2025 Speakers

Khaled Bushnaq
Chairman, Emirates Green Building Council

Abduallatif AlBitawi
CEO, Emirates Green Building Council

Habiba Al Marashi
Co-Founder, Vice Chair, and Treasurer , Emirates Green Building Council

Mario Saab
Head of Sustainability MENA, Cundall

Dr. Ioannis Spanos
Vice President Expo City Dubai

Tanzeed Alam
Technical Director – Environment, Climate and ESG, Parsons

Sanjeev Coelho
Senior Associate HOK Architects

Tekha Selim
Head of MENA IWBI

Yousef Abbas
Senior Specialist – Sustainability AD Ports Group

Haithem Ibraheem
Vice President Operations
Brookfield Properties

Rima BOUDABA
Head Of Sustainability Design & Innovation Department
DEWAN Architects+ Engineers

Farah Ghanem
Head of Climate Change & ESG Alpin

Tushant Suri
Associate Director – Sustainability Mace

Ayhan Tugrul
Chief Operating Officer CARES

Eliane Germanos
Group R&D Director Ritver Paints & Coatings

Nazly Asadollahpour
Board Member, EmiratesGBC. Vice President -Sustainability, Majid al Futtaim

Hassan Younes
Co – CEO & Founder grfn

Amil Alhasan
Board Member, EmiratesGBC. ME & India Architecture Leader, Arup

Eman Sabbah
Co-Founder and Managing Director. Polaris Energy Sustainability Solutions

Hussein Saqf Elhait
Regional Director
Egis

Douglas Zuzic
Chief Digital Officer
Innovo Group

Eftal Efecinar
Head of ESG and Partnerships Coral

Rabih El Fakih
Managing Director Grey Matters LLC

Sari Saadeh
Chairman, PalestineGBC CEO, Electra Control Systems

Vineet Kumar Sharma
Head of Sustainability & ESG, Arabian Gulf Steel Industries (AGSI)

Ajo Thomas
Pre-Sales & Specification Manager
Hydro Building Systems Middle East FZCO

Nada Chami
Board Member, EmiratesGBC, Sustainable Solutions Manager Saint-Gobain

Naghman Khan
Director IBPSA GCC

Dimitrios Dimitriou
Senior Vice President ESG & Sustainability. EMSTEEL Group

Sofiya Poland
Group Director Strategic Procurement Alec Holdings

Mohammed Saied Alsurf
Founder & Chairman of the Board.
Saudi Green Building Alliance

Mohammad Jebreel
MENA Regional Network Chair
Founder and Managing Partner, Elevex

Mohamed Shawky El Moursi
Director of Advanced Power and Energy Center
Khalifa University of Science and Technology

Steven Velegrinis
Design Director
Gensler

Mohammed Murtaza
Sustainability Committee Chair
ASHRAE

Samer Alhmdan
Associate Architect
Dar Al Handasah

Tzesika Iliovits
CEO – Inclusive Design Consiltant
Inline Design Services LLC

Alicia Dauth
Water Stewardship and Resilience
EmiratesGBC Individual Member

Jennie Stallings
Partner/ Commercial Manager
ChelseaGREEN

Jelena Janjusevic
Associate Professor
Heriot-Watt University

Kamal Farah
Director

Radhika Arapally
Founder
Sustainability Kiosk

Omar Darwish
Senior Energy Engineer
EMICOOL

Juan Luis Cepeda
Head of Energy Services
Ras Al Khaimah Municipality – Sustainable Energy Sector (Reem)

Mohamed Amer
Managing Director – MENA
International Code Council (ICC)

Tushant Suri
Head of Sustainability – Middle East & Africa Mace International

Haithem Ibraheem
Vice President – Operations
BGRE

Mariusz Mlodawski
Country Director
Cemex UAE

Mohamed Moussa
Head of Projects
Masdar city

Ghayda Salameh
Executive Manager
JordanGBC

M Talha Junaid
Associate Professor
University of Sharjah

Stephanie Ip Lamusse
Regional Chief Credit Officer and Chief Risk & Compliance Officer International markets
HSBC

Julian Khalil
Managing Director
Farnek
