Paul Broekhuijsen is a seasoned business leader with broad industry experience, as well as a deep knowledge of complex international operations, reflecting the activities and ambitions of ND Group.

Dutch-born Paul has extensive executive and board experience with major international companies. He previously served as CEO of Ecolog International, a Dubai-based integrated services company the major company in the portfolio of the ND Group. He was chairman of the Supervisory Board at logistics equipment company Vanderlande (2010 – 2015) and CEO of international industrial services company Hertel (2011 – 2014). He earlier served as Executive Board member of Dutch construction and technical services group TBI, and before that as President of the GEA Refrigeration Division (Grasso’s Koninklijke Machinefabrieken).

Paul has an MSc in Electrical Engineering from Delft University of Technology.

Abraham Sabbagh has held senior finance and operational roles within a number of multinational businesses, mainly in the healthcare, construction and logistics sectors.

He began his career as a financial analyst in the healthcare industry before moving into acquiring, growing and selling healthcare businesses in the US. He later joined a contracting company in Dubai as Group CFO during the construction boom, helping to stabilize and prepare the business for acquisition following the financial crisis in 2008. Abraham then worked as CFO for a number of high net worth family businesses in the region, overseeing mergers and the consolidation of numerous companies across two continents, before being appointed CFO and then COO within a multi-national logistics and infrastructure company.

Abraham holds a Bachelor’s degree in Finance from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

Islam Ceka has been General Portfolio Manager of ND Group since 2015, having worked in a number of financial leadership roles in ND Group’s largest company, Ecolog International. Islam served as Director of Finance and Control and then Vice President of Finance at Ecolog. He later served as Group General Manager of Administration and Operations. Islam brings vast international experience to ND Group, including experience working in developing markets and politically or infrastructurally challenging regions.

He studied Business Administration and holds an Executive MBA degree.

As Chief Marketing Officer at ND Group, Kaan Savul is focused on building the reputation of the group and its portfolio companies, developing stronger relationships, innovating marketing approaches, and ultimately fostering the growth of the business.

Kaan brings more than 20 years of international marketing communications experience to the role after holding leadership positions in UAE (Dubai and Abu Dhabi), Turkey, and Germany, where he consulted on multinational companies’ marketing and communication strategies.

Kaan studied at the Cologne University of Applied Sciences and has obtained numerous certificates and awards in the marketing field.

Ulrich Krockenberger joined ND Group in 2016 as Chief Legal Officer. He has overall responsibility for ND Group’s legal, compliance, and governance matters.

Ulrich most recently was a senior manager at PwC Legal, advising large, mostly Japanese multinational corporations on their corporate legal affairs and Mergers and Acquisitions projects in Germany and Europe.

He has extensive experience in M&A and large-scale Pan-European structuring projects and is also a German-qualified attorney-at-law.

Ulrich studied law at the University of Muenster and the University of Potsdam.

Nazif Destani is the Founder and former CEO of ND Group and now sits as the chairman of the Advisory Board.

Nazif started his entrepreneurial career with the founding of Ecolog International, almost two decades ago. Ecolog rapidly grew from a single life-support service business into a large global enterprise supporting governments, humanitarian organizations, and commercial market sectors around the world.

He served as Ecolog’s Chief Executive during the build-up and expansion phase but in 2007 he stepped away from a day-to-day role to form ND Group, with a vision of developing a portfolio of new business ventures internationally.

Nazif now acts as a strategic advisor to the business and portfolio companies, as well as supporting philanthropic ventures in the Southeast Europe region.

Thomas Wachowitz has served ND Group in various executive roles, including CEO for a period.

Thomas adds decades of experience to ND Group through his broad-based knowledge of finance and economic affairs. Moreover, his strategic and economic expertise, with strong qualifications in business tactical planning, has been instrumental to ND Group’s development and growth. In addition to his leadership roles at ND Group, Thomas’ career includes consulting for major German companies in the areas of corporate strategy and cross-border corporate restructuring.