Abdulrahman Saqr
UAE Business Advisor, Head of Emiratisation
LLOYDS BANKING GROUP
Abdulrahman graduated from Indiana State University in 1996 majoring in Instrumentation and Control Engineering. After spending nine years in oil and gas between different offshore and onshore fields in the Empty Quarter, Libyan desert and North Sea he decided to take a different career direction in banking. He joined Standard Chartered Bank as an Associate Director of Global markets. After two years, he then moved to LloydsTSM ME as the UAE Business Advisor and Head of Emiratisation; taking ownership of enhancing the recruitment and development of Emiratis in addition to supporting the local-related businesses at the bank.
Dana Al Marashi
Communications and External Affairs Manager
BP MIDDLE EAST
Dana graduated from the University of Aberdeen with a Masters in International Business with French. She joined BP as the Communications and External Affairs Manager in 2005 where one of her key responsibilities is to build relationships with the Dubai Government, business partners and customers. As social investment and the development of youth are important to BP, her role mainly focuses on projects that look at enhancing the skills of the youth within the GCC region.
Ali Shaher
Head of Career Development and Planning, Talent Development, Group Human Resources
QTEL
Ali has over 15 years experience in the field of career development, initially beginning in the UK. His career came to the Gulf in 1997 and he has since held many positions that supported the career progression of Nationals through developing policies and frameworks. He currently works for Qtel as Head of Career Development and Planning where he is responsible for the career planning and progression of 2400 employees.
Amira Kamali
Training Planning Officer
DUBAI MUNICIPALITY
Amira graduated with a Bachelors in Business Information technology and Higher Diploma in Software Engineering Technology from Dubai Women’s College. Amira is also certified as the first UAE National to be a personal trainer from American Council of Exercise. Shortly after graduating Amira joined Dubai Municipality at the Human Resources Department in the Human recourse Development Section, This is where she started the in-house training courses for Dubai Municipality staff. She is responsible fir arranging events, conference and seminars at the Dubai Municipality Training Centre.
Ahmed Al Zarouni
Head of Training & Development
DUBAI MUNICIPALITY
Ahmed joined Dubai Municipality in July 1993 and has held a variety of roles including as Head of Follow Up Office, Head of Payment Control and Supply Unit, Head of Contract and Cost Control Section and the Purchasing Section. His current position is with the Human Resources Department as Head of Training Planning Unit and Head of Human Resources Development Section
Aysha Bin Braik
Strategic Resourcing Manager
SHELL EP
Aysha is the Strategic Resourcing Manager for Shell Exploration and Production International Ltd. She joined Shell from Tatweer where she was the Director of Human Capital. Prior to joining Tatweer, Aysha was the GM HR Manager for Shell Markets Middle East. Aysha has also worked for SIPC in the UK, DUBAL and the ENOC Group. Aysha has a degree in Biochemistry and Pharmacology with honours from Southampton University as well as level A and B certificates of competence in occupational testing. She is a Licentiate of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development and has an MSc in Human Resource Management and Development from the University of Manchester.
Marcy Fletchall
Manager of Talent Management, Talent Management
ABU DHABI DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL SERVICE
Marcy has been recognised as a leading national and international speaker on human resource issues, including organisational behavior and change management. She is a member of the International Association of Professional Coaches and her work has been accredited by numerous global organisations. She was recently named in the ‘Who’s Who of International Women’ and is to be awarded the Human Resources Leadership Award in February 2009.
Samia Al Ameri
Head of Assessment Centre, Talent Management
ABU DHABI DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL SERVICE
Samia was recently awarded her certification in Occupational Testing Level A and B by the British Psychological Society. Arabian Assessments has acknowledged her as a Certified Assessor Administrator. Samia is a leader in the development of competency-based behavioral interviewing for the Abu Dhabi Government and has created the first offsite psychometric centre for the ADG’s National Program for Leadership Development.
David M Walker
UAE National Development Manager, Human Resources
NAKHEEL
David has been with Nakheel for over a year and is responsible for the attraction, development and retention of UAE Nationals within the company. Prior to this he spent nine years with Zayed University, initially in Human Resources and the last four years within the Career Development center on Campus.
