Kindah Sais is the Global Diversity & Inclusion (D&I) Leader, for the Middle East and Africa, including Saudi Arabia and Turkey, at Boeing International. She is responsible for aligning Boeing’s D&I efforts with the customs and sub-cultures in the region. Kindah’s experience in D&I spans over 15 years with various multinationals. Prior to Boeing, She…
Imran Ahmad heads the engagement and learning function at BMA International FZE, a GCC based fashion retail group. He partners with CEOs and business leaders to shape learning strategy and create customer centricity. Over the last 20 years, Imran has worked with MNCs in retail, manufacturing and consumer distribution sectors across the GCC, shaping people…
A Harvard Business School alum, Giovanni Everduin serves as Senior Advisor for HR and Organisational Development at Boston Global – a Harvard affiliated consultancy. He is also Senior Advisor for people analytics company Qlearsite, and sits on the advisory board of PeopleCart, a social rewards and recognition company. Before venturing into the gig economy, Giovanni…
Adele Myers is an Artist and Filmmaker living in Fujairah UAE, teaching Applied Communication, with a major in Filmmaking. Her work, in the main concentrates on creating poem film adaptations. These films have been screened internationally in film and literature festivals as well as Art Galleries, including a retrospective of her work at Dimensions Arts…
Chantel Rijtma and Leandrie Pentz are the Dubai-based team behind PDSi Kids, a self-development programme supporting children in defining and achieving their ambitious goals. Later this month, they will travel to Ethiopia to support Naseba’s stretch programme, working with Rainbows4Children. What is your professional background and how did PDSi Kids start? Chantel: My background…
Dr. Rachael McDonnell joined ICBA as Water Policy and Governance Scientist in 2008. She leads Climate Change Modelling and Adaptation Section under the Research and Innovation Division. She holds a D.Phil. from Oxford University. She has an extensive experience, having worked previously on initiatives that examined water and food security policies, and the formal and…
Mrs. Hind has faced many difficulties after graduating from high school where she was unable to be accepted in a university but with sheer determination and family support Mrs. Hind focused on searching for a job and landed her career opportunity with Burger King as call center through EFE program “Work Place Success” and although…
Clare has worked in the NHS for all her career, in clinical practice, education and management. Her career started in nursing, and a desire to make a bigger difference saw her as runner up in the 1999 Nurse of the Year awards. She was programme lead for primary care education at the University of Derby…
Ceri Nursaw is a science graduate, set up and runs her own company and is the Chief Executive of the National Centre for Entrepreneurship in Education. Ceri Nursaw is the Chief Executive of NCEE, which supports higher education to build its enterprise and entrepreneurial future. Working with universities across the world, its senior leadership and…
