Morné Fourie (B.Arch cum laude, M.Arch) is a Real Estate Design & Development professional specializing in master planning, urban design, concept design & feasibility, historic precinct redevelopment, entertainment destinations, tourism, themed environments, retail and hospitality. He served in Senior VP, VP and senior director roles in publicly listed entities and semi-government real estate developers in Dubai including a decade with Meraas Holding group companies. He spent the preceding decade in consultancy in Asia and the Middle East, most notably as director of AECOM. He composes development briefs, procure and manage design consultants, design manage GFA, BUA, FAR and budgets.

He chairs and is a speaker and panelist at conferences, teaches urban planning at a post-graduate level, participated in the development plan of Dubai 2020 & Dubai vision 2021, and has presented real estate interventions to both the rulers of Dubai and Abu Dhabi. He is a former cum laude student and recipient of the Commonwealth Scholarship and a master's graduate from McGill University in Montreal. He is a member of the Urban Land Institute, Chairman of the Dubai British School Advisory Board, and a founding member of DSCP. As an artist, Morné’s work has been exhibited in a gallery in the Alserkal Avenue in Dubai and is permanently exhibited in the Lapita Marriot Hotel in Dubai.