Helen El Mettouri

Regional Director, Middle East, Africa & SEA – Keane

Helen is the Regional Director at Keane (www.keanebrands.com) for the Middle East, Africa & Asia.

Helen has successfully run the region from Dubai for 11 years supported by studios in London, Bangkok & Florida. She has established Keane as one of the leading providers of restaurant & leisure experiences in the region ranging from design to strategy. This culminated in recent awards for both Gold on 27 at Burj al Arab and Besh Turkish Kitchen at the Sheraton Mall of Emirates.

Key clients include long relationships with Jumeirah Group, MAF, Emirates Leisure Retail, Vox Cinemas, Raffles, Costa and Pret and is now actively engaged on the al Widyan project with al Akaria.

Hamed Parnian

Associate – Compass Project Consulting

Hamed is an accomplished project delivery professional having spent over a decade honing his skills within the construction, fit-out & FM sectors. Hamed has a keen interest in building solid front-ends of major projects, with his advisor, feasibility knowledge and design management skills being just a few of his greatest strengths, particularly within the luxurious intricacies of the hospitality world. When Hamed’s not saving projects, he’s pretty good at playing DJ at the Compass office!