Co-Founder and Ceo, Zaya Real Estate, Dubai and Abu Dhabi, UAE Emirati entrepreneur Nadia Zaal is the co-founder and CEO of Dubai based Zaya Dubai, a boutique developer specialising in high-end real estate. Zaya has its origins in Zaal’s in-depth understanding of the high-end market and her recognition of the region’s extraordinary potential as a prime market for the development of ultra-luxury real estate projects, having travelled extensively around the world. has won the reputation as one of the region’s most dynamic and progressive business and financial minds. She was the driving force behind the US$2 billion Al Barari project, the first mixed-use development to target the premium segment of the real estate market, as well as a shareholder of Zaya Abu Dhabi that developed the prestigious Nurai Island development. Zaal also has extensive experience in project development, structuring and funding in the GCC’s energy sector. Before establishing Zaya, she led one of the region’s largest IPOs for the Abu Dhabi National Energy Company. Zaal is a former board member of Taweelah Asia Power Company, which completed the largest energy financing deal in the Gulf.