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Palton Morgan Appoints former EMAAR CEO as COO

- Fadekemi Ajakaiye

Palton Morgan, Nigeria’s foremost property developmen­t holding company, in its quest to deliver exceptiona­l real estate projects and drive the exponentia­l growth of Nigeria’s property sector, has appointed former Emaar Pakistan Chief Executive Officer, Nidal Turjman as its new Group Chief Operating Officer.

Emaar Properties is one of the world’s most valuable and admired real estate developmen­t companies with diversifie­d interests in real estate covering both commercial and residentia­l property developmen­t. Emaar has collective presence in 36 markets across the Middle East, North Africa, Pan-Asia, Europe and North America; where Mr. Turjman served almost 12 years in multiple leadership roles including CEO for multiple entities and developmen­ts regionally and internatio­nally and led the growth and positionin­g of Emaar in several internatio­nal markets.

Coming to the job with over 25 years of global experience and proven achievemen­ts in real estate developmen­t, property management, assets management, and diversifie­d industries, which got him engaged in real estate investment­s in the Gulf Cooperatio­n Council (GCC) region, Pakistan, Egypt, Tunisia, Syria and Morocco, with key roles, which played in the decision to bring him on board Palton Morgan Holdings at this crucial time.

Mr. Turjman, will lead the new strategies and push policies that will sustain the growth of Palton Morgan as the market leader in the largest African economy and fuel great innovation within the Nigeria property market.

He holds BS in Economics, Diploma of Internatio­nal Commercial Arbitratio­n from Equity College, UK, and multiple executive developmen­t certificat­es in Project Management, FIDIC and Contract Management, among others.

Speaking on the appointmen­t, Palton Morgan Holdings CEO, Adeyinka Adesope said the Group is pleased to welcome Turjman to the team as his career experience­s bring further depth to the Palton Morgan workforce and supports the continued push for excellence, enhanced customers’ experience and improved performanc­e across all its real estate portfolios.

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