Meet The Consultants

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Meet The Consultants

Daniel Whitlock – Manager of Elysian Investments DIFC

Daniel has recently been promoted to manage our exciting new office in DIFC with a focus on overseas investments. He has an excellent understanding of overseas markets as well as Dubai as he was previously working in our Dubai office where he was very successful at both sales and leasing with specialty in the Palm Jumeirah area. He offered excellent customer service which stems from 10 years experience in sales which ranges from telecommunications to insurance. Danny fully understands the need for distinctive real estate representation. "I take great satisfaction out of being able to put my energy into helping people make the best decisions with real estate investments". Daniel is excited and honored to be part of this award winning company and relishes the advances and prospects that lie ahead in the future.

Lyle Burke - International Portfolio Manager

Lyle Burke is an expert in regards to the expatriate way of life. He has learned his appreciation of multi-ethnic environments by living in Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, an Inupiat Eskimo village in the Arctic Circle, and the Caribbean Bay Islands where he spent four years. For the last 15 years Lyle has successfully run companies that excelled in introducing investors to emerging markets in the Middle East, Caribbean basin, Central America, Europe, and Brazil. As an International Investment Manager with Elysian, Lyle's vast experience insures that his clients receive up to date information and professional advice. .

Kaycie Allcott - International Portfolio Manager

Kaycie is a UK born and has been living in Dubai for the past 5 years, Originally to work as an international cabin crew for Emirates airline. To further her career she decided to get into the real estate market just before the recession, where she learnt a number of transferable skills and a lot about the Dubai market. When the recession hit it was very tough times for all companies, so she furthered her career into event management, this was exciting and long hours but she gained knowledge in this different field.

After a year of event management she decided to Join elysian as an International Portfolio Manager where she provides advices and guidance to potential clients on all aspects of purchasing investment property in the markets elysian International covers. Furthermore developing relationships with clients and providing them with honest and utmost level of professional support is part of her responsibilities. .

Yalda Gilantash - International Portfolio Manager

Yalda is a fairly new comer to the elysian Group. She has been coming to the UAE for over 10 years now and finally settled here 3 years ago and has seen Dubai rise from a desert to a concrete Jungle.

With a background of Sales and wealth management her passion drove her towards International Property Investment. With real estate experience in The UK, London she could see the potential in up and coming countries and has moved from strength to strength since. She fluently speaks Farsi and English . Yalda " I thrive on finding the best investment opportunity for my clients with a honest up front approach guiding and consulting them from the start to finish,"

Inder Bhagnani - Property Broker - Dubai

After 7 years of experience and exploring different markets, he discovered his passion and love for real estate. Inder has worked as a sales person for 7 years in various fields. Being active in the market for the past 2 years has helped him gain extensive knowledge and develop his skills as an agent. Inder's knowledge now specializes in Dubai Marina where he brings in his expertise knowledge.

Inder's experiences have given him broad exposure to the business world, but there are still innumerable areas that he wishes to explore and conquer. We view Inder's accomplishments and experiences thus far as the tip of the iceberg to what we believe he can achieve. He is confident, determined, dedicated, and focused on broadening his exposure to the world of real estate.

Nadia Khaled – Senior Property Broker - Dubai

Nadia is dedicated and committed to providing quality service and meeting the needs of each of her valuable clients. After a long and successful career in sales and marketing, she transferred her enthusiastic personality and considerable skill set to the real estate field. Her deep knowledge of the real estate market in Dubai is more than three years of helping her clients achieve their real estate dreams, whether it is a first time buyer/seller or an experienced investor. Nadia is a licensed broker and a specialist in the Palm Jumeirah.

Barry Gale - Senior Property Broker - Dubai

Barry has been in real estate for his entire working career, and is truly passionate about this field. Having started in one of London's leading real estate companies, focusing with clientele from the most prestigious areas, he worked his way through to management level. After working in London for over 10 years Barry moved over to the south of France and worked with top end clients, selling some of the best properties in Cannes, Nice and throughout Cote de Zur. His role in France was more than a real estate broker; he did what he does best, networked, worked with integrity and charisma, and pushed his customer service to first class. This led to clients both buying and selling through him, repeatedly. Barry has such a wealth of character and outstanding people skills. The satisfaction he personally achieves through doing his job not even well, but exceptionally, proves why time and time again his clients recommend him to other .

