Speakers

As managing director, Jalil heads Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels Middle East & Africa. Jalil has over 20 years of international experience in corporate finance, accounting, investment, strategic consulting, asset management, corporate strategy, business development and hospitality operations with various asset classes such as hotels, resorts, spas, timeshare, and retail with global hospitality operators and developers/investors. Jalil speaks five languages and his professional exposure spans over 21 countries throughout five continents, where he sat on the board of various hospitality companies.

Jalil carries two post-graduate degrees from France in Financial Accounting and Tourism & Hotel Management and an MBA (International Hospitality Management) from IMHI (Cornell-ESSEC). He is a Chartered Fund and Asset Manager by the AAFM and certified in Real Estate Hospitality Investment and Asset Management by Cornell University. Jalil is an active speaker at various conferences and a member of various international professional real-estate, hospitality and financial institutes and associations.