Mohammad DebesGroup Operations Manager · Pro Element Group

HOSPITALITY OPERATIONS · JEDDAH

People make the experience. Discipline makes it last.

My hospitality career began in 2009, with experience across Lebanon, the UAE, Oman and Saudi Arabia, spanning restaurants, hotels and hospitality groups.

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Mohammad Debes in a white thobe

Group Operations Manager · Pro Element Group

01Hospitality, from the inside.People. Experience. Performance.

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ABOUT

The work is human. The operating model has to be real.

Hospitality has taught me that a room is never only a room. It is an agreement between a team, a guest and the standard everyone can feel. My work sits where commercial judgement, operational discipline and creative understanding meet.

Across Lebanon, the UAE, Oman and Saudi Arabia, I have worked through restaurant leadership, hotels, concept delivery and multi-brand group operations. I care about how people are developed, how a guest journey holds together and how a good idea becomes repeatable on a busy service.

SELECTED EVIDENCE

A documented professional record, kept in proportion.

2009the beginning of a hospitality career across the region
04countries: Lebanon, UAE, Oman and Saudi Arabia
100+employees across a current cross-functional group remit
BScManagement Information Systems · Lebanese International University

The public journey intentionally omits individual employment dates and confidential performance data.

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THE GROUP PORTFOLIO

Thirteen concepts, one operating standard.

Every brand documented by Pro Element Group: dining rooms, lounges, cloud kitchens, catering, a gallery and a beachfront destination. Each card states whether its image is photography, concept imagery or a brand board.

CWTCH brasserie interior, JeddahPhotograph
03Closed for renewal · reopening to be announced

CWTCH

Italian-Peruvian brasserie & venue

OLĒV dining room, JeddahPhotograph
08Operating · Jeddah

OLĒV

Contemporary Eastern Mediterranean

OBE live event, JeddahPhotograph
09Open-air event series · La Plage, Jeddah

OBE

Beachfront collaboration · OBE × La Plage

Koobeh brand boardBrand board
11Westfield Jeddah concept · opening unconfirmed

Koobeh

Persian fast-casual

Portfolio note: these pages record a group-operations context. They do not claim sole authorship, founding or creative ownership of the brands shown. Imagery is drawn from the group brand library; concept imagery is labelled as such.

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IN MOTION

The room, at service pace.

Short clips from the group’s venue film library: the pass, the bar and the floor. Muted by design — atmosphere, not soundtrack.

01Service, HAP Lounge
02The bar, at golden hour
03The pass, CWTCH

Filmed inside the group’s venues. Muted six-second loops that start only when they are on screen, and hold a still frame for reduced-motion visitors.

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LEADERSHIP & EXPERTISE

The detail behind the atmosphere.

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People & operating standards

Standards become real through people. Mohammad’s experience includes hiring, training and professional development alongside the day-to-day discipline that protects a guest experience.

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Cross-functional delivery

Operations are strongest when finance, people, sales, marketing and service work from one practical rhythm. His current group remit is built around that connection.

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Concept to opening

From a music-lounge project built from the ground up to group portfolio operations, the focus is on converting a creative promise into a workable service, team and guest journey.

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Commercial judgement

Business planning, procurement and customer feedback are treated as operating inputs: useful only when they improve decisions on the floor and at the table.

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MY HOSPITALITY JOURNEY

A regional career, shaped in service.

My hospitality career began in 2009, with experience across Lebanon, the UAE, Oman and Saudi Arabia, spanning restaurants, hotels and hospitality groups.

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Saudi Arabia

Jeddah, Saudi Arabia · country-level marker

Multi-brand restaurant and hospitality operations in Saudi Arabia, covering group leadership, brand operations, openings and guest experience.

Pro Element Group

Multi-brand hospitality group

Pro Element Group

Location
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia · current role
Role / contribution
Group Operations Manager

Leads cross-functional work across HR, finance, operations, sales and marketing in a Jeddah F&B portfolio, with a documented remit of more than 100 employees.

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Leylaty Group

Hospitality group

Leylaty Group

Location
Jeddah and Riyadh, Saudi Arabia · country-level marker
Role / contribution
Assistant F&B Brand Director

Supported pre-opening work and brand operations across outlets, including sales forecasting, budgeting, profitability, KPIs, service procedures and market review.

Millionaire Restaurant & Lounge

Restaurant & lounge

Millionaire Restaurant & Lounge

Location
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia · country-level marker
Role / contribution
Operations Manager

Supported the transition from concept to operating music-lounge experience, coordinating sections and departments from the ground up.

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PLACES & INSIGHTS

A hospitality perspective, always in motion.

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Places

The most useful ideas often appear away from a spreadsheet: in the entry sequence, the pace of a room, the generosity of a table and the small details a guest remembers.

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Insights

I look for the point where a good idea becomes a reliable experience. That is usually where people, process and a clear commercial decision meet.

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CONTACT

For a conversation about hospitality, operations or the next experience.

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