Christopher Santiago, Senior Market Research Consultant

Christopher Santiago

Senior Market Research Consultant

Tanween

Location
Qatar - Doha
Education
Master's degree, Master in Business Adminstration
Experience
20 years, 11 Months

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Total years of experience :20 years, 11 Months

Senior Market Research Consultant at Tanween
  • Qatar - Doha
  • My current job since April 2010

Assigned the tasks of conducting primary & secondary research, analysis, due diligence, feasibility studies, financial modelling and demand assessment modelling for client’s engagements. Other responsibilities also include supporting and training a team of consultants.

Prime role is to monitor and supervise projects and recommend Tanween’s clients on global land acquisitions, development of master planned communities and make necessary changes when needed.

Responsible for managing external real estate consultants for independent analysis which includes tendering, negotiation and report review.

Involved in Tanween’s core team that develops a strategy for successful entry into the targeted markets and manages external real estate consultants for independent research analysis, which includes tendering, negotiation and report review.

Update the Executive Director about the daily activities of the consulting team.

Markets handled- Qatar, Bahrain, Dubai, and KSA

Milestone Projects Handled

Lusail City - Lusail City is the biggest master planned development under construction in Qatar, it is the most complex civil engineering project undertaken in the Middle East. Tanween is the development management team responsible for driving the project till completion. My team and I are responsible to undertake comprehensive market research, demand - supply analysis, absorption models and land valuation (acting as internal appraiser).

Barwa Qatar Real Estate Portfolio - Assignment involved complex financial modelling, forecasting and reports. These reports and models are regularly updated as per the market movement.

Qatari Diar Local Portfolio - This portfolio opportunity required detailed study of Qatar Real Estate Market, government allocation of lands, proposed master planned development and planning guidelines; finally land valuation for Tanween to submit a business plan for each project development.

Assistant Manager Research and Strategic Consultancy at Cluttons
  • Bahrain - Manama
  • October 2007 to April 2010

Responsible for real estate research; feasibility studies pan MENA Region with a main focus on investment in land and buildings for clients across the GCC region.

Developed and delivered presentations as well as deliverables for client’s engagement.

Involved in land acquisition activities: observe properties to find damage, locate property owners, negotiate property settlements, and make sure properties meet legal requirements before being sold or rented out by new owners.

Other responsibilities included overseeing the qualitative and quantitative research process, including: needs assessments, development of ideal product mix, customer segmentation, competitive assessment, market sizing and creating demand assessment models.

Assisted with various concept development/recommendations for key projects in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia leading to best use recommendations in terms of uses, market positioning, scale, density, layout and tenure.

Senior Research Consultant at Incite Market Research Solutions
  • Bahrain - Manama
  • November 2005 to September 2007

Worked with top companies in Bahrain and around the Middle East region to identify research opportunities like; segment marketing to provide in-depth knowledge, insights and research into customer purchasing behaviour and providing feedback to sales & product management, study consumer’s preferences on effectiveness of sales and marketing efforts, etc.

Handled projects in the financial, automobiles sectors and also government agencies conducting customer satisfaction surveys, feasibility studies, mystery shopper’s surveys, demand assessments etc.

Assigned responsibilities for conducting focus group/in-depth interviews and accountable for projective techniques and survey design.

Senior Business Analyst at @ Road (Now a Trimble Company)
  • India - Chennai
  • May 2003 to August 2005

Responsible for analysing vertical industry areas, business drivers and designing IT solutions to help companies improve their operational efficiencies and gain competitive advantage.

Played a key role as part of the business response team in RFI / RFP process. In addition, I interacted & supported the client/onsite team during system requirement gathering, process mapping, analysing used cases, and documentation.

Education

Master's degree, Master in Business Adminstration
  • at Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology
  • April 2003
Bachelor's degree, B.A Hospitality Management
  • at Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen
  • April 2001

Specialties & Skills

Hospitality
Management
Hospitality Management
Research Analysis
MS Office

Languages

English
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