Alan K. Mardini, FMVA®
Managing Partner - Head of Consulting | Alta Real Estate Advisory - Jeddah, KSA
Alan K. Mardini is a real estate and financial advisory leader specializing in complex development strategy, feasibility, and investment structuring across Saudi Arabia and the wider GCC. As Managing Partner & Head of Consulting at Alta Real Estate Advisory, he leads high-impact advisory engagements covering highest and best use (HBU), financial modeling, and large-scale development planning. Alan has advised on major projects across residential, hospitality, mixed-use, and industrial sectors, working with developers, family offices, and institutional investors.
With a foundation in corporate finance and M&A—supporting private equity-led transactions—Alan brings a differentiated combination of financial discipline, investment insight, and real estate expertise. His experience across CBRE, Deloitte, and BDO enables him to approach development and investment decisions through an integrated lens, bridging strategy, structuring, and execution.
Non-Exclusive Board of Directors
Strategic Partners
Strategic Partner UAE, KSA
Samir Saddy
Founder - Stratlinx Advisory
Stratlinx Advisory is a specialized real estate financial and strategic advisory firm providing market research, financial modeling, feasibility studies, and investment analysis to developers, investors, and real estate stakeholders. The firm’s expertise spans real estate strategy, pricing, sales optimization, and Highest and Best Use (HBU) analysis, delivering data-driven insights and tailored recommendations that support sound investment and development decisions.
Samir Saddy, Founder of Stratlinx Advisory, is a seasoned real estate and financial analysis expert with extensive experience advising government entities, developers, private equity funds, and international financial institutions. He has led assignments across the GCC involving investment planning, feasibility assessment, and asset management for major clients such as Abu Dhabi City Municipality, leading oil and gas firms, and global institutions.
A Chartered Accountant, Samir brings a strong financial and strategic perspective, helping clients, including Alta Real Estate Advisory—navigate complex investment structures and optimize real estate performance across residential, hospitality, and retail asset classes.
Strategic Partner UAE, KSA
Maria Morris
Founder - Maria Morris Global
Maria began her real estate career in the UK with leading developers such as the Berkeley Group and after a 15-year career across London and the Home Counties, she moved to Dubai in 2014 to head MENA Residential for a major international consultancy. In 2021, she founded Maria Morris Global (MMG), specializing in prime and super-prime real estate in Dubai and key global wealth hubs. As the owner of Dubai’s first wholly female-owned brokerage - MMG,
Maria has redefined luxury property marketing through creative, innovative strategies and with over 25 years of experience and a trusted network of high-net-worth clients, she brings profound international expertise, shaped by her work across the Middle East, UK, Europe, the USA and Asia.
Maria’s global profile and proven reputation is reflected in features across The Financial Times, The Telegraph, Khaleej Times, Mansion Global, and appearances on Selling Dubai and Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles. In March 2025, Maria was featured in Entrepreneur Middle East’s Special Edition, celebrating the top 50 visionary women across the Middle East. MMG were awarded ‘Best Real Estate Agency Single Office in Dubai’ at the 2025/26 International Property awards and recently announced a strategic partnership with Alta Real Estate Advisory in Saudi Arabia as part of MMG’s continued international expansion.
Strategic Partner UAE, KSA
Sotiris Tsoulos
Managing Partner – TTZ Group
TTZ Group is an international design firm specializing in master planning and architectural design. Established in 2021 in the UAE, TTZ delivers tailored, high-quality design and project execution solutions across Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Egypt, and beyond. The firm focuses on sustainability, urban integration, and constructability, offering lead consultancy services that combine economic planning, design innovation, and construction management.
Sotiris Tsoulos, Managing Partner of TTZ Group alongside Despoina Tabakopoulou, is an accomplished architect and master planning expert with over 25 years of international experience. He has led major urban, hospitality, and mixed-use developments in Makkah, Jeddah, and Riyadh, and has delivered over 1 million sqm of built assets across Europe, the Middle East, and Central Asia.
Sotiris’s expertise in urban design, development strategy, and large-scale architecture enables TTZ to deliver contextually responsive and high-impact design solutions—aligned with Alta Real Estate Advisory’s vision for innovative and value-driven real estate development.