Imran serves as the Founder and CEO of BlackOak Global, a global real estate investment and advisory platform. With nearly two decades of expertise, he specializes in real estate investments, acquisitions, advisory services, and asset management across Europe and the Middle East. Imran has personally overseen the acquisition of over $3 bn in real estate and has played a key role in various regional and international real estate projects from their initial stages to successful delivery.

Imran has held key senior-level positions both in the private and public sectors, including previously as the Chief Investment Officer for an investment fund which is building the largest publicly traded real-estate portfolio in the Middle East; as Chief Investment Officer at Dubai Healthcare City, overseeing the investment strategy for the Free Zone and as Managing Director of Investments for a prominent Saudi family office where he was responsible for diversified investments across the UK, US and the Middle East.

Imran received an MBA in Finance from London Business School. He sits on a number of boards and is a regular speaker at investment conferences and events around the world.