Because it is.
We care about our clients’ success like it is our own.
And we get that.
Khaled Halabi
Managing Director
Chief Culinary Architect
Khaled is our fearless leader on a mission to build, train and develop the very best global culinary minds from our European talent hub in Geneva, Switzerland.
He is an outspoken advocate of technological innovation, using decades of understanding to merge age-old culinary traditions with futuristic F&B concepts into highly efficient, operational realities. He is also the driver of for our global team diversification strategy, resulting in capability across multiple time-zones from the Americas to Asia.
When he is not masterminding the future of foodservice, he is usually chasing adrenaline high on the slopes of the Swiss Alps, carving down ski slopes like a master chef.
Ryan Gazder
Director & Founder
Rocket Scientist
Ryan has been part of the founding team since the company’s inception in 2004. He is based in our global HQ in Dubai.
With a technical background in rocket science and a degree in aerospace engineering, we don't know what he is doing in F&B and hospitality operations; but he has been responsible for the phenomenal growth of our company and portfolio of 700+ projects across 52 countries. He is established as a global thought leader in the field of commercial foodservice, catering, laundry & waste management.
He is also a paraglider & paramotor pilot, martial arts insrtructor, motorcycle racer, and an extreme adventure traveler who has been to 133 countries (and still counting).
Meddy Mrad
Associate Director
Architect & Builder
Meddy is a chartered architect with a strong background in the commercial F&B industry. She is based in Dubai, UAE and also manages our team in Beirut, Lebanon.
She recently obtained a Masters in Engineering Management from the American University of Beirut, and wears multiple hats to ensure that our project delivery team is always aligned with the Client's expectations. She believes in putting Clients' needs first and ensures that impossible deadlines are met with a smile.
She is a sapient trilingual polyglot who enjoys building metal models of world architectural landmarks and if we were to summarize her in one sentence, this would be it:
Creativity is intelligence having fun!
Preety Singh
Director - Legal & Contracts
Preety is a corporate lawyer with a background in M&A and legal practice. She has an eye for detail and ensures that all i's are dotted and all t's are crossed.
She has experience structuring and executing legal transactions across multiple jurisdictions for large multinational companies. Apart from this role, she is also seconded to support multinational & regional companies as an external general counsel.
She is extensively well traveled and has been to more than 80 countries. In Dubai, she also organizes and conducts group meditations to help reduce the stress of our daily lives!
P. H. Gazder
Dreamer & Thinker
Purvez is a co-founder of the company with vast hands-on experience in hotel operations & facility planning. He is based in our global support office in Mumbai, India.
Thanks to his advice, clients have saved millions in capex on large hotels. He has worked with global hotel brands across the Middle East, South Asia and Central Asia making him an authority on hospitality operations and a well known figure in the hospitality and catering business.
In hospitality insider circles, he is sometimes referred to as the Consultant's Consultant.
Sanjay Sutar
Design Manager
Sanjay originally joined our team in 2008 to support us with design development for various hotel & resort projects in India & other countries in the Middle East.
As the seniormost member of our global team, he currently heads our design production team and CAD back-office that provides global technical services & support to our international clients across 52 countries.
He is a master of many talents; an actor, an accomplished guitarist, a master folder with a passion for intricate and complex origami that defies reality, and also a culinary artist who enjoys experimenting on his colleagues.