Our Team
Mr. Héctor Abuín
Managing Director, Hospitality Strategy & Private Asset Operations
Héctor Abuín serves as Managing Director, Hospitality Strategy & Private Asset Operations at MIQDAR, bringing more than two decades of international experience across luxury hospitality, asset management, branded residences, and complex multi-property operations in Europe, the Caribbean, and Africa.
His professional background has been built at the highest levels of five-star hospitality, where he has held senior leadership positions ranging from General Manager to Corporate Operations Director and group-level operational roles. Throughout his career, Héctor has led complex portfolios of luxury resorts, branded residences, lifestyle concepts, and high-value hospitality assets, working with international brands, sophisticated ownership structures, and demanding UHNW clientele.
With experience managing portfolios exceeding €150 million in revenue, overseeing large-scale teams, and driving openings, repositioning strategies, operational transformations, and value-creation initiatives, Héctor brings a rare combination of strategic vision and hands-on operational discipline. His profile anchors MIQDAR’s credibility in environments where service excellence, financial performance, asset protection, and owner alignment must operate together.
At MIQDAR, Héctor advises on the strategic structuring, operational oversight, and performance improvement of private assets, hospitality-led residences, family office environments, and multi-property portfolios. His scope includes operational strategy, leadership structures, asset performance, service standards, repositioning plans, team development, owner reporting, and the implementation of management systems designed to protect both lifestyle quality and long-term asset value.
He is particularly valued for his ability to translate the discipline of international luxury hospitality into the private asset and family office environment. His approach combines global operational experience, investor awareness, service culture, and a strong understanding of how complex properties must be managed to deliver consistency, discretion, profitability, and long-term resilience.
Héctor brings to MIQDAR a senior, owner-focused perspective grounded in operational excellence and strategic execution, making him especially effective in projects where private residences, hospitality assets, branded environments, and UHNW expectations require the same level of structure, leadership, and performance.
Mr. Roberto Freire
Senior Advisor, Private Estates & Household Operations
Roberto Freire serves as Senior Advisor, Private Estates & Household Operations at MIQDAR, bringing more than two decades of international experience across luxury hospitality, UHNW private households, and complex estate operations in the United States, Europe, and the GCC.
His professional foundation was built within the world of five-star hotels and luxury resorts, where he developed strong expertise in guest experience, service excellence, team leadership, commercial awareness, and high-level operational management. This hospitality background continues to shape his professional approach, giving him a distinctive ability to apply the discipline, standards, and service culture of luxury hotels to the more discreet and highly personalized world of private estates and family office environments.
Over time, Roberto’s career evolved into the private sector, where he has contributed to projects linked to family offices, UHNW principals, and high-value residential assets, supporting the structuring, refinement, and oversight of private households, multi-property environments, and service-led residential operations. His work combines operational precision with strategic perspective, helping transform complex private assets into well-organized, service-driven ecosystems aligned with the expectations of ownership.
At MIQDAR, Roberto advises on the design and implementation of tailored operational frameworks for private estates, household structures, and asset-backed residential environments. His scope includes staff leadership, service protocols, vendor coordination, maintenance oversight, property readiness, operational planning, and the development of systems that protect both the principal’s lifestyle and the long-term value of the asset.
He is particularly valued for his ability to bring order, clarity, structure, and elevated standards to demanding environments, while also identifying opportunities for long-term improvement, stronger accountability, and greater operational resilience. Roberto combines a hands-on understanding of estate operations with the capacity to guide broader transformation, making him especially effective in environments where service, discretion, asset preservation, and leadership must operate to the same high standard.
Mrs. Lydia Delgado
Property Manager & Head of Guest and Family Experience
Lydia Delgado serves as Property Manager & Head of Guest and Family Experience at MIQDAR, bringing a refined background shaped at the intersection of luxury private property management, hospitality standards, guest relations, and financial operations within international environments.
Her professional profile has been developed within high-end private estates and exclusive residential settings, where she has supported the day-to-day management, operational coordination, and service delivery of luxury properties tailored to ultra-high-net-worth individuals and families. Her experience has given her a strong understanding of the discretion, precision, responsiveness, and attention to detail required when operating within private households and family office environments.
With a clear focus on guest and family experience, Lydia plays a key role in ensuring that every touchpoint within a private residence is properly coordinated, consistent, and aligned with the expectations of ownership. Her scope includes property readiness, guest arrival preparation, service standards, household coordination, supplier follow-up, private event support, housekeeping coordination, family requirements, and the smooth execution of bespoke experiences within the home.
In parallel, Lydia has developed a solid foundation in financial operations within an international corporate environment, gaining hands-on experience in financial coordination, accounts payable, process control, and ERP-based systems such as SAP. This dual perspective allows her to connect operational excellence with financial discipline, ensuring that service delivery is not only elegant and personalized, but also structured, traceable, and professionally managed.
At MIQDAR, Lydia supports the implementation of tailored operational frameworks for private residences, helping transform luxury homes into well-organized, service-led environments. Her role is especially focused on the human and experiential side of estate management: how the family lives in the property, how guests are received, how daily service is coordinated, and how standards are maintained across every area of the household.
