Jonathan Emery

Chief Executive Officer, Aldar Development

Jonathan Emery is the Chief Executive Officer at Aldar Development and is responsible for all development activities across the company.

Throughout his 30+ years in the global real estate industry, Jonathan has held senior positions at leading developers including UK Managing Director at Hammerson, Managing Director of Development and Communities at Majid Al Futtaim and most recently at Lendlease, a multinational construction, property and infrastructure company, where he was both CEO of the firm’s global residential practice and Managing Director of Property for Europe, and prior to that he was their Managing Director of Development for Australia. 

Jonathan is a graduate of Nottingham Trent University in the United Kingdom, and has attended a number of other academic institutions including Henley Management College, Harvard, INSEAD, and has been a visiting professor at Yale University.