CEO Sheena Global Consultancy
Sheena has an MBA in HR, Master Degree in Leadership Science, a PG in Psychological Counselling, and done Strategic HR Management from IIM – Kashipur. She is a certified Neuro-Linguistic Practitioner. In addition to her degrees, she is a seasoned HR specialist & business Leader with strong Industrial experience in Hospitality, F&B retail, Oil and Gas, Manufacturing, FMCG, Trading, Logistics and Pharma.
Featured as the Top 10 Indian Women Leader in Dubai in the Women Entrepreneur magazine. This recognition is a testament to her commitment towards achieving her goals and her passion for driving positive change in the business world.
Recognized as one of the Top 10 HR in UAE for 2023 by Tuscan-me. This recognition speaks volumes about her expertise in the HR domain and her strong Leadership skills
In her last role as the Group Chief Human Resources Officer for a UAE based company she successfully led HR initiatives across 29 countries (which included ME, African countries, Asian continent) with a team of 34 professionals. She achieved notable accomplishments, such as receiving the Taqdeer Award from the Government of Dubai, resolving union issues, centralizing HR functions, introducing grievance mechanisms, and implementing the Oracle HCM Module.
Chaired as Board of Director for a Singapore Based company. Lifetime member of Institute of Directors (IOD). Delivered lectures as a visiting faculty in many Management colleges, honoured as Industry leader to speak in many prestigious forums, to name some, Bombay Chambers of Commerce, Dubai Chambers, WICCI UP HR Council.
CHRO Noble Group
Dr. Zakir is an experienced Human Resource professional with 18 years of experience. He is
involved in senior level decision making and strategic direction of the organization with
respect to People Management and is presently associated as the General Manager – Group
HR with Noble Group and leads HR function for UAE, Qatar, Oman &
Kuwait. He is responsible for developing and implementing HR programs and policies for 21
companies at Noble Group in alignment with the group’s overall business objectives. He
is leading a team of 30 HR professionals.
Dr. Zakir is a man of distinguished academic pedigree. His qualification includes PhD Doctor
of Philosophy, Master’s in Commerce, Master’s in Business Administration, Master’s in Law
and a Graduate in Human Resources. He is also certified in Lean Six Sigma Green Belt.
Under his leadership, Leminar Air Conditioning Co. has won the “Great Places to Work
Award” four years in a row. He has also been recognized in various industry forums
nationally and internationally and won several awards for his contributions to Human
Resource fraternity.
Dr. Zakir is based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. His interests include reading, travel,
adventure and socializing.
HR Operations manager, Nesto UAE
Fajis Moosa, born on 30th May 1987 at Calicut in Kerala – India, is a Business professional who is currently serving as HR Operations Manager with Nesto Group of companies since March 2016, having its 117 outlets across GCC and India, Headquartered in UAE. Fajis Moosa earned his Master of commerce degree in 2010 from University of Calicut and meantime he was able to complete his certificate course in financial business analysis & Psychological counseling.
Started his career with Godrej Industries as a Business Associate in India.
Global TA Operations Leader, GE Vernova
Strategically focused Human Resources executive offering a progressive career, acquired through 15 years of experience in diverse industries. Rich HR and Operations experience crosses environments in multiple geographies.
Successful in launching new HR departments, cost optimization, negotiating and building “best practices” through aligning HR plans to exceed business goals.
Currently, she is a Global TA Operations Leader, prior to that as a Global HR Director for GE Digital and tenure with Fireeye and Nokia.
Her aim is to partner with stakeholders to enable and drive business results. Based in Dubai, 2 kiddos and a lover of coffee.
Head of HR, JLL MEA and Turkey
Kabira joined JLL-MEA leadership team in August 2014 as the Head of Human Resources. Her key responsibilities include providing leadership and strategic human resources direction for JLL MEA towards fulfilling the vision of JLL being recognized as a premium employer globally. In her role she is working closely with the leadership team towards building a high performing team, driving change, embedding new ways of working and engaging people in order to gain a competitive edge, attract, select, develop and retain talents. She is passionate about leading continuous improvement, culture change to support the growth of the business.
In her role, she supports at the Board level to:
Kabira comes with over 25 years of experience in Human Capital practices including talent acquisition, talent development, organization development and policy governance.
Before joining JLL MEA, she held the role of Head of Human Resources at Dubai International Financial Center Authority, overseeing the Human Resources function. Prior to that, Kabira held the position of Assistant General Manager - Human Resources and Administration at Maersk Kanoo in Dubai, managing UAE, Oman and Qatar. In the initial days of her career, Kabira worked as Manager - Compensation and Training at Kodak India Limited’s corporate office.
Kabira holds a Bachelor’s degree in Commerce, a Diploma in Training and Development, a Diploma in Business Management, specializing in Human Resources and holds a Chartered FCIPD in Human Resources Development
Head of HR UAE, Positive Packaging United (M.E.) FZCO, A part of Huhtamaki Group
I, Amielyn, Senior Manager, HR & Administration with extensive experience in driving organizational transformation through various strategic capabilities, succession planning and building development plans of employees across the organization.
I’m part of digital and talent acquisition network focus in streamlining processes digitally, visualizing the recruitment dashboard which is align with the global procedure and guidelines.
Prior becoming the Head of HR in Huhtamaki UAE, I spent more than decade in various functions in HR within the same organization. I’m associated with Huhtamaki from the last 15 yrs.
