Leadership

Talal Al Dhiyebi is the Group Chief Executive Officer at Aldar Properties, having previously held the positions of Chief Development Officer and Executive Director of Asset Management, among other senior positions within the group.
Al Dhiyebi serves on the boards of numerous companies, including Chairman of Aldar Investment, Chairman of Aldar Estates, Chairman of Musanada, Vice-Chairman of Aldar Education, and board member of Miral Asset Management, Abu Dhabi Motorsports Management, Sandooq Al Watan, Abu Dhabi Housing Authority, and Abu Dhabi Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Al Dhiyebi is a graduate of electrical engineering from the University of Melbourne, Australia.

Osama Saleh served as Non-executive Chairman of SODIC from April 1, 2020 until 16 January, 2022. Saleh has over 40 years of experience during which he held several leading positions in the public and private sectors. Saleh is a renowned Egyptian economist who once served as the Minister of Investment. Saleh served as the Chairman of the Egyptian Mortgage Finance Authority (MFA), Chairman of the General Authority for Investment and Free Zones (GAFI), and the Regional Manager of American Express Bank Ltd. He is currently the Non-executiveChairman of the Board of Directors of Ayadi for Investment and Development, Ayadi for Urban Development, Abu Soma Tourism Development Company, and Damietta City Furniture Company. He is the Founder and Chairman of Riseinvest for Financial Consultancy and Investment Solutions and Chairman of the Egyptian-Serbian Business Council. Saleh is also a board member of several authorities and companies, including the National Investment Bank, NI Capital Company, Akhbar Al-YoumInvestment Company, and the Holding Company for Electricity Distribution. Saleh received a BA from the Faculty of Commerce, Cairo University.

Jonathan Emery is the Chief Executive Officer at Aldar Development and is responsible for all development activities across the company. Throughout his 30+ years in the global real estate industry, Emery has held senior positions at leading developers, including UK Managing Director at Hammerson and Managing Director of Development and Communities at Majid Al Futtaim. Most recently, he has held senior positions at Lendlease—a multinational construction, property, and infrastructure company—where he was both CEO of the firm’s global residential practice and Managing Director of Property for Europe, and prior to that, he was their Managing Director of Development for Australia. Emery graduated from Nottingham Trent University in the UK. He has also attended a number of other academic institutions including Henley Management College, Harvard, and INSEAD, and he has been a visiting professor at Yale University

Sana Khater is the Executive Director of Group Finance at Aldar Properties and is responsible for leading the company’s finance functions across reporting, assurance, controllership, and managing relationships with subsidiary management teams, external auditors, and regulators. Khater has over 25 years of experience in the finance and banking sectors, having held several financial leadership positions within publicly-listed companies spanning UAE, Kuwait, and Canada. Most recently, she served as Chief Financial Officer at Waha Capital. Khater holds a degree in accounting and finance from McGill University, as well as a range of other qualifications from the American University of Beirut, Saïd Business School, University of Oxford, IMD, and Wharton. She serves as an Independent Audit Committee member at Abu Dhabi Health Services Company (SEHA).

David Dudley is the Chief Partnerships and Investments Officer at Aldar Development and is responsible for executing and managing development partnerships, including joint ventures, public-private partnerships, land acquisition, and corporate acquisitions. Dudley also plays a key role in the development and implementation of Aldar Development’s strategy for international expansion and asset class diversification. Dudley has over 25 years of global experience in real estate advisory, development management, asset management, and transactions. Prior to joining Aldar, he held senior positions at JLL, including Director of Operations and Head of Abu Dhabi, KSA, and Egypt, and prior to that, he held senior roles with JLL in Hong Kong, Asia, Russia, and the UK. Dudley holds a BSc (Hons) in urban land economics from Sheffield Hallam University. He serves as a board member for various Aldar Development Partnerships.

