James Raley is a Principal in Heidrick & Struggles' Dubai office and a member of the global Financial Services Practice, focusing
on the Real Estate industry across the
Middle East. Based in Dubai, he delivers executive search and leadership consulting
services.

With more than 20 years of talent management experience, including 14 years with leading consulting firms in the Middle East, James has helped organizations to select, iderstity and
nurture their top talent.

Prior to joining Heidrick & Struggles, James was the regional General Manager of a leadership advisory firm.

James specializes in the robust assessment and placement of Board Members. CEOs and
CHROs. He has led sizable client relationships extending to 60 countries across the EMEA region. His executive assessment projects have helped organizations to select best-fit
talent and supported the development of thousands of local and expatriate leaders across
the GCC.

Taking on significant management responsibility from a young age. James has been recognized for his ability to mobilize large scale programs. He has a special interest in people analytics, using data to provide deep insight into people and organizational
behavior.

James earned a bachelor's degree in international business studies and Spanish, with honors, from the University of Northumbria in the United Kingdom.

Tim Bodner is a Partner in PwC's Real Estate Practice and presently leads PwC's US and Global Real Estate Deals businesses.

In these roles, in addition to being on the US and Global Real Estate leadership teams, he covers private capital firms, sovereign wealth funds, pensions, real estate investment trusts, real estate services providers, corporate occupiers and other retail and institutional owners of real assets. Over the course of his career, to date, Tim has personally advised clients on initial public offerings, sales of high yield debt, complex corporate transactions, divestitures and mergers and acquisitions totaling more than $300 billion in deal value.

In addition to these responsibilities, Tim oversees PwC's US and Global Real Estate Deals Outlook publications and represents PwC with the Real Estate Roundtable as a Roundtable Member among other industry related organizations such as the Urban Land Institute. In 2023, Tim was also named as one of the Top 25 Real Estate Consultants and Leaders by The Consulting Report and is a graduate of Creighton University earning both undergraduate and graduate degrees. He presently resides in Washington DC with his wife and three children.

Vaibhav Gujral is a Senior Partner at McKinsey and Company, where he leads the firm’s work in digital and analytics in real estate globally. In this capacity, he works with leading real estate investors, owners and operators, proptech firms, services companies, and occupiers on topics related to innovation and digital strategy, new business building, advanced analytics, digital transformation, and operating model redesign. McKinsey and Company is a global management consulting firm, advising the world's leading businesses, governments, and institutions.

Prior to McKinsey, Gujral worked in venture investing. He is currently involved with not-for-profit organizations focused on improving education and healthcare. Gujral holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and an undergraduate degree in economics from Harvard College.