Sutton Turner
Sutton Turner is the Managing Director of 20/20 Foresight, where he uses 30 years of leadership experience to serve clients. As a former CEO of five companies across the United States, Qatar, and Abu Dhabi, his expertise includes real estate, investment, development, brokerage, facilities management, consulting, and non-profit sectors.
In 2008, Sutton served as the founding CEO of Khidmah, currently the largest services management company in the UAE with over 1,000 employees. As CEO, Sutton created the first full-service real estate management company in Abu Dhabi, UAE, with $600M in assets and $1.8B under development. A critical element to Khidmah’s success was the establishment of a direct pipeline for recruiting skilled workers and professionals from the Philippines, India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh, Egypt, and Syria.
In 2010, Sutton led Waseef, LLC in Doha, Qatar. This subsidiary of Barwa leads Qatar 2030. As CEO of Waseef, he reorganized the company which had no business plan, model, organization, processes, and operating systems. In the first 90 days, he completed the strategic business plan, 5-year budget, and organizational structure.
In 1998, Sutton co-founded the Wentwood Companies with his brother and served for 10 years as a managing partner, providing services across 10 states and 36 locations. Today, Wentwood manages a portfolio of institutional real estate funds that have been capitalized more than $9 billion.
Sutton holds a master’s degree from Southern Methodist University (MBA) and Harvard Business School (OPM). He obtained his undergraduate and master’s degrees from Texas A&M University in 1993 and 1995.