Construction Technology ConFex (CTF) | Junaid Abdussalam
Junaid Abdussalam

Junaid Abdussalam

Head of Planning - City Operations, Emaar the Economic City

With over 15 years of experience in facilities management (FM), asset management (AM), and real estate, Junaid is a director of city operations at Emaar, The Economic City, a visionary master development in Saudi Arabia. He is responsible for transforming city operations to a center of excellence for buildings, public realm, infrastructure, and municipal services, and spearheading the associated transformation, technology adoption, asset lifecycle planning, standardization of service delivery, performance management, and streamlining of techno-commercial delivery and governance.


Junaid has a strong track record of delivering FM and AM strategies and solutions for various asset portfolios, such as retail, leisure, hospitality, commercial, residential, education, healthcare, airport, and industrial facilities. He is adept at managing service charge modelling and recovery, facilities planning and procurement, contracts management and negotiation, budgeting and P/L accountability, and ESG, tech, and standards compliance. He is passionate about enabling the realization of short, medium, and long term values across the asset lifecycle, while ensuring outstanding customer service, teamwork, honesty, integrity, and safety