Before DNA existed, the founding team were developers. Operators who had built, invested, and taken risk on their own projects in Dubai. They understood construction not from a boardroom, but from the ground up.
They experienced firsthand what happens when the people delivering a project are not truly working in the client's interest. Contractors who overpromised. Consultants operating in their own interests. Variations that eroded the budget. Disputes that consumed time and capital.
The project survived. But the experience made one thing clear: nobody is truly looking out for the client. DNA was built to fill that gap. Today, the advice DNA gives is the same advice the founding team would apply to their own capital.
The contractor protects his margin. The consultant protects his fee. Nobody is truly looking out for the client. DNA was built to fill that gap.
There are no junior teams at DNA. No account managers. No handoffs to staff who were not in the original conversation. The principals who take the brief are the same people who deliver the project.
Akhil brings a background that is rare in the Dubai PMC market — equal parts corporate programme management and hands-on developer experience.
He has worked with some of the world's leading project management firms, including CH2M Hill (now Jacobs), and has delivered across landmark projects in aviation, hospitality, and mixed-use development spanning the UAE, India, and Europe.
That corporate foundation sits alongside direct experience as a developer who has taken his own capital at risk in the Dubai market. Akhil understands how large contractors and consultants operate from the inside — and brings that knowledge directly to every client engagement.
Dinesh co-founded DNA with a lifetime of experience in development, investment, and business across the UAE and beyond. He brings something no credentials can replicate — decades of relationships, hard-won judgment, and the kind of presence that only comes from having navigated every cycle of this market.
He operates behind the scenes, but his influence runs through every significant decision DNA makes. There are conversations only he can have, and relationships only he can hold.
For clients who understand how Dubai actually works, that access matters.