Our team at Dash are multinationals and have a wide range of international hospitality experiences that includes EU, APAC, MENA and the USA. We offer our clients a unique and highly professional services to help them realize their vision.
“IF EVERYONE IS MOVING FORWARD TOGETHER, THEN SUCCESS TAKES CARE OF ITSELF.”
– Henry Ford
Hayder Alnashie
Founder & CEO, DASH Hospitality Group
Hayder Nashie is a dynamic entrepreneur who transformed his family’s construction business into a regional powerhouse while building a global hospitality brand, Dash Hospitality Group. The group includes UniQitchen, an innovative cloud kitchen, and the rapidly expanding Coffee Planet franchise across the region. In addition, Dash Music and Dash Home Learning Institute merge his passion for business, music, and education alongside the construction business he established at just 22.
His journey began like many others, he earned his Bachelor of Engineering with Honours at the University of South Wales and joined the family business in Kuwait in 2005. He set out to modernise, grow, and diversify the family interests and found the best way to do that was by establishing his own entity. At 22 years of age, he founded Al Nasser & Al Nashie United Company (NNUC), which is now one of the strongest and most respected construction companies in Kuwait.
In 2009, he launched his first construction project – the first drive-through Starbucks in the Middle East – and not long after his family was incorporated into his business. Hayder then expanded to Jordan, Iraq, Lebanon, Australia and then The UAE in 2017, all while completing his MBA from the University of Southern Queensland. To date, NNUC has completed over 300 projects across its operating territories.
By 2019, Hayder was ready for a new challenge: hospitality. A natural networker and people person with a love for food, technology, and music, Dash Hospitality Group was a logical next step. Dash offers a full suite of services for the F&B industry, from consulting and management to franchising restaurants and coffee shops. In 2020, Hayder partnered with Goi Gourmet, which later inspired the launch of uniQitchen—Dubai Silicon Oasis’s first state-of-the-art cloud kitchen, housing over 20 international brands. Hayder then signed his first franchise with Coffee Planet in 2021, opening the first of now 10 locations, with more in development.
Dash Hospitality Group also saw Hayder realise his dreams for music and events. Through it he launched Dash Home Learning Institute, a music academy that offers accessible learning experiences for students worldwide, and Dash Music, a venue, events, and artist service and directory for Dubai.
Hayder’s come a long way, but he’s determined to go even further. The only question is which industry he’ll tackle next.