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John Pagano is the Group Chief Executive Officer of Red Sea Global (RSG), the developer behind The Red Sea and Amaala, two ambitious tourism projects set along the northwestern coast of Saudi Arabia. These destinations will play key roles in the realization of Vision 2030, the Kingdom’s economic roadmap for the future.
At RSG, John is leveraging his nearly 40 years of international experience in delivering large scale multi-billion-dollar developments. Since 2018, he has led RSG’s growth from the ground up, and today is creating unique eco-luxury, sustainable, regenerative tourist destinations that will contribute to transforming the global tourism industry and to the diversification of the Saudi Arabian economy. Underpinned by a growing portfolio of subsidiary companies, RSG will better enable the delivery of the company vision for developments that do better for people and planet, addressing the global challenges of climate change and biodiversity loss.
John's experience covers every facet of the real estate value chain including site acquisition, master planning, planning, project structuring, financing, construction, and asset management.
Prior to joining RSG, John established his own international strategic advisory company, Old Fort Capital Investments Ltd, drawing on his extensive experience, providing strategic advice internationally on large scale real estate developments.
John holds a BA.Sc degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Toronto. He also studied Corporate Finance at the London Business School.
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