Fahad Abdulla Al Mahmood is the Managing Director of Aldar International and is responsible for leading Aldar’s expansion into international markets. The company’s first new market entry was completed in 2021 through the acquisition of a majority stake in one of Egypt’s leading real estate companies, SODIC. Since joining Aldar in 2013, Al Mahmood has held a number of senior positions including Chief Ventures Officer at Aldar Development, Executive Director of Stakeholder Management, and Director of Infrastructure and Government Relations. Before his time at Aldar, he spent seven years at Emirates Advanced Investment as a secondee from the UAE Government, where he was employed as an engineer since 2001. Al Mahmood received his MBA from the New York Institute of Technology and his BSc in electrical and electronics engineering from the United Arab Emirates University (UAEU).

Omar Mehanna is the Head of Sovereign Partnerships at ADQ. Mehanna has over 20 years of investment and banking experience across multiple sectors, including real estate and infrastructure, technology, and financial services. His previous roles include Head of Investments at Abu Dhabi Investment Office, Global Head of Merchant Banking at NBAD, and Head of HSBC MENA Investment Banking. He is a qualified ICAEW Chartered Accountant from PwC UK and currently serves as a member of the Board of Directors of Amoun Pharmaceuticals. Mehannareceived his MSc in management (Artificial Intelligence thesis) and BSc in econometrics and mathematical economics from London School of Economics.

Amer Al Ameri is the Head of Venture Capital and Technology Investments at ADQ. Prior to joining ADQ, he spent two years at the Abu Dhabi Executive Office as a member of the team managing the Abu Dhabi government's flagship Ghadan 21 program. He also held investment roles at the Abu Dhabi Investment Council. Al Ameri currently serves as a member of the Board of Directors of Invest AD, a specialist principal investment and asset management company focused on the MENA region, as well as some of the region’s most promising start ups. Al Ameri is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Charterholder and has an MBA from the University of Oxford.

Dalia Khorshid is the Chairwoman and CEO of MASAR. Prior to that, she founded and chaired Eagle Capital for Financial Investment. Khorshid is the former Egyptian Minister of Investment, a position through which she led the charge on Egypt’s investment law. Khorshid has over two decades of extensive and diverse experience in the banking and financial sector with some of the biggest corporate names in Egypt. Prior to her stint as Minister, Khorshid spent 11 years as Executive Vice President and Group Treasurer at Orascom Construction Limited and Group Treasurer at OCI NV, where she successfully spearheaded their multi-billion-dollar fundraising initiatives. She also spent a year with the groups as Deputy Corporate Finance and Investment Banking Group Head of the North African region, where she skillfully brought numerous deals to completion, including cementing a loan to OCI-owned Algerian Cement Company and advising on several high-level M&A transactions. Khorshid held numerous roles within Citibank’s Corporate Banking Group in Egypt, working her way from Management Associate to Vice President of the division to Head of Corporate Finance and Investment Banking in Citibank Middle East and North Africa. Khorshid also spent three years as Relationship Manager of the Corporate Banking Group of CIB, Egypt’s largest private sector bank. Khorshid holds a BA in business administration from The American University in Cairo.

Magued Sherif is SODIC’s Managing Director. Sherif has over 35 years of professional experience, including several leadership positions with prominent companies in the industry. Past positions include Egypt Country Head and Properties Chief Executive Officer at Majid Al Futtaim Properties Egypt as well as General Manager and Senior Vice President at Palm Hills Developments for a 10-year period starting from the company’s inception. Sherif was also Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director at Hyde Park Properties for Development from 2012-2014.

Sherif was most recently the Co-founder and Managing Director of The Venturers LLC in Orlando, Florida as well as the Co-founder of AA Investments LLC, Orlando. Earlier in his career, Sherif worked as Head of the Privatization Unit at Arthur Anderson, in addition to spending seven years at Bechtel Egypt and Bechtel Limited.

He began his career as a Site Engineer with Orascom Construction Industries in 1986. Sherif holds a BSc in Architecture from Cairo University, Egypt, in addition to an MBA from The American University in Cairo.