The advisory panel for the Caterer Middle East Food & Business Conference met at Jumeirah Al Qasr, Dubai in early January 2016.
Naim Maadad, CEO, Gates Hospitality
Maadad has more than 25 years experience in the hospitality industry, working throughout Australia, South East Asia, Japan and the Middle East with international renowned brands such as Six Senses.
Duncan Fraser-Smith, Founder, The Cutting Edge Agency
Fraser-Smith has held various corporate F&B roles within the hotel industry. The Cutting Edge Agency introduce, integrate and innovate the key pillars for success in F&B operations.
Sacha Daniel, Operations Manager, Solutions Leisure Group
Daniel’s extensive F&B experience includes being AGM at Gaucho Grill and GM of Chancery Lane, both in London, and opening Gaucho Grill in Kuwait for Alshaya. Before he moved to Dubai to join Solutions Leisure, he was GM of Cocoon on Regent Street, London.
Paul Evans, Managing Director, Solutions Leisure Group
In 2013, Evans moved to Dubai and acquired Karma Kafé in Souk al Bahar, and opened Q43 at Media One Hotel six months later. He launched Asia Asia in 2014, at Dubai Marina’s Pier 7 development and is about to open the group’s newest concept, Lock Stock & Barrel, also in Dubai.
Peter Skudutis, General Manager, Zero Gravity
Skudutis was lured to Dubai aged 23, where he assumed the position of operations manager at Barasti Beach Bar. He then took on several other roles before being headhunted for his current position, as general manager at Zero Gravity, a venue he launched in 2013.
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