Kempinski Hotel Mall of the Emirates, a luxury five-star property in Dubai, UAE, has appointed two new members to its executive team.

Ahmad Nazzal joins as director of marketing and Ahmed Elkiki has been appointed as the new director of engineering.

An experienced hospitality marketing and communications executive, Nazzal commenced his career in Germany before gaining experience in the UAE with Jumeirah, Emaar Hospitality Group and, most recently, Taj Hotels.

Nazzal, who is fluent in German, English and Arabic, served with the German Air Force before completing his studies in marketing and communications at the Westdeutsche Akademie für Kommunikation e.V. in Cologne, Germany.


An Egyptian national, Elkiki has worked in various hotels across the Middle East, amassing more than 10 years’ experience in engineering. Over the course of his career he has deployed a range of projects to optimise hotel operations.

Elkiki joins the Kempinski family from The Pullman Dubai Deira City Centre, where he was director of engineering for the past two and a half years.  Prior to that, he worked with Movenpick in Egypt and Yemen, and the Millennium and Copthorne Hotels in Iraq.

Elkiki is fluent in Arabic and English and holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering from the Higher Technological Institute.  He has also completed a Masters Degree in Project Management from Robert Kennedy College in Switzerland. - TradeArabia News Service