Ronald Philip
Real estate investment leadership in the Middle East | Logistics & industrial real estate | Data centers | Mixed use | Ex McKinsey | Harvard & IIM alum | Transport infrastructure | Strategy | M&A | Value creation
The move
MoveAgility → Dubai World Trade Centre
TitleLaunched Agility's data center campuses vertical → Vice President - Investment and Corporate Development
LocationDubai → Dubai
Career arcRooted in UAE★
First time at this levelYes ★
Cross-border moveNo — same country
Years in UAE14.1
Total experience17.4 years
Dubai World Trade Centre headcount1,001-5,000 employees
Dubai World Trade Centre industryEvents Services
Dubai World Trade Centre HQDubai
Dubai World Trade Centre typeGovernment Agency
Career arc
- Vice President - Investment and Corporate DevelopmentMay 2024 — Present
Dubai World Trade Centre· Dubai, United Arab Emirates· Full-time
- Global Advisory BoardFeb 2024 — Apr 2026NNSoJ - National School of Journalism & Public Discourse
- Launched Agility's data center campuses verticalMar 2023 — Apr 2024
Agility· Dubai, United Arab Emirates· Full-time
- Member, Board of GovernorsSep 2022 — PresentIIndian Institute of Management, Kozhikode
- Advisory Board MemberMay 2022 — Feb 2024
Africa Proptech Forum· Africa· Part-time
- Investor and advisorFeb 2022 — Feb 2025
Afrigility· Nairobi, Kenya· Part-time
- Senior Director - Strategic Planning (Head of Strategy), Agility Logistics ParksMar 2019 — Apr 2024
- Senior Engagement ManagerMar 2013 — Feb 2019
McKinsey & Company· UAE, Saudi Arabia, China, Qatar, Bahrain, Kenya
- Associate Director, Supply Chain & Transportation IndustriesJul 2010 — Feb 2013
World Economic Forum· New York
- Volunteer ConsultantSep 2009 — Mar 2010
Clinton Climate Initiative· Greater Boston Area
- Residential Advisor & multiple part time rolesSep 2008 — May 2010
Harvard University· Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States· Part-time
Education
- Harvard Business SchoolCross-registrant · Finance2008 — 2010
- Royal Russell School1991 — 1993
- Indian Institute of Management, KozhikodeMBA · Finance2003 — 2005
- World Economic ForumExecutive Masters · Global Leadership2010 — 2013
- Bishop Cotton Boys' SchoolICSE / ISC1993 — 1998
- Harvard University Kennedy School of GovernmentMPP (Master in Public Policy) · Energy & Transportation Policy2008 — 2010
- Visvesvaraya Technological UniversityB.E. · Electrical engineering1998 — 2002
- Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyCross-registrant · Finance, entrepreneurship2009 — 2009