Adel Kadi

Brands Portfolio: • Stephane Rolland, Herve Leger, IKKS Men's & Women's, IKKS Junior, Sergeant Major Kids, Signature Jewelry & Watches Overall Responsibilities: • Reported directly to the CEO / Board of Directors. • Retained key focus on business development, planning, implementing, and coordinating sales activities to achieve sales and gross profit margins. • Build, develop and manage relationships with leasing teams, landlords and partners, collaborating with sister companies. • Always on the lookout for optimizing new brands presence in the region and identifying opportunities for pop-ups, expansions, and new key locations participating in lease negotiations. • Managing key client and vendor relationships and negotiating client agreements while successfully delivering against the client's expectations. • Rendering feedback on how to increase footfall traffic into the stores and ensuring territory leadership. • Full accountability for the overall business P&L, including the development and execution of the retail strategy business plan and expansions. • People development, recruiting the right people to meet the ambition in the market and the growing organization. • Work closely with all EMEA teams and worldwide corporate functions (HR, Buying, Client, Operations, Finance, Store Planning, Retail Excellence, Training, etc.) to implement brands strategy and lead business changes. • Developing detailed business plans and feasibility studies to provide insights on the current market and region for brands future growth and expansion strategy. • Meeting with HR to support in people development and competency development initiatives, recruiting the right people with the right attitude and passion for longevity and retention. • Driving development initiatives across the assigned territories, instrumental in product launches, training sales staff and resolving process anomalies. • Strengthen the local organization and provide the leadership needed to achieve financial and operational targets. • Building resource capacity and to ensure long term brands future growth and success across the regions. • Leading and managing a diversify culture of teams to pursue the strategy focused on further developing the brand.

Overview Summary: • Elevating personalized clienteling efforts aimed at creating an emotional bond with our clients, through strong CRM management & marketing. • Build, develop and manage relationships with leasing teams, landlords and partners, collaborating with sister companies. • Always on the lookout for optimizing brands presence in the region and identifying opportunities for pop-ups, expansions, and new key locations participating in lease negotiations. • Setting store selling and productivity plans to exceed client penetration and spend targets and grow market share. • Direct management of CRM and clientele data capture and management of VIP high spenders. • Leading and managing store directors to pursue the strategy focused on further developing the brand. • Implemented the new IPad look book, enabling 65% sell thru in all fashion show piece collections and women's RTW. • Develop and manage a team of Store Directors in the smooth running of all operations and sales revenue within the retail strategy. • Oversaw the successful opening of the first Dolce & Gabbana Shoe Project, within level shoe district, the largest shoe area in the world, with over 90,000 sq.ft. of space. • Transformed Dolce & Gabbana Dubai Mall Boutique from being out of the top 10-store worldwide to currently the number 2 boutique in the world behind Moscow only. • Successfully managed the Dolce Boutique in Dubai Mall, making it the number 1 boutique in achieving the highest sell through and sales performance across the world in women's RTW. • New project store openings of the new concept boutique for DOLCE & GABBANA Dubai Mall, Abu Dhabi - Sowwah Square, Kuwait Avenue Mall and KSA Jeddah, through direct leadership, direction, and support towards the team and project manager. • Directed a team of direct reports comprising of 2 Retail Managers, 6 Store Directors, Buyer, Marketing Manager, IT Manager, HR Manager, (Oversaw a team comprising of 150+ employees and 10+ standalone boutiques. • Worked on brand development and regional expansion initiatives to increase brand recall and awareness. • Accelerating the development of Managers & Teams, keeping in mind the broad vision and devising initiatives for game changers.

Overview Summary: • Reporting directly to the Owner / Deputy President in coordination with VP Men's & Women's Buying • Oversaw 400+ employees, 2 Department Stores – Home Furniture & Fashion & Accessories, 75-80 standalone boutique stores with sales revenue over 1.1 billion. • Managed a diversified portfolio of brands comprising of a mixture of high fashion luxury brands such as Gucci, Sonia Rykiel, Kenzo, YSL, Balenciaga, Coccinelle, Just Cavali, Rubaiyat Multi Brand, Armani Exchange, Bottega Venetta etc.… • Managed 9 direct reports comprising of 4 Regional Managers, HR Manager, Marketing Manager, 2 Trainee & Development Manager, Operations Manager, IT Manager, Project Manager. • Successfully managed the project and the grand opening of the largest Gucci Boutique in Jeddah. • Created a Learning & Development Program / New Appraisal Feedback (PDG) with the assistance & support of HR by implementing a new structure, checklist, and incentives for staff within Rubaiyat. Prior Experience:

Tiffany & Co, Tag Heuer etc., • London Area Sales Manager - Men's Casual Wear & Contemporary OB & Concession Feb 2003 – Feb 2005

Brands Managed: Nike, Adidas, Puma, Reebok, Asics, Converse, Timberland, Rockport, Mizuno, NB, Fila, etc.,