Retail Leaders Circle 2021 – The Great Retail Reset
Disruption, Resilience and the Power of Collaboration
- 3Powerful Days
- 30+Countries
- 50+Speakers
- 80%Retailers & Brands
Overview
The Most Powerful Regional Retail Gathering of the Year
Where Ambition and Exclusivity Meet
Retail Leaders Circle, a trusted and influential community of prominent retail leaders, is committed to provide the world’s retailers, brand owners and suppliers with the intellectual and social capital they need to succeed.
Retail Leaders Circle is fueled by a community of senior-level decision makers across the entire spectrum of the retail industry who come together for thought-provoking discussions and networking. Join this prestigious group of industry influencers who are dedicated to retail excellence.
Why Attend
An Unparalleled Networking Experience
Take this unparalleled opportunity to network with CEOs from some of the world’s most successful companies and gain key insights into the challenges faced by retailers, manufacturers and their service providers across the consumer goods industry. From meet-and-greets to CEO breakfasts and delegate lunches to private meetings and dedicated networking breaks, the Global Summit ensures you have enough time to interact with your peers from around the world.
What RLC MENA can do for Retail
Following the un precedent changes and uncertainty this pandemic brought, there has never been a more critical moment for business leaders to connect. This is a moment of great challenge, but also a moment of great opportunity.
This is the time to Reset.
Business Leaders
RLC is playing a critical role in helping lead the retail industry through its recent period of disruption. Stream One will headline another unrivaled line-up of the foremost policymakers, principals, founders, directors, and industry stakeholders to activate strategic conversations, create cross-border collaborations and inspire ideas that will shape the region’s retail agenda.
Incredible Networking
Conscious of time differences, we have built the virtual summit around prime-time programming where attendees from multiple time zones will be able to get inspired, connect, and make meaningful connections, no matter where in the region or the world they are.
2021 Themes
- 1Pandemic Tectonics
and the Future of Retail - 2Reinvigorating the
Innovation Economy - 3The Convergence of Tech,
People and Innovation
- 4Deciphering the
New Consumer - 5Authenticity, Purpose
and Sustainability - 6Life and Work in a
New World Order
Request an Invite
The 2021 Retail Leaders Circle MENA Summit will convene top retail and brand leaders, mall owners and operators, e-commerce executives, retail innovators, policymakers, industry partners, investors, and entrepreneurs who will debate and shape the future regional retail agenda.
To request an invitation: Please complete the form below with your personal data. You will be notified within 5-6 business dates if your request for attendance has been approved.
If you have received an invitation: Enter your Invitation Code in the form below, and complete your registration. You will receive a confirmation of your registration within the next 5-6 business days.
If you have questions, or require registration assistance, please contact us at marie-louise@innoverto.com
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Speakers
Speakers

CEO, Alshaya Group

Alain Bejjani
CEO, Majid Al Futtaim Group

Patrick Chalhoub
Group President and CEO
Chalhoub Group

Waleed Al-Saud
Founder & CEO, Mukatafa

Faraz Khalid
CEO, noon

Renuka Jagtiani
CEO, Landmark Group

Hosam Alqurashi
Senior Advisor
The Royal Commission for Riyadh City

Chris Baker
SVP & Head of Retail
North America, Visa Inc.

Ahmad Bin Dawood
CEO, BinDawood Holding

Barbara Kahn
Patty and Jay H Baker Professor of
Marketing, The Wharton School

Omar El Hamamsy
Group CEO
Orascom Development Holding

Olivier Harnisch
Head of Hospitality
Public Investment Fund

Steve Sadove
Former Chairman & CEO
Saks Fifth Avenue

Nisreen Shocair
CEO Middle East, Yoox Net-a-Porter

Pierre-Yves Roussel
CEO, Tory Burch, USA

Matt Shay
CEO, NRF

Patrick Bousquet Chavanne
Board Member, Brown-Forman

Marigay McKee
Managing Partner,
Fernbrook Capital Management, USA

Abdellah Iftahy
Partner, McKinsey & Co.

Saud Ghassan AlSulaiman
CEO, IKEA Saudi Arabia & Bahrain

Marwan Moukarzel
CEO, Fawaz Alhokair
Group Fashion Retail

Norma Taki
Middle East
Consumer Markets Leader, PwC

Timothy Earnest
Group Director, Al Futtaim Malls

Hisham Al Amoudi
CEO, Kamal Osman
Jamjoom Group

Ghaith Shocair
Principal, Theorema Partners

Aref Yehia
Client Partner, Omnichannel Retail
TikTok

Alistair Gosling
CEO, Extreme International
Board of Advisors, Qiddyia

Ali Bailoun
Country Manager KSA, Visa Inc.

Deborah Weinswig
CEO, Coresight Research

Joey Zwillinger
Co-CEO, Allbirds

Ali Mansour
CEO Retail, eXtra

Tim Carmichael
Chief Data Officer, Chalhoub Group

Selim Chidiac
CEO, L’Azurde

Adnan AlKhalaf
Vice President, Retail
Channels bv STC

Olivia Phillips
Group Editor in Chief of Harper’s Bazaar GCC, ITP

Cyrille Fabre
Partner, Bain & Company
Advisory Board
Advisory Board

Patrick Chalhoub


Bander T. Hamooh


Ali Al-Othaim


Saoud Al-Sulaiman


Patrick Bousquet-Chavanne


Selim Chidiac


Steve Sadove
Steve Sadove
and Associates

Said Daher


Mortimer Singer


Marigay McKee


Gilbert Harrison


Robin Lewis

RLC in the Press
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