Emre Okay

Emre Okay is the Group Chief Financial Officer of Driven Group, a diversified real estate platform comprising Driven Properties, one of the UAE's most awarded and largest real estate brokerages; Lamar Holding, the Group's property development arm with over USD 5 billion in active gross development value; Driven Property & Asset Management, which manages more than 8,000 units across the UAE and provides owners association services; a real estate investment portfolio with co-invested special purpose vehicles holding approximately USD 1 billion in assets; and a venture portfolio of more than 15 minority investments.

Emre holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and brings over 15 years of international experience across investment banking, private equity, management consulting, and corporate finance. Prior to joining Driven, he held senior finance leadership roles at Amazon, where he led financial planning, strategic investments, operational optimization, and growth initiatives across multiple business units in Europe and the Middle East. Before Amazon, he worked in mergers and acquisitions at UBS in New York and spent several years in private equity investing across Europe and the Middle East, advising and investing in companies across a range of industries.

His expertise spans corporate finance, capital allocation, investment evaluation, commercial finance, strategic planning, and the digitalization of business performance tracking and decision-making. At Driven Group, Emre leads fund investment decisions and oversees the Group's financial strategy, governance, capital planning, and business performance, supporting the continued growth and expansion of the organization's operating businesses and investment platforms.