She is particularly valued for her meticulous approach, strong organizational capability, discretion, and ability to anticipate needs before they arise. Lydia brings a modern, international outlook to private property management, combining hospitality sensitivity, operational structure, and financial awareness to deliver a seamless experience for principals, families, and their guests.
Her profile strengthens MIQDAR’s ability to support private estates where service quality, family comfort, property readiness, and operational discipline must work together at the highest standard.
Mrs. María Frois
Talent Development & Guest Relations Specialist
María brings a strong professional background shaped within the world of luxury hospitality, guest relations, talent development, and private household service. With fifteen years of experience across high-standard hospitality environments and UHNW private estates, she has developed a refined understanding of how exceptional service teams are identified, trained, guided, and retained.
Her professional journey includes a significant stage within Meliá, where she gained first-hand experience in structured hotel operations, guest relations, service standards, team coordination, and the discipline required to deliver consistent excellence in an international hospitality environment. This experience provided her with a solid operational foundation and a clear understanding of the expectations of demanding guests, high-profile clients, and premium service environments.
Throughout her career, María has worked closely with guests, families, operational teams, and service departments, developing a deep sensitivity to the human side of hospitality. Her extensive experience in Guest Relations has allowed her to master the art of anticipation, discretion, communication, problem-solving, and personalised attention. She understands that luxury service is not only about protocol, but about reading each situation carefully, adapting to each guest profile, and creating a calm, elegant, and seamless experience.
In the context of private residences and UHNW estates, María applies this hospitality background to the recruitment and development of household staff. Her role focuses on identifying the right profiles for each property, assessing attitude, discretion, service mindset, cultural fit, and the ability to work within highly private family environments. She understands that a private household requires more than technical ability: it requires emotional intelligence, loyalty, confidentiality, adaptability, and a genuine vocation for service.
María is especially strong in building and developing teams capable of operating with precision and discretion. She supports the full process of staff selection, onboarding, service training, performance follow-up, and the creation of internal service standards. Her approach is structured, practical, and deeply aligned with the expectations of principals who require consistency, trust, and excellence within their homes.
Her background in luxury hotels, combined with her experience in guest relations and UHNW residential environments, allows her to bridge the gap between five-star hospitality and private household operations. She brings institutional rigour, service sensitivity, and a people-focused approach to every project, helping transform individual staff members into coordinated, reliable, and polished household teams.
At MIQDAR, María strengthens the company’s ability to design and implement discreet service cultures within private estates. Her contribution is particularly valuable in properties where the quality of the team directly defines the daily experience of the principal, the family, and their guests. She ensures that service is not improvised, but carefully selected, trained, supervised, and aligned with the lifestyle, standards, and expectations of each household.
Mr. Kaled Al Nuaimi
Strategic Advisor, Middle East & Gulf Relations
Khaled brings a highly valuable profile to MIQDAR, shaped by his deep understanding of Middle Eastern culture, Gulf business etiquette, UHNW client expectations, and the importance of trust-based relationships within private and family office environments. His role is centred on cultural alignment, client advisory, relationship management, and the careful interpretation of the needs, expectations, and sensitivities of principals and families across the GCC region.
With a strong connection to the Middle East and Gulf markets, Khaled provides MIQDAR with an essential bridge between European hospitality discipline and the specific codes of discretion, respect, hierarchy, privacy, and personal attention that define high-level relationships in the region. He understands that operating within UHNW households and family office environments requires more than service excellence; it requires cultural intelligence, patience, confidentiality, emotional awareness, and the ability to build long-term confidence with each client.
Khaled’s contribution is especially important in engagements where communication, trust, and cultural fluency are fundamental to success. He supports the interpretation of client expectations, the adaptation of service models to regional customs, and the alignment of operational proposals with the values and lifestyle of each family. His presence ensures that every interaction is handled with the appropriate tone, respect, and level of discretion required in highly private environments.
Within MIQDAR, Khaled plays a strategic advisory role in the development of client relationships across the Middle East and Gulf region. He helps ensure that each project is approached with sensitivity, that expectations are clearly understood, and that operational structures are designed in a way that respects both international standards and local cultural context. This is particularly relevant for private estates, family offices, residential assets, and lifestyle management projects where the personal dimension of the relationship is as important as the technical execution.
His profile combines regional awareness, refined communication, and a strong understanding of UHNW service environments. Khaled is able to read the subtleties of each relationship, anticipate potential concerns, and guide conversations in a way that reinforces confidence, transparency, and long-term collaboration. He supports MIQDAR in positioning itself not only as an operational advisory company, but as a trusted partner capable of understanding the deeper expectations of families and principals in the GCC.
Khaled is particularly valued for his discretion, cultural sensitivity, calm approach, and ability to create alignment between clients, advisors, operational teams, and external partners. His work helps ensure that each engagement is not only professionally structured, but also personally appropriate, respectful, and adapted to the environment in which it takes place.
At MIQDAR, Khaled strengthens the company’s ability to operate across Bahrain, Dubai, the wider Gulf region, and international markets connected to Middle Eastern families. His role is essential in ensuring that European standards of luxury hospitality and estate governance are delivered with the cultural understanding, relationship care, and strategic sensitivity required by UHNW clients in the region.
