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Fahed Ghanim

Fahed Ghanim is the Chief Executive Officer of Majid Al Futtaim - Lifestyle. In his role, Mr. Ghanim manages international brands across Home, Fashion, Specialty Retail and Multi Brand concept store, covering over 60 retail stores across the GCC, while developing expansion strategies for high growth markets and new concepts. He has successfully pivoted the business strategy through digital transformation and advanced analytics, customer and people centricity, and a focus on experiential retail. Mr. Ghanim joined Majid Al Futtaim in February 2018 as Chief Operating Officer for the Fashion business unit.
Prior to joining Majid Al Futtaim, Fahed led the retail arm of L’azurde Jewellery, a company owned by Investcorp, anchoring a successful IPO in 2016.
With over 20 years’ experience in the retail and real estate sectors, Fahed has transformed, turnaround and grew internationally acclaimed fashion and jewellery brands including Bvlgari, Asprey, Boucheron, Gucci, lululemon, AllSaints, Crate and Barrel, LEGO and Harvey Nichols Dubai.
Mr. Ghanim is a board member of multiple organizations and holds an MBA degree with distinction from ESCP Europe.
Company Bio:
Majid Al Futtaim Lifestyle is the retail arm of Majid Al Futtaim operating as the leading Fashion, Home and Multi-brand Lifestyle retailer with more than 100 stores across the MENA region.
We are the international retail partner of choice for some of the world’s most desirable brands, with exclusive licensing rights across the region for names such as Eleventy, lululemon Athletica, Abercrombie & Fitch, Hollister, and Psycho Bunny.
In 2017, Majid Al Futtaim Lifestyle also moved into the Home Furnishings market through a franchise partnership with Crate and Barrel and thereafter CB2. 2023 marked the entry of the luxury home segment with Poltrona Frau and Ceccotti Collezioni. In 2021, we launched THAT Concept Store, a distinctive concept and experiential retail destination.
We have a proven history of achieving the right brand positioning and retail execution for each of the brands we choose to partner with, resulting in exceptional performance and customer experience offering through our Omnichannel strategy.