Top 100 Arabs 2024

64. Hesham Al Qassim

CEO, Wasl Asset Management

Origin: UAE

Residence: Kuwait

Sector: Real Estate

2023 Rank: 67

Al Qassim leads Wasl Asset Management, which comprises three subsidiaries. The group’s real estate arm, Wasl Properties, manages more than 47,000 residential and commercial properties in Dubai. The company completed its 11 gigawatt hours (GWh) on-grid solar project last November, involving the installation of thousands of panel modules across 44 buildings.

Its asset management arm, Wasl Hospitality and Leisure, has 19 hotels, 5,448 luxury hotel rooms, and 1,416 serviced hotel apartments under its management. Then there is Wasl’s lifestyle portfolio, Dubai Golf.

Beyond Wasl, Al Qassim is the vice chairman and managing director of Emirates NBD, chairman of the Emirates Islamic Bank. He also sits on the boards of DIFC Investments and e&.

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