RAHAIL ASLAM - Chairman Select Group Of Companies

Rahail Aslam is recognized as one of the leading businessmen in Dubai. With over 20 years of experience, it was his pioneering vision that spearheaded the group’s rapid growth in such a short span of time. A renowned self-made British businessman, he made it to the Sunday Times Rich List at the young age of 35.

Through the operation of a group of companies in the UK technology and property sectors between 1994 and 2003 Rahail successfully built trading businesses with a combined turnover of over £1 billion. 

A man with his finger on the pulse, Rahail predicted a slowdown in the IT industry and after identifying a niche opportunity in the middle-eastern real estate market, decided to move to Dubai in 2003. Building on his expertise and innovative management skills gained in the UK property sector, his bold initiatives in the UAE property market led to phenomenal success, thus providing him with the platform for venturing into acquiring and developing projects under the Select Group brand.

Rahail’s hands on attitude and personal philosophy of giving the maximum value to customers have been the leading principals in all his business ventures. His vision for the future is focused on diversification and innovation, while strictly adhering to the existing principals of transparency and ethical responsibility. A believer in identifying the needs of the customers well in advance, he foresees the research and development segment of the group himself.

Rahail Aslam actively contributes to various educational and humanitarian initiatives.


PANOS SPYROPOULOS - Executive Director Developments

As Executive Director Developments for Select Group, Panos Spyropoulos is spearheading the highly experienced development team at Select Group. With a masters degree in civil engineering and over 28 years of experience in the construction industry, prior to joining the group, Panos was leading the development department of Emaar Properties. He was involved in planning and directing internal Emaar staff and external Project Managers in a number of prestigious developments including Dubai Marina, Burj Dubai, Emirates Hills and Gold & Diamond Park. The construction cost of projects under his control exceeded AED 11billion.

His extensive experience has spanned over projects based in various countries including Indonesia, Greece and Saudi Arabia. His illustrious achievements includes iconic projects like Novotel – a four star hotel consisting of 420 rooms, two business parks developed by Emaar in Burj Dubai, International Academy, Golf Clubhouses, community centers, schools and Town Centers in Emirates Hills, shopping malls, high rise residential and office towers towers in Dubai Marina and Burj Dubai and the 60 storey The Address hotel developed in Burj Dubai amongst many others.

He was also responsible for leading the engineering team in construction of the Court of Appeal complex in Athens and a number of projects for the World Bank in Saudi Arabia and Indonesia".

NOOR KHAN, CFA - Director Finance & Investments

With a wealth of 15 years of experience in a broad spectrum covering all aspects of Finance Management, Noor Khan’s role directly overseas all the group’s operations and developments and plays a key role in the strategic direction of the group.

His much sought after profile includes projects with some of the leading blue chip real estate developers of the middle-east region like Majid Al Futtaim Group of Companies – Dubai & Oman, Citystars – Egypt, Dubai International Financial Center (later Dubai Properties) and Dubai Festival City (DFC) of Al Futtaim Group of Companies. Noor was one of the key members of the core team that developed the concept design & financial feasibility for Arabian Bays (now Cultural Village) that laid the foundation for the business plan of Business Bay, a 540 million sq ft BUA project of Dubai Properties. In his previous capacity as Corporate Controller of DFC, Noor was one of the two key executives responsible to manage one of the largest privately arranged funding programme for Dubai Festival City’s  USD 4 Billion development  (phase 1). Noor has devised an internationally diversified group investment portfolio & funding strategy for Select Group and has been instrumental in gearing the group towards becoming an investment power house and one of the top ten private developers of U.A.E.