BrazilSusan Amawi appointed General Manager KSA at Knight Frank
Knight Frank has appointed Susan Amawi as General Manager for its operations in Saudi Arabia.
Hired externally, Susan Amawi brings over 20 years of experience in the real estate sector to her role at Knight Frank, a UK-headquartered property consultancy firm (20,000 staff worldwide) with two offices in the Kingdom.
Crossing from KPMG, where she led the firm’s real estate advisory offering across Saudi Arabia and the Levant region, Amawi previously served JLL in its consulting practice, based out of Jeddah. Before that, she held several (senior) roles in real estate and finance.
Amawi’s advisory track record includes providing advice on topics such as real estate investment management, strategic planning, financial modeling and analysis, market research, project planning and financing, valuation, feasibility studies and highest and best-use studies.
She has worked extensively with PIF entities around the Kingdom on various transformative giga projects, including Jeddah Central Development, Knowledge Economic City, Qiddiya Coast, Roshn Marafi, Roshn, Sedra, Saudi Downtown, Ruaa Al Madinah, and Ruaa Al Haram.
“We are thrilled to welcome Susan to our team,” said James Lewis, Managing Director of Knight Frank in the Middle East and Africa. “Her reputation for building and strengthening client relationships will perfectly compliment the delivery of market-leading insights to our clients as we work to position ourselves as the premier real estate advisory firm in the Kingdom.”
“Her appointment comes at a pivotal time as we expand our operations in the Saudi market.”
“As a business we have ambitious global expansion goals, with the Middle East region playing an important role in our overseas success story and Saudi Arabia is indisputably key within this context,” added William Beardmore-Gray, Senior Partner and Group Chair at Knight Frank. “In order to best serve our clients’ needs in this market we need to have the highest calibre team in place, and I’m delighted to welcome such a seasoned practitioner as Susan on board.”
