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Nadim Jamal is Managing Director and co-founder of Event Lab. Prior to founding Event Lab, Nadim spent over a decade quickly rising through the ranks of mega-events production. With a keen insight for complex planning, he’s been a project director and advisor behind numerous large-scale national and international events.
Since Event Lab’s formation, Nadim has been a transformative figure in the events industry of the region. His ability to rapidly find and deploy locally based talent, combined with a conscious effort to identify and train homegrown event management and production talent has shifted the dynamics of the sector. The industry now operates more locally, more efficiently and with greater use of multi-cultural and local talent.
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With an extensive and acclaimed career in events and entertainment industry, Managing Director Mark Benaicha has brought people together for 25 years. Having begun his professional journey in the 1990s, Mark has since enjoyed successful tenures as Managing Director of a multi-award-winning events agency and Associate Director at a prominent recruitment company.
Mark's name has become synonymous with excellence in events recruitment, and he is widely regarded as the 'Go to' recruiter for the industry, working closely with some of the world's largest global events organizers.
ESMOS' reputation for client service excellence continues to break new barriers as Mark leads the consultancy with a wealth of local and regional market understanding and extensive insights in a rapidly evolving sector.
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Experienced Co-Founder with a demonstrated history of working in the events services industry. Skilled in Business Planning, and Analytical Skills. Strong entrepreneurship professional with a Bachelor's degree focused in Industrial Engineering from Kuwait University. Completed an executive program in Decision Making, Negotiation and Leadership Strategies in Harvard Business School.
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A true expert in the events industry, Dr. Zohair is the Chairman of the Saudi Exhibitions & Conferences Association (SECA) and CEO of the Specialist – ExiCon International Group.
He is also a board-member in the IAEE MENA Chapter, was a member of the previous Supervisory Committee of the Saudi Exhibition & Convention Bureau (SECB – now Saudi Conventions and Exhibitions General Authority (SCEGA) and CEO of the Saudi Events Management Academy. He holds a PhD in Maintenance Engineering from the University of Manchester. Dr. Al Sarraj is also member of several local and regional bodies and organizations in the field of maintenance such as being the Chairman of the International Maintenance Association (IMA) and Vice Chairman of the Arab Council for Operations & Maintenance (OMAINTEC) and many other MICE international associations.
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Shadab Anwar co-founded Techrobotix FZCO in 2012 with a vision to provide innovative, interactive, and impactful solutions.
Shadab with his team of enthusiasts, Techrobotix FZCO has been providing unforgettable experiences and technology in events and exhibitions around the world for the biggest brands for more than a decade.
His background in Mechanical Engineering and MBA in Marketing gives him room to play with Mechanics and Technology and love for hardware make him a master at 3D and industrial animation and give him a creative edge in designing experiential solutions.
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Benoit Honnart joined Electra in 2019 as Chief Operating Officer and was appointed Chief Executive Officer on January 1st 2021. He started his career in Shanghai where he worked for almost 10 years before moving to Dubai holding various Directors position in the field of Logistic & Events.
Coming from the supply chain world, his mindset is very in line with our fast-paced industry and Electra’s mission to offer agility to its clients. Electra is a fully integrated solutions provider and production house for events, exhibitions, and environments in the Middle East.
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Mohammed Tayem is the Founder & CEO of entourage marketing & events. He started his entrepreneurial journey in 2009 and has diversified his business portfolio into various sectors over the last decade. He actively consults for international brands such as Google, Discovery Networks, and regional governmental entities across different sectors in the UAE, KSA, Egypt, and Jordan.
In 2020, Mohammed launched Eve Virtual, a 3D virtual platform enabling the events industry to host virtual events in a complete 3D virtual environment.
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With a passion for people, projects and technology, Pramit Sethi and Xenial Events are on a mission to create genuine human connections!
Xenial was founded with the intention to empower freelancers with state-of-the-art tools.
With a focus on a human centric approach Pramit has been part of the staffing industry for the better half of the past decade, crafting new methods, raising standards and constantly eyeing technology and improvement.
