Overview
Join the IWFM UAE Region for our latest event where we will be joined by an expert panel to discuss the key topic of sustainability including the challenges, strategies and implementation initiatives from a workplace and facilities management perspective.
The event will begin at 6pm for registration and networking. The programme will run from 6.30pm – 7.30pm.
Sponsors
Adeeb Group
Al Bonian
Al Bonian Facilities Management is a market-leading provider of bespoke and integrated Facilities Management Solutions in the UAE. We offer bespoke FM solutions, with the added benefit of advanced MEP (Mechanical, Electrical, and Plumbing) engineering expertise. Our specialized expert team delivers the highest quality of services, providing technologically advanced, sustainable, and cost effective solutions aligned with local and international best practice standards. Our services offering is diverse and well structured, with us already offering turnkey Hard and Soft FM solutions to clients across various sectors including Residential, Commercial, Retail, Hospitality, and Industrial. We look after properties of varying scales, from small single property contracts to full account portfolios.
Our aim is to ensure that our clients can focus on their core business, without distractions in their environment, allowing us to do what we do best.”
Farnek
Farnek is the leading provider of sustainable and technology-driven Facilities Management in the United Arab Emirates. Established in the UAE since 1980, Farnek Services LLC is a Swiss-owned independent total facilities management company. With a skilled workforce of more than 8,000 employees, Farnek delivers professional Facilities Management and security services across several sectors; Aviation, Hospitality, Banking, Retail, Shopping Malls, Telecom, Residential, Commercial, Infrastructure, Government, Education, Leisure and Entertainment.
Speakers
Javeria Aijaz
Javeria is an IoT specialist, with sector-specific skills as an infrastructure strategist and technology innovator. She started with a BSc (Hons) in Business Information Technology from Buckinghamshire New University. She has since pursued a career in information systems and ERP. She is currently Director ICT at Farnek Services in Dubai.
Dean Bennett
Nadia Ibrahim
Environmental & Sustainability Specialist, Net Zero Consultant, Zero Waste & Circular Economy Consultant, Green Globe (Sustainable Tourism) Auditor, ISO Lead Auditor & ESG Specialist. Ex-board of director - UN Global Compact.
Nadia Ibrahim is a renowned sustainability expert with over 15 years of experience in UAE and the region. She has well defined expertise in multiple sustainability fields including Net Zero & Decarbonization, ESG, Energy Management, Circular Economy & Waste as well as in Sustainable Tourism.
She is a well-known sustainability expert in Middle East and is featured in many leading sustainability & ESG conferences in Middle East as speaker and panellist including CoP 28 where she was represented in multiple panels. She is a Board Member for the Advanced Net Zero Volunteering a Program under Dubai Supreme Council created to advance Net Zero Cities in the Middle East. She was an ex- Board Member for United National Global Compact- UAE Chapter driving sustainability for business in UAE. She is currently serving as Middle East Director for Sustainability with Ricardo PLC a UK based international environmental & engineering consultancy leading the sustainability services in Middle East. She is passionate about integrating environmental & social concepts into her work and works actively towards changing the way companies view sustainability and social responsibility, from mandatory to an opportunity to innovate.
Qualified with master’s in environmental management, she is a Certified Green Globe Auditor for Sustainable Tourism, TRUE Certified Auditor for Zero Waste as well have educational credentials for Carbon Management, ESG, Energy Management etc. She has wide experience on offering sustainability consulting & advisory services for wide range of Clientele from Governments to commercial organization, industries, real estate developers, retailers as well as the hospitality sector and had worked with many leading organizations in UAE & Middle East driving sustainability.
Tony Martin
Eng. Fahad Mohamed CIWFM, CMCA
Fahad Mohamed is the Director – Dubai & NE with Adeeb Group which specializes in Facilities Management and MEP Contracting. In this capacity, Fahad oversees the overall business and growth of the group in Dubai and Northern Emirates Region.
Fahad holds a Master’s Degree in Facilities Management and a Bachelors in Electrical and Electronics Engineering with Honors. He is a certified internal auditor for ISO 9001, 14001, 45001 and has completed certification in IOSH Managing Safety, multiple Association Management Courses under RERA, Certified MEFMA Trainer and holds certified member status at Institute of Workplace and Facilities Management.
He has over sixteen years’ experience in both public and private sectors and has a comprehensive knowledge and understanding of various aspects such as operations, procurement, technical services, asset and property management.
Kulvinder Singh
Kulvinder Singh is the Director of Facilities/Asset Management at New York University Abu Dhabi and prior to taking this role, Kulvinder served as the Senior Asset Manager at Tamkeen Abu Dhabi on the New York University Abu Dhabi project. In his current capacity, Kulvinder is responsible for 5 services verticals that includes Facilities Management, Asset Management, Sustainability Management, Lifecycle Management, and Transportation Services.
Kulvinder has over 20 years of comprehensive experience in real estate and asset management, operations and facilities management, project management, fitout and construction management of high-profile assets in the region, spanning higher education, retail, corporate commercial, residential and hospitality industry. Kulvinder has worked in different capacities representing asset owners, design and consultancy firms, contractors and service providers, and adopts a whole-life approach with managing assets.
Kulvinder speaks regularly at industry events, and was also recognized by REMS Times as the 50 most influential Real Estate managers in the UAE. Kulvinder is a Certified Member of the Institute of Workplace and Facilities Management (IWFM), a Committee Member of the UAE Chapter of IWFM, and is an Associate Member of the Institute of Asset Management.
Kulvinder holds a MSc in Facility Management and Diploma in Asset Management. Kulvinder is currently pursuing his Masters in Sustainability Leadership in the Built Environment from University of Cambridge.