Naveed Dowlatshahi, Group CEO, JMJ Group Holding, Qatar.

Naveed Dowlatshahi serves as the Group CEO of JMJ Group Holding in Qatar.

UK national Naveed Dowlatshahi is charged with the operational leadership of the JMJ Group Holding, one of Qatar’s most prestigious, innovative, and sustainable real estate development enterprises which now comprises over 50 diverse companies is pursuing expansion of its ever- increasing business portfolio.

A veteran of the GCC’s hospitality, retail and entertainment industry, Naveed is widely recognised across the Middle East and North Africa for his entrepreneurial and innovative approach to brand development and as a business leader accomplished in revenue maximisation. He has a robust reputation for identifying market opportunities and negotiating and structuring operations to ensure successful outcomes aligned to critical short and long-term business goals, new business development and repositioning. 

A skilled and collaborative communicator, Naveed is precision focused on building relationships and promoting synergy across business lines to drive positive change, cohesive, comprehensive business approaches, and enhanced profitability. 

Naveed has an in-depth understanding of the hospitality sector having entered it in his student days to help finance his education, he excelled in the industry in which he now has more than 30 years’ experience across multiple levels. Naveed moved to the GCC in 2005 and has help senior executive roles for some of the region’s most reputable private sector organisations including the Gourmet Gulf Company, Dubai Holding, BinHendi Enterprises, The Landmark Group, LuLu Group International, Ilyas & Mustafa Galadari Group and Power International Holding’s Aura Group.