UAE Business: Chestertons Mena launches new building consultancy unit – Gulf Digital News

UAE Business: Chestertons Mena launches new building consultancy unit – Gulf Digital News

Chestertons Mena, a leading real estate consultancy headquartered in Dubai, has launched a new building consultancy and project management division, extending the range of services available to clients across the Mena region.

Kevin Duffield, supported by directors Frank Gleeson and Jake Wright, heads up the team which boasts extensive experience working across all areas of project and programme management for a broad range of clients.

From local developers to multinationals, the sectors covered include leisure and entertainment, hospitality, commercial and private real estate and oil and gas.

Kevin’s impressive career spans 30 years, having held senior positions at Jones Laing LaSalle (JLL) and Turner & Townsend.

He has been instrumental in delivering major capital investment projects across the Middle East since 2005 and joins Chestertons Mena from the Public Investment Fund (PIF), where he was director of development in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and led key and complex real estate programmes from concept to delivery.

Gleeson is a highly skilled strategic business leader who has 30 years of industry expertise and excels at working within challenging and fast-paced environments.

He has run his own consultancies, led the fit-out team at JLL, and his most recent and significant Mena role was as client representative for the