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Welcome to a limited special edition series of The Load In with Lili & Dan. These episodes were recorded at the hugely successful Middle East Event Show. Tune in to hear Lili & Dan listen to some titans of the Middle East's event industry.
Shenin Hamid is the Founder and CEO of Inspire - a Dubai based Events and Experience agency. Shenin used passion and talent to build her business from scratch at 19 years old making her one of the few successful youngest entrepreneurs in the UAE. Under her leadership, Inspire has grown from an idea in her living room into a regional success, executing between 200 and 250 events and experiential campaigns a year across KSA, Dubai, Qatar and Kuwait.
In 2020 Inspire was awarded “Most Innovative Production Agency of the Year '' highlighting their ability to successfully pivot under the natural circumstances leading to Covid19 and still servicing their clients ensuring even better results. Under Shenin’s leadership Inspire has grown significantly through the years by offering tailor made technology driven Event and Activation Experiences to clients across the globe.
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Welcome to a limited special edition series of The Load In with Lili & Dan. These episodes were recorded at the hugely successful Middle East Event Show. Tune in to hear Lili & Dan listen to some titans of the Middle East's event industry.
Praveen is the Assistant General Manager for Events division in KSA. He has been with Byrne for 12 years, initially joining as Branch Manager for Riyadh operations and has worked his way up in the company over the years. Praveen develops and manages our operations within the events department and is a trusted, experienced member of the Byrne team.
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Welcome to a limited special edition series of The Load In with Lili & Dan. These episodes were recorded at the hugely successful Middle East Event Show. Tune in to hear Lili & Dan listen to some titans of the Middle East's event industry.
After having set up his own event agency in 2006 in Budapest, Hungary and managing it for 8 years he has decided to launch an event design brand in Dubai in 2014. Stage shows, large scale public and corporate events have always been a part of his professional life since his start in the event industry in 1997.
Adapting to the increased market demand for creative technologies, he gained knowledge and experience in using well- functioning digital tools and participated in the development of Kraftwerk’s digital solutions.
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Welcome to a limited special edition series of The Load In with Lili & Dan. These episodes were recorded at the hugely successful Middle East Event Show. Tune in to hear Lili & Dan listen to some titans of the Middle East's event industry.
Sujoy Cherian has always been immensely passionate about innovation & the future. His ardent desire to incorporate cutting-edge technology into each of his projects and his everyday life; has indeed paved the way for him to be known as one of the leading event technologists and serial entrepreneurs in the markets he serves. As a young entrepreneur, his first business venture in 1997 was an audio-visual and special effects rental company called Soundwaves rapidly creating a niche in the Asian entertainment and events industry. Truly inspired & backed by his visionary father who was a pioneer in the field of manufacturing audio components since 1985. Over the past two decades Sujoy has grown the companies he leads into globally renowned event technology, production, software & content development verticals with headquarters now based in Dubai and offices worldwide; Including Saudi, India & Philippines, rebranded as Option 1 Events. Technology. Content. He has spearheaded several business verticals to compliments the content & technology integration services; catering to the corporate, retail, television & government sector across the Middle East, Asian & European markets. His vision is to create a network of business verticals that would complement each other in solutions that will raise the bar in linking future technology in the event space with sustainable platforms that will make a huge impact to the global entertainment & content industry.
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Welcome to a limited special edition series of The Load In with Lili & Dan. These episodes were recorded at the hugely successful Middle East Event Show. Tune in to hear Lili & Dan listen to some titans of the Middle East's event industry.
Shehwar has been working in the Event's industry for twelve years with major MCs, media, government organizations, Non-Profits and Associations. She specializes in sponsorship management, digital marketing and logistics. Dure's list of achievements include managing events and exhibitions having 2000+ attendees such as MENA Fitness congress and MEN Transport Congress & Exhibition.
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Welcome to a limited special edition series of The Load In with Lili & Dan. These episodes were recorded at the hugely successful Middle East Event Show. Tune in to hear Lili & Dan listen to some titans of the Middle East's event industry.
