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Charles Habak

PartnerDubai

Supports public and private sector leaders in real estate and investments to sustainably improve the socio-economic conditions of people, organizations, and nations.

Charles is a leader in McKinsey’s Real Estate and Private Equity & Principal Investors practices. He is passionate about the potential for real estate and large-scale investments to significantly improve people’s social conditions, drive sustainable economic growth, and increase environmental sustainability.

Charles has longstanding experience serving sovereign wealth funds, institutional investors, real estate companies, state-owned enterprises, and government entities. He is considered a thought leader whose recent work has encompassed conceptualizing novel real estate developments, regenerating inner cities and mixed income communities, enhancing asset management and portfolio companies, and launching disruptive corporate and digital ventures.

Passionate about inclusion and diversity, Charles has worked across North America and the MENA region for over 17 years.

Past Experience

Booz Allen
Practice lead, Real Estate & Investments

SAP
Functional consultant

Oracle Corporation
Application engineer

Education

HEC Montreal
MBA, finance and entrepreneurship

McGill University
BEng, electrical engineering