DR ARZU TOPAL

Turkey

Female

60

Independent Director

Independent and Non Executive

Dr Arzu is currently a Director, Audit and Advisory Services - Real Estate & Construction, with Majid Al Futtaim Retail (Corporate Head Office), Majid Al Futtaim Holding LCC.
She is a Director with 30 years of experience in projects and portfolio development and program management for global corporate real estate and facilities. Her professional experience includes-
- Real Estate Development Planning and Management, Project Management Offices (PMO) and Portfolio Management for Capital Projects representing clients for all aspects of program lifecycle;
- Research, due diligence, and negotiations management;
- Global and remote, multi-stakeholder project delivery and management;
- Completed a multi-stakeholder US$100 million budget design & construction of a Federal Government Corporate Head Office, Abu Dhabi;
- Managed a portfolio of a total of US$300 million Global Real Estate & Facilities delivery plan from inception to handover; and
- Implemented internal audit and quality models.
During her career, she held senior positions in the United Arab Emirates ("UAE"):-
- Associate Director, AECOM Middle East Limited, UAE. She was a director for multiple corporate capital real estate projects including the design and construction management such as for the Amazon MENA Head Quarters in Dubai; the Amazon Dubai Imaging Studio project, the Amazon Web Services project and the Amazon Payment Services project, all for MENA Head Office in Dubai. She had also managed turnaround projects planning for the Ministry of Education, Tatweer Head Quarters in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and the Sheikh Sorour Development, Rotana Hotel in Abu Dhabi and an uninterrupted live retrofit for Citibank, Middle East Head Office in Dubai.
- Federal Government Staff Advisor for Global Real Estate Portfolio and Projects of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation in Abu Dhabi.