Work has been completed on The third edition of the Public Investment Fund Forum and the Private Sector, held at the King Abdulaziz International Conference Center in Riyadh.
The panel discussion, titled “Opportunities in the Real Estate Sector... Capacity Building, Financing, and Partnerships” covered several topics, including: an overview of the real estate sector, the future of partnerships, and investment opportunities for real estate developers. The panel included Laila Abdulmunonova, Director of Real Estate and Construction at the Public Investment Fund, Tarek Al-Musharraf, Chief Financial Officer at “Al-Murabba” Al-Jadid,“ and Mohammed Al-Balawi, General Manager and Head of Investment Banking and Debt Advisory at ”HBC Saudi Arabia,“ as well as Sir Rocco Forte, Founder and Chairman of Sir Rocco Forte.

The session addressed the regulatory role played by the Public Investment Fund in the real estate sector, where the Fund provides several services ranging from developing and identifying investment opportunities and bringing them to market, connecting developers with local, regional, and global investors, and overseeing the matching process to link the Fund’s companies with the private sector, in addition to supporting the private sector in its localization journey through incentives provided by the Ministry of Investment.

The session focused on the importance of the quality of services provided by partners in new and advanced projects, as technology and sustainable innovation are key elements in strategic partnerships with the private sector.