Saud Alsulaimani is the new country head at JLL, one of the largest real estate consultancies in the Kingdom. He is leading a team of more than 300 employees across JLL’s offices in Riyadh, Jeddah and Alkhobar. JLL, formerly Jones Lang LaSalle, is headquartered in the US and is one of the first real estate consultancies to establish itself in the Kingdom, recording remarkable growth since it launched in the country more than a decade ago. Tackling the role since September this year, Alsulaimani is tasked with strengthening JLL’s presence in the Kingdom in order to better serve clients through expansive services and offerings. JLL has successfully advised some of the Kingdom’s biggest real estate developments and giga projects, including the King Abdullah Financial District, Prince Mohammed bin Salman Nonprofit City and landmark projects by the Diriyah Gate ‍Development Authority. Alsulaimani is a board member of Al Rajhi REIT Fund, delivering effective strategic counseling, including the management of a diversified portfolio of real estate properties spread across multiple sectors and cities in his native Saudi Arabia. Before joining JLL, Alsulaimani was executive director and head of real estate development at the Tourism Development Fund. Alsulaimani holds two degrees from the Kogod School of Business, American University in Washington, D.C. — a master’s degree in finance and a bachelor’s degree in business administration. He also joined the MIT Sloan School of Management for the strategic management executive program and the London School of Economics and Political Science for the real estate economics and finance program. In addition, Alsulaimani has professional certifications in business process design for strategic management, real estate economics and finance, and a graduate certificate in real estate. He also holds a license from the Saudi Authority for Accredited Valuers and an application specialist certificate from Bloomberg.