
2. Ali Sajwani
Company: DAMAC Properties
Designation: Managing Director - Operations, Finance & Hospitality
Established: 2002
Headquarters: U.A.E.
In 2025, DAMAC secured its first MSCI Provisional ESG Rating. In 2024, the company more than doubled its WELL Health-Safety certified portfolio, expanding from 59 to 141 buildings. By May 2024, its Sustainalytics ESG Risk Rating improved to 18.2. Several projects also achieved LEED recognition, including the DAMAC Hills 2 Community Centre with Gold certification, and DAMAC Lagoons, which earned Platinum certification as one of Dubai’s largest low-rise communities. Sajwani has been CEO of DAMAC Properties since 2022, after joining the company in 2014. He also founded Amali Properties, which he has been leading since September 2023, and cofounded PRYPCO in 2022.