Janeiro Copacabana, Michael Nagy has extensive experience in the field of tourism and hospitality. Graduated in Hospitality & Marketing Management from Westminster College in London, his career in the segment started in 1998, as Director of Sales and Marketing at Othon. Then, he joined the Hotel Pestana Rio de Janeiro, with the same position, where he remained for 12 years.

Nagy still held the position for a year at the Grand Meliá Hotel. At the same time, he reconciled his activities in the hotel business with the direction of Golf Corporate Brasil, where he stayed until 2013. That same year, he took over the executive board of the Rio Convention & Visitors Bureau.

In a challenging scenario, he sought to generate business for different segments, with the objective of strengthening the receptive tourism industry in the city of Rio de Janeiro. Michael Nagy was awarded with awards such as Personality of the Year 2018, Caio Destination Marketing Award and the Tiradentes Medal, an honor granted by the Fluminense Government to people who rendered relevant services to the public cause of the State of Rio de Janeiro.

Upon being announced as Sales and Marketing Director at Fairmont Rio de Janeiro Copacabana in 2018, Nagy took on the challenge of launching the brand’s first hotel in South America, in addition to working on product positioning and attracting strategic customers, as well as converting Groups, Congresses and Events, as well as attracting new businesses. “I take on the new position with great joy and with commitment to make this project a success. I intend to put into practice all the experience I acquired during my career and generate many results”, said Michael Nagy at the time.

The National Secretary Heitor Kadri has an extensive experience in the field of Law combined with a solid performance in Foreign Relations.

Before his work at the Ministry of Tourism, the Secretary was head of International Affairs Advisory Office at Embratur, Brazilian Tourism Board.

Insurance & Energy Group

It is one of the largest independent insurance group in SEE by gross written premium. A leading financial & utility services group in CEE & SEE, public listed on two markets. They have presence in 13 countries in Europe with 25 years of history. The company has €1.92 billion in annual revenue, €1.93 billion in assets, 7 million customers and 30 acquisitions. Their subsidiaries are positioned in the region of Central and Southeast Europe. The main markets in which the Group operates are Bulgaria, Romania, North Macedonia, Ukraine, Georgia and Greece. In the markets of Italy, Greece (through a branch), Spain, Poland, Germany, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom, the insurance group offers insurance services distributed under the – right of freedom of establishment and freedom to provide service.

• Insurance
General Insurance; Life Insurance; Travel Insurance; Motor claims collection and processing services
• Energetics
Access to and transmission of electricity on the electricity distribution network and connection of new consumers to the electricity distribution network; Public supply of electricity; Trade in electricity; Comprehensive information, communication and technology services; Commercial consulting, purchase and sale of equipment and materials. The Energy company supplies 40% of electricity in Bulgaria and is currently expanding into Romania and Greece.
• Automotive
Sale of new cars; Car service; Sale of spare parts; Import and sale of lubricants for transport vehicles; Fuel card operator; Showroom management
• Leasing
Financial leasing; Operating leases; Rent a car services; Used Car Sales
• Investment intermediation and management on activism
Investment intermediation; Investment bankers; Management on activities

The company is looking for an equity partner in order to acquire shares into the company in order to pursue its future development in the energy sector.

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Ibrahim Osta is an international tourism development expert based in Sarajevo with experiences in international trade and investment promotion, youth entrepreneurship and tourism development. He has managed international development projects exceeding $140 million in scope with additional quarter billion dollars in leveraged funds from public, private and international institutions. Currently, he is chief of party of the USAID Developing Sustainable Tourism in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Earlier he was based in Washington, D.C. as Senior Economic Growth Advisor and Middle East & North Africa Region Director for Chemonics International. Between 2005 and 2017, he served as Chief of party of the $100 million USAID tourism development portfolio in Jordan which helped grow the tourism sector several billion dollars. He has led, advised and supported tourism development activities in various countries such as Nepal, Ukraine, Georgia, Moldova, Timor Leste, Egypt, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates and Lebanon.

Currently, he is member of the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) Panel of Experts and served earlier on the Governing Body of United Nations Foundation World Heritage Alliance, where he co-designed the People Protecting Places campaign adopted by UNESCO to conserve World Heritage sites. With a background in finance and economics, Mr. Osta is a regular speaker in international tourism forums and co-led the UN International Year of Sustainable Tourism Global Forum with the World Bank, UNWTO and Government of Jamaica.

He advises on tourism development and economic impact strategies, destination resilience and experience design. He supported formulation of Egypt’s business reform agenda in 1999, the first of its kind since the Gamal Abdel Nasser socialist revolution and led creation of Injaz a youth entrepreneurship organization modeled after the US-based Junior Achievement International, that has now reached over three million children in over 12 Arab countries. In his early career, he was Executive Director of the US-based American Arab Chamber of Commerce.

Mr. Osta holds a degree in Finance and Economics from the University of Michigan, A Masters of Tourism Administration from George Washington University and Postgraduate Diploma in International Business Law from the University of London.

Eymen Errais is a senior strategic investments advisor. Mr. Errais has more than 15 years of experience in capital markets and corporate finance, acquired from several international institutions such as Merrill Lynch, Credit Suisse and Barclays.

He was also Chief Executive Officer of a private equity fund management company and a CEO of listed stock asset management firm. More recently, he was advisor to the Minister of Development, Investment, International Cooperation and Finance.

Mr. Errais has a PhD in Management Science and Engineering from Stanford University. He also holds two masters, the first in Operational Research and the second in Financial Engineering. He is also the holder of several professional degrees such as a financial risk manager (FRM), in corporate finance technical foundations, and investment management of the Chartered Institute of Securities and Investment (CISI).

Sadia Sajjad is the Country Manager for UK, Ireland, Denmark and Malta at IFC, a member of the World Bank Group and the largest global development institution focused on the private sector in Emerging Markets. In her current role, Sadia leads IFC’s relationships with private sector clients, governments, financial institutions, and investors to enable IFC deliver its investment and advisory program.

Sadia’s career spans over two decades at IFC in various sectors, regions and business lines. In particular, she has worked across IFC’s Investment Operations focusing on Agribusiness and Mining sectors globally; Syndications and Resource Mobilization, where she led commercial debt raise for IFC transactions in Europe, Middle East and Africa region from commercial and development investors; Donor Funding raising for IFC advisory and blended finance projects; and Business Development and clients and stakeholder relationship management. Sadia is an alumnus of IFC’s prestigious Global Business Leadership Program.

Prior to joining IFC, Sadia worked as an economist at IDEA global, a financial research firm based in New York City. Sadia holds a Masters in Economics from McGill University in Canada. She also holds a BA in Honours Economics from McGill as well as a BSc in Accounting from the University of London.

Carmen Roberts is a travel writer and television presenter, predominantly for The Travel Show and previously for the BBC’s fast:track programme, broadcast on BBC World News.

She has travelled extensively with the show and has filmed in more than 70 countries around the world.

After the Asian Tsunami on Boxing Day 2004, Carmen cut short her holiday in Langkawi, Malaysia to report from the devastated resort town of Phuket in Thailand.

Carmen has produced a programme aboard the world’s longest flight, filmed on board the world’s largest cruise ship, gone behind the scenes of the world’s most efficient high-speed train service in Japan and reported from one of the world’s most secretive countries – North Korea.

Carmen won the Best Television Travel Feature at the British Guild of Travel Writers Member’s Awards two years in a row in 2008 and 2009.

Born in Singapore, her father was from New Zealand and her grandparents were Scottish. However, Carmen grew up on Australia’s Gold Coast and moved to London in 2000.

Carmen is now based in Tokyo.