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    Gem Alanes

    Gem has 20 years’ experience in architectural and landscape design and construction services across Asia and the Middle East. A founder and team leader of the Cracknell graphics team, Gem is also a key creative and design visionary at concept stage. With a keen eye for detail and a deep passion for his craft, Gem’s skilled hand drawings bring each landscape vision to life.

    With extensive knowledge of the latest computer aided visualisation techniques, he directs the graphics team on creating highly advanced and innovative, industry-leading models, fly-throughs and visualisations suitable for design review and marketing imagery for clients that is cutting-edge.

    Vinod George

    Vinod has extensive experience as a professional in the construction and design consultancy industries. As an Associate – Commercial Engineer at Cracknell he is involved in securing new work for a diverse range of projects across the globe.

    He possesses strong work-winning instincts combined with an aptitude for quantitative analysis and a comprehensive understanding of fee structures in the design consultancy industry. He has a keen eye for acquiring new quality work while maintaining robust growth with a consistent flow of new wins.

    By embracing the Cracknell ethos, he remains actively involved in winning new projects by overseeing the bidding process and managing the bid team.

    Samira Parkar

    Samira has 18 years’ experience in the field of Cost Management, Quantity Surveying and Contractual Administration for a broad range of landscape and infrastructure projects across the Middle East. She has worked in Pre & Post Tender Administration, Post Tender Stage & Post-Contract environments and is familiar with international forms of contract FIDIC and standard methods of measurements such as POMI and CESMM3.

    She has a sound knowledge of environmentally friendly technologies and stays abreast of the development of new and emerging landscape materials; she has a key role advising the design teams on cost effectiveness of design solutions, design efficiencies and environmental cost-benefit analysis.

    Thomas Wainstein

    Tom has 18 years’ experience in a variety of roles within the landscape design industry,
    ranging from luxury garden design & management to large mixed use urban design
    schemes. As an experienced designer with expertise throughout the design process and with extensive site supervision experience, Tom is passionate about delivering high quality landscape projects with an emphasis on community and culture.

    As a member of the
    Site Supervision Team, Tom manages projects, supervises works, and provides contract
    administration services during the construction phase through to handover and close out.

    Sebastian Joseph

    Sebastian has 25 years’ experience in the technical design profession. Over the last 20 years at Cracknell, he has worked his way up to Associate CAD Team Leader
    recognising his expertise in managing highly demanding and complex projects while
    coordinating multiple CAD teams. His specialty lies in AutoCAD from which he has expanded his skill base to include Revit.

    Sebastian is passionate about building
    and advancing each of his CAD team’s technical abilities, as well as guiding and
    challenging designers to use the industries’ latest and best technical practices.

    Hani Bisada

    Hani is an experienced design and management professional with a career spanning 20 years in the Middle East. As a Design Director, he leads a team of designers, managing, inspiring, and directing them to deliver a portfolio of uniquely designed projects. Hani is passionate about creating sustainable, human-centric landscapes that leave a positive impact on communities. He has particular skills in managing large-scale public realm and hospitality projects, and his work has earned him several prestigious awards, recognising the innovation of his schemes and the value added.

    Hani believes that a successful design must not only meet functional requirements, but also deliver emotional inspiration and resonate with people on a human level. As a designer, he strives to be human-centric, understanding and responding to the needs and aspirations of the individuals and communities that will use and interact with the final designs. In addition, he is committed to creating sustainable and resilient landscapes that are built to last, where maintenance and upkeep are integrated into the design process from the outset.

    Gabriel Spence

    Gabriel is a chartered landscape architect with a diverse professional background across design, real estate development and business strategy. He has a wealth of GCC market knowledge in placemaking, construction and cost. He brings a hands-on approach to team and portfolio management, bridging between winning and delivering world-class projects while optimising commercial performance and managing client relations.

    Gabriel’s process is underpinned by extensive client-side experience where he challenges the paradigm from the viewpoint of ‘the other side of the table’ to enrich the outcome. His passion for analytics and data-driven decisions compels Gabriel to continuously pursue innovation and strategic improvements in operations and workflow.

    Gonçalo Saude Pereira

    Goncalo is an impassioned and creative landscape architect with over 19 years’ experience across Europe and the Middle East. As a Director at Cracknell, he is an active and hands-on team leader for the design and project management of significant developments across a varied mix of sectors, scales and contexts especially in tourism and seafront projects & urban design and masterplanning.

    Goncalo is deeply committed to delivering creative, project-tailored design solutions that are authentic, unique, sustainable, and meaningful responses to the context.

    Ian Rose

    Ian has 26 years’ experience, 24 in the Middle East, working in varied roles on a range
    of landscape projects at all stages of the design and delivery process. He spent 5 years
    working as a landscape consultant on public realm for the Abu Dhabi City Municipality.

    At Cracknell, having been Team Leader of one of the Dubai-based design units, he now
    oversees the company’s project management of landscape projects globally. Passionate
    about creating usable, responsive public places that improve the lives of end users, he is an
    experienced speaker and mentor for UK Landscape Institute pathway candidates.

    Sarah Meredith

    Passionate about positioning people at the heart of the company, Sarah integrates the HR function within the overall business strategy to support organisational growth and development. She enjoys working with diverse multi-cultural teams and harnessing the advantages of the different views they bring to the company.

    Sarah believes it is essential to build a company people want to be part of by creating a supportive culture of inclusion, collaboration, teamwork and respect, and recognising the importance of the work/life balance. Emotional intelligence is also a particular area of interest; she works with people to build skills in this area to help them motivate, inspire and engage people to create extraordinary design.

    Fairly new to the design industry, Sarah enjoys working with such a talented creative team and bringing her HR expertise to Cracknell’s global offices.

    Sarah qualified in New Zealand and has 20+ years’ experience as an HR professional in the UAE across various industries.

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