Oussama El Kadiri

Partner – Head of Hospitality, Tourism & Leisure Advisory, MENA

Oussama El Kadiri is Partner and Head of Hospitality, Tourism & Leisure Advisory for MENA at Knight Frank, where he leads the firm's dedicated consultancy for the sector and is a regular voice on Saudi and Gulf hospitality investment. His advisory work spans asset management — operational reviews, financial restructuring and repositioning strategies for underperforming hotels — feasibility studies for public and private hospitality and mixed-use schemes, tourism strategy including giga-projects in the Holy Cities such as Jabal Omar, and operator search and selection aligned to asset positioning and financial targets. Before Knight Frank he headed hotel development in the Middle East for international operators including Accor and Radisson Hotel Group, and his real estate experience extends beyond hospitality into residential, retail, entertainment and MICE within mixed-use projects across Europe, the Middle East and North Africa.