Executive Director, Business Technology, Dubai Holding Asset Management
Head of Information Technology, DIFC Courts
Director, Data Center Channel, Dell Technologies
Channel and Alliance Manager, ME, Pure Storage
Regional Vice President, Automation Anywhere
CTO, Hewlett Packard Enterprise UK, Ireland, Middle East and Africa
Mohammad Al-Jallad is the CTO for Hewlett Packard Enterprise UK, Ireland, Middle East & Africa
In his role, he drives business, develops and manages long term strategic relationships with executives and business managers and works on shaping corporate strategies to accelerate digital transformation leveraging a technology portfolio spanning edge, cloud, data and services. Mohammad has an extensive geo and global experience in various sectors
He is ambitious passionate for customers and has a rich experience and a track record of success in geo and global roles encompassing consultancy, business development, sales and management
Mohammad holds a first honours Bachelor of Science Degree in Computer
Engineering from King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals and is a member
of Jordan Engineers Association (IEA) and Saudi Council of Engineers (SCE)
Information Security Officer, Noor Takaful
CIO Digital transformation, KEO International Consultants
Regional Sales Manager Gulf, Pakistan & Levant, Infoblox
VP & Head of Logitech for Enterprise business AMECA Logitech Africa Middle East Turkey Central Asia
Group Head-IT & Digital Transformation, Ittihad International Investment
General Manager, VAD Technologies LLC
Global Chief Partnership Officer, Women in AI
Artificial Intelligence Researcher and Trainer, Ajman university I wire connect
CTO and Co-Founder at Theeye, Property Technology + AI
Co-Founder & CEO Edutech, Middle East & India
Founder and CEO, Sawwad
Sawwad is a character driven fashion brand, built on the latest hi-tech and sustainability methods.
It introduces a new breed of fashion companies born out of the changes in the current socio-economic needs. The brand’s mission is to create a digitally influential fashion universe which transforms the way of promoting Middle Eastern design via AI/AR technology built around an Arabian Sci-Fi comic storyline journey through powerful illustrations, sustainability messages, cutting - edge tech and music – all interacting simultaneously with the end user to create a cohesive universe.
The founder, Salma Awwad is the first Arab Editor In Chief of Harper’s Bazaar Arabia, with 20 years of experience working with some of the biggest names in the luxury and design industries.
She was responsible for the ground-breaking covers featuring three generations of the Kardashians, Nadine Labaki’s reflections of an Artist, & Will.I.am standing alongside 2 Arab Woman who lead the AI industry globally - titled “Robotics Revolution” - where she led her team towards pioneering the discussion in the luxury media industry around the dialogue between man vs. technology and sustainability in the Middle East.
A graduate of New York’s Parsons School of Design, she went on to work as a fashion designer for some of the world’s leading design houses in New York, including Ralph Lauren, Giorgio Armani, Alexander Wang and Narciso Rodriguez.
Her wealth of fashion expertise inspired her to create and locally manufacture Sawwad, an experimental 3D capsule collection focusing on the future of fashion and redirecting the language of fashion start-ups in the region.
Shifting from the corporate lifestyle to the reality of being a passion entrepreneur, her versatile background strongly places her as a thought leader in the Arab Fashion Industry, with immediate access to a global celebrity network and collaborations with industry leaders.
Commercial Lead, META AMD
Zaid Ghattas is the Commercial Lead at AMD. In this role, Zaid is responsible to drive AMD revenues from the Middle East, Turkey & Africa commercial, enterprise, and public sector end users & Solution Providers.
Zaid has had the rare privilege of working across many of the top global Information technology portfolio vendors including VMware, Intel Corporation, Hewlett Packard (HP), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), EPSON and OKI Printing solutions, and executed many technologies infrastructure projects in over 20 different markets, from opportunity creation through to execution.
Additionally, Zaid had completed a job rotation at Intel Head Quarters in the Silicon Valley, where he worked as a Global Sales Manager as part of the global Oracle account team. Zaid is a highly qualified, passionate entrepreneur & driven professional with a strong experience across almost all aspects of business including building successful sales & marketing strategy, Leadership & People management as well as product management and development.
Prior to starting his career, Zaid spent 7 years of his journey in Sydney, Australia where he worked & received his higher Education in Information Technology, Network Engineering from TAFE New South Wales in addition to completing a diploma in Machine Learning ML from Data to Decision at Massachusetts Institute of Technology- MIT.
Zaid is passionate about Machine Learning, Neural Networks, Artificial Intelligence, HPC and has extensive knowledge in this area which uniquely positions Zaid as a thought leader within the information & communication technology domain.
CIO, Senior Vice President IT, Siemens
Digital Transformation & Strategy, Cloud Adaptation & Analytics initiatives for Siemens Middle East
Trusted advisor and partner for CxOs for Technology Strategy and Business Transformation with over 13 years experience of Project Management, Consulting, Digital Strategy & Data Analytics.
Hands-on practical experience in designing IT Road-map, build and delivery of transformation projects, working with experienced professionals across different geographies.
Experience in Integrated technology Projects for operational efficiency & cost reduction.
Advisory for IT, Compliance and Operational topics like Project Management, Process review, Technology strategy.
Specialties: Cloud Adaptation, Enterprise Systems, Outsourcing Advisory, ERP/ SAP Audits, Post and Pre implementation reviews. IT Governance and Sourcing.
Senior Solutions Engineer, Epicor
Head of IT, Sany Heavy Industry India Pvt Ltd.
Group Chief Information Officer, Al Naboodah
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