Barry joined elysian after his time in France and specializes on the Palm Jumeirah as well as more recently getting involved with the international side of the company.

Barry states 'my aim in my working life is to make my clients very happy by attending to every property need they have. I love to go the extra mile for my clients; it helps me achieve the personal goals that I set for myself. I am not scared of hard work; I thrive off the property profession and recognizing the market opportunities available to myself and my clients.'

Zlatina Tzoneva - District Manager – Emirates Living, Dubai

Zlatina Tzoneva (Tina) - Bulgarian, graduated from University of Sofia, Master Degree in Slavonic languages and Journalism. 7 years in Dubai, 6 years real estate experience. Self motivated person with a proven track record, specialized in villa projects. Best sales agent for 2009-2010. Key words for success: determination, patience, transparency.

"Tina's success in the whole deal was due to her absolute forthrightness and honesty, her impeccable promptness, total sincerity, deep understanding of customer expectations and capability of generating trust in her client's mind. I am sure that she will always remain ahead of the pack. I wish her the best in her future deals."

- Arvind Kashyapa

"Tina was one of the few agents in Dubai who really listened to what our requirements were and our preferences and only called us up for viewings that were really tailored to our requirements. By our 5th viewing Tina had managed to find us exactly what we were after in the building which we had considered our 1st choice! She was then there by our side throughout the entire sale process. We couldn't have asked for better service and found Tina's expertise and professionalism outstanding."

- Janine

Tanya Vodenicharova – Property Broker - Dubai

Tanya has been in Dubai for the past 9 years giving her full insight of the changes that have happened within the UAE and in particular how much and how fast Dubai has transformed. She currently specializes in sales within the Green Community, Motor City, Arabian Ranches and Victory Heights. She is fluent in English and Bulgarian and deals with clients from around the world, treating each of them professionally and consistently meeting and exceeding their expectations.

My wife and I would like to give you feedback about your so high professionalism. When we arrived in Dubai to buy a house, we were very fortunate to meet you, you were so responsive and understanding better than any other people our needs, hope and wishes. This is why we started all our appointments with you.

We tried 2 other real estate agencies, but none of them had the listening & understanding skills that you have, they were more pushy easy sells.

We also very much appreciate your valuable knowledge of the market.

Finally, you demonstrated your talent by persuading us to have at least a look in an area where we were not interested, and thank god you where so clever, as we found the house matching all our dreams in that area.

During all the transactions process yourself and all the people of your company were very professional, and we ended with a very good solution despite few minor issues that you handled so wonderfully. Tanya, we have used many real estate agents in many countries before, and for us you are by far the most talented, professional and nice person we had a chance to deal with, we are wishing you a long success in your certainly brilliant career

Sincerely,
Cath & Pierre

George Malakos – Property Broker - Dubai

George joined Elysian in 2010 having gained a wealth of experience in the dynamic London real estate market. Working for firms such as Lambert Smith Hampton and Donaldsons in the West End of London have prepared George for the Dubai real estate market where he feels he can really fulfill his potential.


The vibrant and exciting Dubai real estate market, along with the prospect of working on some amazing buildings were major factors in bringing George here. Initially working as a leasing broker on the Palm Jumeirah George soon found his niche and has been specializing in sales and leasing in The Burj Khalifa where he has been successful with transactions along with building long term contacts and relationships with many owners. Concentrating on one building has allowed George to really focus on learning every aspect of this building, he says "I really enjoy working in the Burj Khalifa and feel privileged and proud to work on a building that I truly have a passion for."


Having a keen eye for international real estate George has also enjoyed working with the International team and is grateful that elysian have a great international portfolio.

Shah Noor - Leasing Property Broker – Dubai

Shah has been born & bought up in Dubai, the wealth of knowledge he has of the city and the entire UAE is extraordinary. Shah joined the real estate world 5 years ago and has moved from strength to strength. As well as his knowledge he speaks over 5 languages fluently including Urdu, Arabic, English, Hindi, Baluchi. Shah states 'My passion comes from giving my clients the best customer service I can, like our logo states 'homes is where the heart is' and I understand that finding the right home is stressful and of the utmost importance to any family and individuals, my job is to make that as easy as possible.'

