Thomas Augustine

Al Rashid Group

Founded in 1973 in Bahrain, the Landmark Group has successfully grown into one of the largest and most successful retail organizations in the Middle East and India. An international, diversified retail and hospitality conglomerate that encourages entrepreneurship to consistently deliver exceptional value, the Group operates over 1,800 outlets encompassing over 24 million square feet across the GCC, India, Egypt, Turkey, Jordan, Lebanon, Yemen, Libya, Nigeria, Sudan, Kenya, Tanzania, Pakistan, Iraq and Sri Lanka. Landmark Group has a strong workforce of over 50,000 employees and provides a value-driven product range for the family through its retail concepts: Centrepoint, Babyshop, Splash, Shoe Mart, Lifestyle, Beautybay, Iconic, SportsOne, Max, Shoexpress, Home Centre, Home Box, Emax, and LandmarkShops.com. In addition to the brands developed in-house, the Group also holds the franchise rights for some of the world's leading fashion and footwear brands in the countries where it operates. The Group has also diversified in the leisure, food, hospitality and healthcare segments with Fun City, Balance Wellbeing, Citymax Hotels, Candelite, Fitness First and Foodmark, the restaurant division, which operates the Group's own and franchise food outlets and iCare Clinics, primary healthcare clinics for the family. For more information please visit, www.landmarkgroup.com