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Adeeb A

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Ahamed D
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Managing Director
LULU EXCHANGE HOLDINGS F
Finance, F&B, Hospitality G

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A MULTIFACETED ENTREPRENEUR, M
Adeeb Ahamed’s contribution to N
the UAE economy can’t be distilled
into a single role or a single sector. O
Perhaps best known as a dynamic P
board member of the Lulu Group
International Management, he founded Q
Lulu Exchange in 2009 and went on R
to oversee its expansion into a global
company with more than 170 branches S
in just eight years. He was then invited T
to initiate other divisions within the
Group, such as Tablez, which operates U
restaurants such as Peppermill, V
Famous Dave’s and Pancake House,
and Twenty14 Holdings, the hospitality W
entity that introduced The Steigenberger
Hotel brand to the UAE. X
Adeeb’s growing stature as a business Y
leader has also earned him a position on
the senior advisory board of the South Z
Asia Regional Strategy Group (RSG)
at the World Economic Forum (WEF).
The invitation-only flagship group
and its members are committed to
the shared mission of accelerating the
regional transformation of South Asia
through public-private cooperation.
The RSG provides strategic guidance on
the forum’s regional agenda, and is the
highest-level decision making body for
the WEF’s activities in South Asia.
He is also committed to social projects
and has built a girls’ hostel in Kerala and
q WE ARE HERE IN THE helped fund the Indian School in Oman.
MARKET TO LEAVE A MARK Adeeb also supports the parents of
young children needing heart operations
WITH OUR UNPARALLELED and facilitates the treatment of such
CUSTOMER SERVICE” infants aged one to five.

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