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Vera is the In-House Legal Counsel at Cracknell. She brings a unique set of skills to the team, having earned her UK accredited LLM International Business Law as a German lawyer. Her six years’ work experience in the UAE provide for a deep understanding of the local market and the unique legal challenges that businesses face in the region. With her pragmatic approach and appreciation for the needs of the business, Vera plays a crucial role in advising on a range of legal issues, ensuring that the company’s operations are conducted within the bounds of the law, as well as working on facilitating the company’s growth opportunities across the globe. She is passionate about applying her legal knowledge to help further an innovative workplace that creates a sustainable and livable environment.

Sunitha has a total of 30 years’ experience, 25 of which have been with Cracknell. In addition to leading and supervising the CAD production team, Sunitha reviews,
estimates, and inputs into delivery and resourcing schedules, in close collaboration with the design, technical & engineering teams. She monitors the quality control
program to drive consistency in the deliverables ensuring full adherence with QA/QC
standards.

Sunitha takes immense pride and satisfaction in contributing to the integral role Cracknell’s projects play in the MENA region’s environmental infrastructure.

Elizabeth has 23 years’ experience as a landscape design professional in the Middle East and Asia. At Cracknell, she serves a vital role in developing design and implementation and maintenance strategies for projects across Cracknell’s global portfolio.

She is a passionate advocate for sustainable soft landscapes and promotes the inclusion of native species along with locally available, adaptive plants. She believes in being mindful of plant selections and strategies and is instrumental in enriching biodiversity and shaping modern cities and urban spaces for future generations to thrive in.

Rashid has 20 years’ experience in soft landscape construction and maintenance, and horticultural consultancy across India and the Middle East. He manages the client, lead consultant and contractor coordination during all construction stages. He designs planting schemes for high-end hotels, resorts and luxury villas as well as community and commercial developments.
With a horticultural background he has immense knowledge of different species and plant availability, adaptability and health. He is an expert on maintenance of both interior and exterior soft landscapes with specialist knowledge of tree pruning and shaping and transplantation of mature specimens and other specialist technical horticulture.
Rashid is a dedicated horticulturalist, believing strongly in the importance of soft landscape and his profession to preserve nature and save our environment for the future.

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 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 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.

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 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.