Having worked in the industry for more than 18 years (USA, UK, and the Middle East), David Clifton has in-depth knowledge of the region’s unique macro-economic and construction economics’ trends. He also has first-hand experience in the delivery of large projects and has contributed to a number of industry improvements, including the development of project management offices. Clifton is a highly experienced business leader with an international outlook and a significant track record in leading the development of emerging and mature markets, new ventures, and market consolidation.

Helena De Flaviis joined Khatib & Alami as Senior Director to lead the development and implementation of the firm’s project finance consultancy and capital investment arm, focussed on both client-side advisory as well as co-development of public infrastructure assets (both economic and social), master urban developments, and private sector real estate developments across the Middle East and Africa, covering a range of sectors (transport, power, water, healthcare, education, hospitality, and mixed-use developments). Current projects range from reconstruction programs in Iraq, mega developments in the GCC, railway development in North Africa, through to affordable housing programs in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Over her 17 years’ career spent across organisations like Brookfield, KPMG, and Serco in the UK, ASPAC, and the Middle East, Flaviis has in depth experience throughout the lifecycle of a range of infrastructure assets, from early feasibility and project development, deal structuring, construction through to long-term operations, having led projects on both sell-side and buy-side, representing project developers, investors, builders, governments and operators of billion-dollar plus public assets, including airports, hospitals and roads.

Andrew Greaves is Addleshaw Goddard's Regional Head of Construction and the Head of the GCC, having spent 11 years living and working in the Middle East. Prior to qualifying as a Solicitor in September 2000, Andrew spent 10 years working directly in the construction industry in an increasingly commercial capacity. Andrew specialises in advising government bodies, sponsors, funders, developers, employers, operators, constructors, sub-contractors and professional teams in relation to project procurement techniques (including facilities management) and dispute avoidance and resolution mechanisms. Andrew has also drafted, advised on and negotiated major PPP agreements and commercial documents relating to the procurement, operation and maintenance of major infrastructure projects, including oil and gas facilities, pipeline networks, power plants, mixed use developments, schools, hospitals, airports and roads. Andrew's experience also extends to joint venture agreements, most forms of standard form construction contracts and ancillary documentation (including consultant appointments, bonds, and guarantees). Andrew also has detailed experience of drafting project procurement documents including expressions of interest, pre-qualification questionnaires and request for proposals.

Sherief Elabd is the Director of Industry Strategy and Innovation at Oracle Construction and Engineering Global Business Unit (CEGBU). He is a civil engineer coming from a construction project management background, and with 15 years of experience in Enterprise Project Portfolio Management (EPPM) systems for asset intensive industries across the project lifecycle, from ideation, prioritisation and selection, capital planning and budgeting, project planning, scheduling and controls, and down to facilities and real estate portfolio management. During his career, Elabd has program managed EPPM system implementations and integration projects for large enterprises in AEC, public sector, and transportation industries.

Paul Wallett began his career in the construction industry 27 years ago. A 1992 civil and structural engineering graduate from Leeds Metropolitan University, he spent many years working as a structural draughtsman and project engineer. An industry expert with hands-on field knowledge, he was one of the early adopters of 3D structural modelling.
With his excellent knowledge of enterprise, ERP, and BIM technology solutions, Wallett has spent the last 19 years in the UK, Far East, USA and now the Middle East providing support, training, consulting and management thus enabling commercial engineering, offshore EPC companies, fabricators, and contractors to successfully adopt BIM. He is based in Dubai and leads as the Area Business Director for UAE and India operations.  

Wodzicki is the Engineering Services Director for BuroHappold Engineering, Dubai Office. His current role focuses on managing multidisciplinary teams within the office towards the delivery of world class projects. The Dubai office is an independent, international, award winning engineering hub with a reputation, built up over the last 35 years, for delivering creative, value led building and city solutions for an ever-changing region. With the ever-accelerating technical developments afforded by computational design, Wodzicki strives to sit at the cutting edge of the industry and ensure the local market is keeping up with the global trends. 
Most recently, Wodzicki completed the design delivery of the Museum of the Future in Dubai, and is currently heavily involved in a sculpture intended to further distinguish the already recognizable Dubai Marina skyline. Wodzicki received his bachelor’s degree from the McGill University in Montreal, Canada and a master’s degree from MIT in Cambridge, US. He is a member of Professional Engineers in the State of Massachusetts.”

Bill is a Partner who specialises in the resolution of complex construction and engineering disputes. Bill has broad ranging experience across several jurisdictions and has been involved in major projects in a number of sectors and industries including commercial, retail, hospitality, sport, road, rail, energy, natural resources, defence, health, petrochemicals, process engineering and telecommunications.
In addition to representing clients in all forms of dispute resolution, Bill also regularly advises project teams on dispute avoidance through adopting best practice in project administration.

Vitali Bielski has been tracking the automotive industry in Europe and MENA for over seven years. He is responsible for leading and executing consulting projects across multiple sub-sectors of the automotive industry including passenger vehicles, commercial vehicles within both OE and aftermarket channels as well as distribution and retail networks. He provides a deep understanding of the dynamic automotive industry and the growing aftermarket opportunities in the Middle East. With over seven years of combined management consulting experience and OEM experience (commercial finance team of a leading global OEM), he fully understands the needs of automotive companies and potential for their growth.
During his career, Vitali has gained vast experience across multiple sub-sectors of the automotive industry including passenger vehicle accessories, tire, hybrid and electric vehicles, commercial vehicles, logistics automation, automated fare collection, transaction pricing, commercial finance and others. He also leverages on extensive cooperation with clients including leading OEMs, Tier1 and Tier2 suppliers, distributors, dealers and automotive associations.

Ali Khan is a Mechanical Engineer with a Masters in Engineering Management degree from University of Wollongong in Australia. In his past 12 years of experience, Ali has worked in construction project management in the UAE and Qatar, delivering high valued projects to clients such as Aldar, Abu Dhabi TDIC, and QGIRCO. He has developed and implemented IoT solutions at ROAMWORKS which cater to the construction domain and mission critical operations all around the GCC countries.