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Ahd Hassan Kamel is an award winning actress and filmmaker from Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. She is best-known for her role as Fatima in the 2018 BBC2 /Netflix series, Collateral. and her starring role in the 2014 BAFTA-nominated film, Wadjda, Ahd grew up in Saudi Arabia and moved to New York City in 1998. She received…
Matt MacDonald is the Physical Education Curriculum Manager at NYU Abu Dhabi. Before moving to the Middle East, Matt founded his personal training business We Move This Town in Canada. He graduated from St. Francis Xavier University with degrees in Human Kinetics, Bachelor of Education, and Masters in Physical Education. Matt grew up as a fast food child of…
Assia Riccio is the Founder of Evolvin’ Women, a platform that helps hospitality businesses embed social responsibility in their HR practices by connecting them with unemployed women from developing countries determined to build a brighter future in hospitality for themselves, their families and communities, despite the challenges they have faced growing up. Assia is the…
Sarah Christensen, CEO and founder of Christensen Consultancy, a company dedicated to supporting women maximise their potential in whatever they do. As a Chartered Occupational Psychologist and talent management expert with over 15 years’ worth of experience in public and private sectors in the UAE and UK, Sarah works closely with her clients to delve…
Lina Malas is the co-founder and Director of Aventura Parks. She is passionate about leadership development for all ages. She has over ten years experience in the private sector in management consulting, project and product management while working for Electronic Data Systems, Deloitte and Touche and MCI Worldcom. She enjoys teaching business courses as an…
Gareth Noble is a leadership consultant at STRAIGHT STREET MEDIA who aims to empower people as well as help organizations maximize their human capital through specific techniques that focus on adult development and team building. With a background in sports technology, he has spent the last decade focusing on empowering sports-people, corporate teams, youth organizations…
Deepak Malathi is Head of HR and Training at Splash (part of Landmark Group), the largest fast-fashion retailer in the Middle East. Deepak comes with over 19 years of experience in HR & Training and having worked across various industries like retail, real estate, electronics, oil and gas. In his nine-year tenure with Splash, Deepak…
Julie Leblan is the CEO and founder of MyList, the first online multi-store gift registry in the MENA region. Previously a finance solicitor in Paris, she sets up MyList after struggling to find a way for friends and family in Europe to send her gifts and identifying an opportunity in the market. MyList has now partnered…
Suzanne Jones, Gulf Science Innovation & Knowledge Economy Programme Director / Head of Gulf – Global Science, Innovation and Knowledge Economy, UK Government Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategies Suzanne’s career began as a careers guidance adviser after graduating in 1992 from Manchester Polytechnic with a Post Graduate Diploma in careers guidance. She then…
