Rohit Dhawan is a Managing Director with Alvarez & Marsal Real Estate, Travel, Hospitality and Leisure in the Middle East and North Africa. He has extensive global experience advising sovereign wealth funds, governments, and leading developers on complex real estate, tourism, and hospitality mandates. Rohit specializes in destination strategy, investment planning, corporate strategy, and hospitality platform development.

Rohit has advised major regional institutions and developers on high-profile development programs, market-shaping strategies, and investment-led transformations. His experience includes mandates for sovereign-backed entities, master developers, and hospitality platforms across Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and broader international markets.

Rohit’s notable assignments include:

• Designing a future-state strategy for a leading Dubai-based developer, reimagining the build-to-sell development lifecycle and identifying disruptive value chain opportunities.
• Leading concept development and business planning for a 320 square kilometer growth corridor in Riyadh, in collaboration with Public Investment Fund, the Royal Commission for Riyadh City, and a multidisciplinary advisory consortium.
• Spearheading business planning for a leading residential developer in Saudi Arabia across major land parcels in Jeddah, assessing supply–demand dynamics, phasing, feasibility, and market share for the proposed first phase.
• Developing the business plan for an Special Economic Zone-linked mixed-use development in northern Jeddah, defining product mix, asset strategy, clustering approach, feasibility, and activation plans.
• Conducting market analysis, benchmarking, and feasibility for ultraluxury resort and second-home destinations on the Red Sea coast targeting ultra-high-net-worth individuals (UHNWIs).
• Creating activation strategies and commercial incentives for the UAE Ministry of Tourism to drive private sector participation across multiple destinations.
• Refining the vision and developing detailed business plans for mixed-use assets, including hospitality brand and operator distribution strategies for Dubai Islands.
• Delivering business planning, valuation, and Phase One concept creation for a large-scale greenfield development on Egypt’s North Coast on behalf of a UAE investor.
• Developing a business plan for Expo 2020 Dubai legacy assets, delivering a highest-and-best-use and transition plan to maximize cost recoverability from the event site.

Before joining A&M, Rohit was a Partner at a Big Four advisory firm in the Middle East, helping lead a sector-focused team of real estate and hospitality professionals across large-scale development and corporate strategy mandates. Prior to relocating to the region, he held a senior role in a white-label hospitality firm in the US, supporting on-site operations, revenue management, and acquisition opportunities for franchised assets across leading hotel chains, including IHG Hotels & Resorts and Choice Hotels.

Rohit holds an MBA in Finance from University of Nottingham Business School, UK.