The Rainmakers
Said Younes
Said Younes is a results-oriented corporate development executive with over 24 years experience across broad industries, products, and services in corporate and multinational environments. Younes is a creative and innovative manager, administrator and entrepreneur, taking pride in ability to launch new diverse projects. It is his experience and versatility that make Said Younes the perfect Rainmaker to head up the Rainmaker office in Dubai.
Said Younes’ experience covers different aspects of management such as banking (dealing-room, treasury & corporate finance), financial restructuring, project finance, project management, contract finance & project evaluation, retail & whole-sale distribution, materials/production planning, purchasing, operations, personnel & administration.
Said has achieved great success in his business development efforts, most recently with the Al Futtaim Group by growing one of their Wholesale-Trading Companies over 400%. Said successfully executed the Project-Manger role for SAMA-Aviation, the first Low-Cost-Carrier start-up in Saudi Arabia. He established Nour-Maya Holding which includes Daltex-Nour-Maya, a fresh produce Intl. trader (Part “Daltex-Van Rein Intl”), Nour-Maya Tires, a registered Michelin-Tires International Trading company, Promolinks Intl. Dubai, Digital Advertising Solutions, Blu-Solutions RAK FZC, an HR Recruitment Consultancy and Arabian Energy Group RAK FZC, Oil & Gas Consultancy. Younes has created a successful Outgoing-Tour-Operator in Köln, Germany & Luxembourg with an operational Call-Centre in Cairo, and he has also conducted a noted Preliminary study for the HSBC Islamic Banking Division - AMANA (Saudi-British Bank).
Said is an accredited deal-maker. He was responsible for turning around Glass Manufacturing Group by concluding a yearly €6 Million Sales contract with IKEA Intl. Said negotiated a bank settlement agreement between Credit-Lyonnais Bank/Flash-Tours Group (2ndlargest Tour Operator in Egypt). He also handled successfully the role of Merger-coordinator between Cadbury Middle-East & Bim-Bim Egypt.