George Malakos is a relative new comer to the elysian Group but brings vast experience from various previous roles in the UK. Six years working in the UK in a wide variety of real estate ranging from residential sales and lettings, commercial sales, valuation and investment sales for a firm of chartered surveyors.

It was a breath of fresh air to deal with Shah Noor, when looking for a new apartment here is Dubai. He listened to my needs and requirements and gave me a professional and realistic view of the availability. He was able to provide me with a vast selection of apartments and always accommodated viewings out of normal office hours. Shah is exceptionally professional and a pleasure to work with, he was always contactable and very efficient which made the process easy and stress free. I can recommend Shah highly enough.

- Helen Carter

Hitesh Kumar - Senior Property Broker/ Leasing / Sales Consultant - Dubai

Hitesh possesses an encyclopedic knowledge of the Dubai real estate market and an excellent business sense. His main role & specialism is Down town & Emirates Living both sales & leasing. Hitesh's been born and brought up in India, moved to Dubai five years ago and working in Real Estate from 2006 currently working with elysian since 2009. He is personable, knows the area and provides excellent service to his clients.

I am sending your this note in order to thank you for all your hard work and professionalism to complete the sale of my apartment in Old Town Island.
I commend you on your positive attitude and your commitment to closing the transaction, with the many stages in the process that this involved.
Very well done!

Best regards,
- Matt

Mira Brandli - Property Consultant - Dubai

After graduation the university (TADI) in Uzbekistan ,Mira Brandli started her career in Dubai in sales industry. First 4 years she has been working in retail industry, one year as admin in Sama Dubai. Her experience, coupled with sound knowledge and charismatic personality, has allowed her to move her forward in Real Estate business.

Currently Mira almost 5 years in Real Estate market and specialise in Emirates Living area(The Lakes, Meadows, Springs). Register your property for sale or rent with Mira and invest in Emirates Living area with Mira. She is guarantee you will be happy dealing with her.

Iliana Dimitrova - Property Consultant - Dubai

Iliana Dimitrova (Illy) has lived in Dubai for the past 10 years. Graduated in Russian Studies and Marketing. Illy has more than 5 years of experience in real estate in Dubai with vast international clients data base, self motivated with believes the Sky is the limit. Specializing on Palm Jumeirah sales and rentals.

"I worked on the project with Iliana Dimitrova, who is professionally good. All the work was properly done and was done on time. For the work required Iliana Dimitrova met my expectations. There were no misunderstandings and no delays.

Truly yours, Mikhail Levin"


" I have been a client of Iliana's for four years now.I have always found Iliana to be honest , trustworthy and prompt and helpful. She is extremely professional and always gives the best to her clients.
I would not hesitate in recommending her to other clients or indeed using her services again in the future.

Dr. Nazura Khan"

Robert Richards - Leasing Consultant - Dubai

Robert age 21 has been living in Dubai for a number of years now and learnt a lot about properties in marina/ JBR which lead him into changing his career to real estate. Robert has come from a background in hospitality is accustomed to providing a high level of service to his customers. In his new career in real estate, Robert now combines this experience with expert knowledge of Dubai Marina and JBR to work closely with his clients to find the best property for each client.

Trevor Gracias - Senior Property Consultant - Abu Dhabi

Trevor was born in Abu Dhabi so there is not a road or short-cut that Trevor does not know. Trevor is a machine when it comes to viewings, he loves showing clients properties and will search all day and all night until he finds exactly what his client requires. Fifteen hour days are usual for Trevor and due to his commitment and will to give his clients the service they deserve; they always have a smile on their faces after dealing with him. Trevor covers virtually every area in Abu Dhabi and knows about properties in almost every one of them!

Testimonials:

"Trevor from elysian came highly recommended from one of the ladies on the forum (Abu Dhabi Woman) and I absolutely have to second that. He was by far the most professional and efficient and no insha'allah bukra business at all. We signed a lease for our new villa yesterday after just one week of working with him. I can pass on his info if anybody is interested." - Mrs. A.
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