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Haitham Al Majali

Haitham Al Majali is the CEO of Jordanian Duty Free Shops – a Jordanian public shareholders company which was founded in 1997 and operates sixteen duty free, land border and seaport outlets.

Haitham is one of the founders of JDF, and is also a Board Member and shareholder. He was elected President of the Middle East & Africa Duty Free Association (MEADFA) in 2017.

In addition to his roles with JDF and MEADFA, Haitham is a Chairman and/or Board Member of several companies in Jordan.

Haitham earned his engineering degree from Cardiff University in South Wales, UK.

Keith Spinks

Keith Spinks became Secretary General of the European Travel Retail Confederation when it was established in July 2004, having been Director General of its predecessor, the International Travel Retail Confederation, since 2000.

Prior to this Spinks held a number of senior positions with a major international tobacco company, including 12 years as Public Affairs Director for its international duty free division. During this period he was closely associated with the industry’s campaigns to preserve intra-EU duty free sales in 1992 and 1999. Spinks brings a wealth of experience in representing the duty free industry in political circles, both within Europe and internationally.

 

Dermot DAVITT

Dermot Davitt is one of the most experienced editors and commentators working in the travel retail media.

He joined The Moodie Report in April 2006 as Deputy Publisher, becoming President (and Co-owner) of The Moodie Davitt Report from August 2015. The company is today part of UK-based publishing and events business Mark Allen Group.

Davitt plays a key management role across the company’s operations, from its flourishing Print Division to the industry’s leading business intelligence website, www.MoodieDavittReport.com,  The Moodie Davitt e-Zine and other titles.

Based in Galway, Ireland, Dermot is also a highly experienced conference moderator. He has chaired and moderated many of the travel retail industry’s leading events over the years, including The Trinity Forum, the Airport Food & Beverage Conference & Awards, the MEADFA Conference, the TFWA Asia Pacific Conference, the Nordic Travel Retail Seminar and many others.

Sherif Toulan

Sherif Toulan serves as the Chief Executive Officer of IDF in Egypt. In this role he oversees the company operations including its diverse subsidiaries. Mr Toulan’s combined efforts have played an integral part in diversifying the operations of IDF and growing the business vertically and laterally thereby establishing IDF as a nationwide benchmark in the industry.

During his tenure, Mr Toulan succeeded in acquiring a number of airport retail concessions for IDF. In 2010 he founded Global Brands, a subsidiary of IDF the with a focus on the local market In 2013, he established Heinemann -Egypt, of which he is currently Chairman. Heineman Egypt is a joint venture between Global Brands, Global Trading and Technology and Gebr. Heinemann who are now operating its Duty Free Shops in Sharm El Sheikh Airport.

Mr Toulan joined IDF in 1997 as Business Development Coordinator responsible for Business Development and Strategy implementation and since then he has held a number of positions with increasing responsibility.

Part of the MEADFA Board since 2009, Mr Toulan served as Vice President (2019-21) before being elected President earlier this year. He also serves on a number of boards and associations. He is currently a Member of the Board of International Duty Free (IDF) and Global Trading and Technology, one of the subsidiaries of IDF with core focus in tobacco machinery and spare parts. In addition he is an active member of both the American and German chambers of commerce in Egypt.

Sherif Toulan holds a BA from the American University in Cairo and an Executive MBA from North Western University.