The Interview: Majid Al Futtaim – Retail, CEO Hani Weiss

The Interview: Majid Al Futtaim – Retail: In
this episode, host Karl McKeever is joined in conversation by
Hani Weiss, Chief Executive Officer of Majid Al Futtaim – Retail,
the exclusive partner of choice for international hypermarket and
supermarket brand, Carrefour.


The last few years have brought profound, powerful change to
retail. The critical factor holding everything together is
Leadership. Hani’s own career began at Majid Al Futtaim - Retail
in 2001, as a Section Manager at Carrefour in City Centre Deira,
the firm’s first hypermarket in the region. Today, as its
CEO, Hani leads a business of 37,000 colleagues, operating over
450 Carrefour stores across 16 countries in the region, and
serving more than 750,000 customers a day.


We sat down with him to explore the story behind the Majid Al
Futtaim Retail business; the challenges of operating a successful
grocery retail franchise business in the Middle East, and to hear
his thoughts on what great leadership looks like today and, more
importantly, for the future.