With more than a decade of experience in global nightlife, immersive theatre dining, music festival organisation and general food and beverage entertainment, James has produced, managed and collaborated with some of the leading luxury hospitality brands, conceiving concepts in emerging markets.
After graduating in Business Management with Finance, he worked with the biggest super-clubs and brands of Europe, particularly in Ibiza, as a Performance Artist. In 2010 he was headhunted to join Cipriani's first nightclub from launch and became part of the senior management team in less than two years. During this time, he developed and managed three world class and hugely successful F1 festivals, featuring international DJ line ups, shows, performances. He also helped land the company consecutive Best Nightclub awards. In December 2012 James joined Demind Investment Group as an Events Manager for Blue Marlin Ibiza UAE, where he helped deliver unique productions and ideas that influenced attendance as well as revenue and won multiple ‘Best Beach Club’ awards.
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Welcome to a limited special edition series of The Load In with Lili & Dan. These episodes were recorded at the hugely successful Middle East Event Show. Tune in to hear Lili & Dan listen to some titans of the Middle East's event industry.
Jimi is the Co-Founder and Managing Director @ Jimirazz. He is also the Head of Department for Entertainment & Culture @ Event Lab Singer aswell as being a songwriter & entrepreneur. With over 16 years of experience in planning, managing, operating and producing various projects/programs, conferences and events of all scales; he is always seeking to expand his experience in the region and worldwide through world class organizations.
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Welcome to a limited special edition series of The Load In with Lili & Dan. These episodes were recorded at the hugely successful Middle East Event Show. Tune in to hear Lili & Dan listen to some titans of the Middle East's event industry.
Dubai raised Abhay Singh is the Director of Sales & Marketing for Rayqube FutureTech, who brings a wealth of knowledge and experience in Interactive Event Technology and Event Production. Having worked with some of the Top tier Event Agencies previously, he is well versed in the use of Technology and its implementation during the Event Planning process and the value creation for clients and brands alike. From Production of Exhibition stands, Events to Implementing Experiential technology he has been on both sides of the coin!'
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Lili & Dan had the pleasure sitting down with the guy who tried to save the Fyre Festival, Andy King!
You may remember Andy on the #1 Netflix documentary 'FYRE: The Greatest Party That Never Happened' in 2019 as the guy who was willing to take one for the team to get Evian Water into the Festival.
Andy paid the festival workers himself by doing guest appearances and talks around the United States, aswell as consulting event planners around the world.
Follow Andy on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/realandyking/
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Lili & Dan say down with one of the best hairdressers in the world, Mark Gaye.
The guys dived into every details of his life where they spoke about;
How Mark got into hairdressingOpening a barber shop at 19His successes and failuresStarting againCracking the US MarketDistributing hair products globallyWhy he loves DubaiIf you want to be successful in business, in hairdressing or not, the same principles in this podcast applies.
Follow Mark on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/markgayex/
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Fiona Wishart is the VP of Bacchus International GCC, a globally recognised PR Agency who acquired her company FWD Comms only a year after she started her business.
Fiona talks about;
Personality types in PRHow to get a job in PRWhy she started her company FWD CommsHow her business was acquired by BacchusWhy she started her podcast 'Love Bites with Laura & Fi'.Check out Love Bites here: https://podcasts.apple.com/ae/podcast/love-bites-with-laura-fi/id1557029589
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Dan and Lili came out of this recording energized and inspised after sitting down with the multi-faceted entrepreneuer Tom Otton.
Tom founded the regions leading digital communications agency, Create Media Group (https://creategroup.me/), and on top of that has become the regions most renowned extreme conditions athlete.
Tom talks about;
How he started Create Media GroupBusiness CultureHow to run a conscious companyWhat he loves about Dubai and the MENA regionExtreme running in the Sahara DesertRacing in the ArcticThis conversation with Tom has so many take-aways and one you will find yourself coming back to again and again for inspiration and injections of energy into your own life.
Show Notes
Tom Otton's TEDx Talk 'The Power of Adventure': https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfkZLVctysE
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