Executive Director, Red Sea Global

Rosanna Chopra

Rosanna joined Red Sea Global in 2022 as Executive Director of Destination Development charged with defining and implementing the destination development strategy across the portfolio of projects.  The first project in the company’s portfolio sits over 28,000 km² of pristine lands and waters, includes a vast archipelago of more than 90 islands, mountain canyons, dormant volcanoes, and ancient culture and heritage sites. Rosanna is responsible for ensuring that the company continues to set new standards in regenerative tourism through the creation of unique travel experiences and unforgettable memories that are delivered through adventure, culture, art, watersports, diving, and events. Her role includes the development and operational design of a number of RSG’s iconic destination assets, ensuring they open on-time, to standard, operationally optimized and future proofed in their positioning and potential.

Winning Leading Female in Business Enterprise in KSA, Growth Strategy CEO of the Year 2021, and named in the Top 20 Most Inspirational CEO’s to Watch, 2022 – she is considered a much sought after voice on how to best succeed in the region.

Her experience includes working at the President’s Office at the Federation International De L’Autombile (London, Geneva, Paris) & the F1 Race Director; Partner at Galadari, UAE for over a decade; advisory Board Member of UPS EXPO 2020; consortium member for a KSA mega project, project advisor to PIF, designing and delivering adventure, sports and leisure assets and events across KSA, whilst acting as special advisor to international investors, boards and implementation teams in the entertainment, hospitality, tourism sectors in Saudi Arabia. She has led the design, development, destination planning, activation and operations of sport, adventure tourism and hospitality projects, bringing both public and private sector together to successfully form sustainable, collaborative partnerships.

She is listed in the Who’s Who Guide to International Professionals and is recognized by her peers as “honest, clear and concise – she knows her business and the environment in which it works far more than most”. She is “always accessible with an inexhaustible skill set” and has “earned a highly respected reputation within the regional and global business communities due to her loyalty, discretion and knowledge; black books and doors are always open to her”.