Khalid Al Tayer
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Khalid Al Tayer is the Managing Director of Al Tayer Insignia, the retail business of Al Tayer Group, and the CEO of Ounass, its proprietary luxury ecommerce site. Al Tayer Insignia represents over 60 luxury, lifestyle, beauty and hospitality brands including Harvey Nichols - Dubai, Bloomingdale’s (Dubai and Kuwait), Armani, Coach, Boucheron, Kiehl’s, and Gap. It has established Joint Venture arrangements with Kering (Gucci, Saint Laurent, Bottega Veneta, Balenciaga, and Alexander McQueen), LVMH (Bulgari, Loro Piana, and Guerlain), Prada Group (Prada and Miu Miu), Ermenegildo Zegna, Brunello Cucinelli, Jimmy Choo, Thom Browne, and MCM.
Khalid currently serves on the Boards of Taaleem, the Dubai Chamber of Digital Economy, the Intercontinental Group of Department Stores, the Fashion Commission at the Ministry of Culture of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and the Retail Business Group at the Dubai Chamber.
Prior to joining Al Tayer Group in 2005, Khalid founded an internet startup (makook.com), and worked at McKinsey & Co. and Emirates Financial Services.
Khalid graduated with a Bachelor of Science in entrepreneurship, corporate finance, and economics from Babson College in the US in 1999.
