AHMED BAKI – FOUNDER & CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

With over 30 years of hospitality management experience in the Middle East Region, Ahmed Baki leverages on a long successful track record crowned with strong passion and dedication for the hotel industry. Starting off a career at Sheraton Hotels in Dubai, UAE for a tenure of 13 years, Baki held key leading positions at Starwood Hotels and Resorts, including the Area Director of Sales and Marketing for Sheraton Hotels in the UAE and Regional Director of Sales and Marketing for the Middle East and Central Asia, leading 50 operating hotels and 20 underdevelopments representing nine brands across 13 countries in the region.
As the head of the hospitality division at Majid Al Futtaim, Baki was responsible for the business strategy, marketing, communication (MARCOM), brand, vision, and DNA that clearly identifies Majid Al Futtaim Properties Hotels irrespective of the operating brand involved.
Baki also takes pride in founding Claviger Middle East, India & China in 2016, the extended sales and marketing organization that services standalone, multinational hotel chains and destination tourism boards that are interested in growing their market share from the niche outbound GCC, North Africa, India and China Markets.