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Experts Team
Dr. Georges Maurice
InstructorGeorges Maurice, founder and CEO of Elite Gulf Real Estate Institute, is an International Real Estate Professional, International Speaker and Instructor with over 30 years of experience in global training, marketing, branding, strategic sales and management in the real estate and pharmaceutical industries. Georges is a U.S. National expert who lived on three continents and is fluent in English, Arabic and French. Georges is a Senior Consultant, drafting curricula, modifying and updating certification courses, continuous education courses, special corporate- tailored trainings, and concentrated courses for aspiring students and future realtors.
Shahram Safai - Juris Doctor
InstructorShahram Safai is a partner at Afridi & Angell. He heads the firm’s real estate practice and represents stakeholders in the industry including developers, owners, architects, engineers, contractors and government entities in all stages of the real estate and construction process. In addition to his real estate practice, Shahram represents clients on general corporate matters, private equity, venture capital and doing business in the region. Shahram is a qualified solicitor in England and Wales and a member of the California State Bar. He obtained a Juris Doctor from the University of British Columbia. He is also a registered professional engineer.
Mohanad Alwadiya
InstructorDubbed ‘the wolf of real estate. Mohanad Alwadiya is the most celebrated real estate and business multi-media thought-leader in the region. He is the CEO of award-winning Harbor Real Estate managing mixed-use institutional portfolios worth over AED 14.8 billion. Mohanad has his own top-rated property reality-TV show on MBC 1 & he’s the author of the best-seller “Landlording – from renting to financial freedom”.
Michel Sabbagh
InstructorFor more than 40 years, Michel Sabbagh has been holding key positions in Management, Marketing, Sales and Business Development with multi-national and regional organisations. Well versed in all aspects of advertising, branding, promotion, public relation, channel management, events and growing businesses, his extensive experience helped generating highest brand exposure, recognition, revenue and return on investment. Expert and known for his business analytics, marketing, sales, technology and field expertise
Jeevan D’Mello
InstructorProfessionally trained as an Architect, Jeevan is the pioneer of the Community Management industry in the Middle East. He is popularly known as the ‘Father of Community Management in the Middle East’. In his career in Dubai, he setup the region’s biggest community association management company ‘Emaar Community Management LLC’, managing some 170 towers and 14,000 homes in some of the most iconic communities in the UAE and the tallest tower in the world, Burj Khalifa with assets of over USD 40 billion under management.
Akhmed Idigov
InstructorCurrently CEO of IDIGOV Real Estate, Dubai UAE Executive Director of IDIGOV Consulting, Dubai UAE Founder of Bella Ecom, Wyoming USA Instructor at Udemy. Akhmed Idigov is currently in charge of several companies he has established: IDIGOV Consulting, IDIGOV Real Estate, Bella Ecom, etc. Akhmed Idigov consults and helps real estate companies all over Dubai to improve their businesses by giving professional consultation and conducting expert advisory.
Noura Yassin
InstructorResults oriented and self‐driven professional expert with over 20 years of real estate experience in the MENA region, focusing on strategic and transaction advisory services. Noura specializes in investment valuation, development appraisal, market research, feasibility study, highest and best use, and other advisory services. Her portfolio includes but not limited to banks, financial institutions, corporate and government entities, real estate funds, public listed companies, developers and property companies not only in the UAE but throughout the Middle East region.
Kirk Watilo
InstructorKirk Watilo is a highly respected professional who leads multiple fronts at the global Community Associations Institute (CAI). He devotes a significant portion of his time to training and facilitating learning programs at institutions around the world on subjects like finance, communications, governance, developer transition, and best practices.