Nicola is the Managing Director of NASEBA Capital, a leading organization providing private placement and M&A transaction support in the Gulf region and other emerging markets. Based in Dubai, Naseba Capital leverages 15-year presence in the region and an extensive hands-on experience in facilitating deals between global innovative companies and investors. Before joining Naseba Capital,…
Beth is an award-winning entrepreneur, journalist and author who was named by Inc Magazine as one of the top branding experts globally. She is currently the managing partner of Main & Rose, a prominent female-led strategic branding firm where she advises the world’s most iconic Fortune 500 companies, celebrities, non-profits, governments and CEO’s. She has…
Sylvie Freund Pickavance is Group Director of Strategy and Business Development for Value Retail, creator and operator of The Bicester Village Shopping Collection. The Bicester Village Shopping Collection in Europe and China is widely recognised as the highest performing shopping centre portfolio in the world, achieving more than 20 years of double-digit growth, since the opening…
Anna Roberts is an award winning broadcaster and Entrepreneur who has lived in the Middle East for almost 25 years. Born in New Zealand, Anna launched her communications advisory Nudge in 2015 that offers affordable and accessible public speaking and media training for the ditgital age. Seeing how few women were being profiled in the…
Encouraging more female entrepreneurs to join the swelling ranks of global women-led, and owned, businesses isn’t a tick box exercise, it’s an economic driver Women influence up to 85% of all consumer purchase decisions, yet men make up 85% of engineering and product design professionals. When 50% of the world’s population are women, where’s the…
Over twenty years of significant management experience developed by working with the leadership of large multinational groups in Strategy, New Ventures, Performance Improvement and Digital projects Worked in several industries including Consumer Products, Industrial Goods, Medical Devices, and in numerous countries across Europe and the Americas, building a robust international and multicultural exposure While working…
Sandip Shah is the Group Controller for MEA Region and has been with Microsoft for the last 12 years. With a proven track record to be able to “Make a difference” and add significant value to the businesses, his career of 17+ years has been across many industries and Multi nationals starting with Audit firms…
Rekha Talluri is the Finance Director for Microsoft, Middle East and Africa with a responsibility of Commercial Businesses. Her responsibilities include leading the Commercial Finance organization which provides the Business Partnership and financial support to various segments driving business growth in the region and services execution, business controlling, and Opex Management. Over the last eleven…