Essa Al Mulla
Executive Director
Emirates Nationals Development Program (ENDP)
Before joining ENDP, Essa held various positions including Marketing Manager and then Category manager Eppco/Enoc and Account Manger at Microsoft looking after the entire Federal Government Accounts and the Education sector “Universities, colleges and schools” for both the private and government sector. He then went on to join ENDP as Deputy Director of the program, before taking his current role as Executive Director reporting to the Director General of Knowledge and Human Development Authority. The mandate of this program is to develop and train UAE nationals to join the private sector. Essa’s main duties include Corporate Relationship Building, liasing with Sector Committees, work placement for ENDP Candidates creating attitudinal change in key stakeholders and monitoring trends.
Latifa Darwish
Emiratisation Specialist, Human Capital Department
TECOM INVESTMENT
Latifa joined TECOM in 2006 as a Coordinator and in 2008 got promoted to Specialist. Latifa looks after the Emiratisation drive in TECOM and her job responsibilities include recruiting fresh graduates and internship trainees, and also to ensure that they have a planned development program.
Abdulrahman Al Tuwaijri
Human Resource Development Consultant
SAUDI ARAMCO
Before Abdulrahman joined Saudi Aramco, he was involved in various change initiatives such as Process Improvement, Balanced Scorecard, Shared Values, Knowledge Management and the World Café design and facilitation. He is also active in various institutes in the community. He is the Vice President of Arabian Society for Human Resource Management (ASHRM), facilitator for Gulf Society of Organizational Learning (Gulf SoL) and Past-President of Dhahran Toastmasters.
Mohamed S. Mourad
HR Director
BUPA ARABIA
Mohamed started his career 22-years-ago with major Pharmaceutical corporations like Bristol Myers Squibb and GlaxoSmithKline. With his educational background, his studies in Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical science have helped him kick off various positions in Sales, Marketing and HR development departments. Following this, he joined Savola as a Executive HR Director and was responsible for Executive Succession Planning and Talent management for senior executives. Some of the responsibilities for his current role include formulating a comprehensive Capacity Building strategy, developing a Saudi graduate trainees program, initiating female recruitment for customer service and direct sales departments.
Dr. Adel S. Aldosary
Professor of Planning
KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS
Dr. Adel received his PhD in 1991 in Urban, Technological and Environmental Planning Urban and Regional Planning from the University of Michigan, USA. He received a number of honors and awards for his active involvement in research and teaching. He has received the Distinguished Academic Performance award for 16 consecutive years. He worked as a Consultant in Dammam Municipality, Office of HE the Minister of Higher Education, Supreme Commission on Tourism, SK-Telecom (South Korea), Secretary General of Qassim Chamber of Commerce & Industry, and Industrial Development Division, Saudi Aramco. He was a member in The National Comprehensive Training Plan for Saudi Arabia. He worked as the Team Leader in Labor Market Study. He is the Principal Investigator in many of the KFUPM and public agencies funded projects, and has a myriad of other roles with national and international organisations and on several international refereed journals editorial boards. He is widely published and acknowledged as an expert on Nationalisation.
H. Amin Carter
Retention Policy Advisor
ADCO
Amin has served as an HR management consultant as well as worked in the public and private sector. A few of his major areas of expertise include Organisational Development, Organisational Behavior, Strategic Planning, Employee and Family Value Proposition, Change and Transition Management, Cultural Diversity, Effective Interpersonal and Cross Cultural Communication, Quality Customer Service, Total Quality Management (TQM), Energy Management, Program Performance and Evaluation, Public Policy, and HR Management. He has served as an Executive Director for two corporations with maximum budget authority of $40 million. He holds certifications in ISO 9000 and 14001, housing management, energy management and community action. He has a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and a Master of Public Administration.
Jaklin Makhoul Winn
Head of Human Resources, Human Resources
STANDARD CHARTERED BANK QATAR
Jackie began her career in Syria, then moved to England and enhanced her experience through working for Morgan Stanley in London as a Credit Analyst before joining National Bank of Kuwait in London as Marketing Manager for two years before taking a leading role as Manager – Corporate International. Jackie then moved to NBK Head Office in Kuwait to take a leading international role in HR for International Banking Group (USA, Europe, Far East and MENA). Jackie now is the Head of Human Resources for Standard Chartered Bank in Doha, Qatar.
Abdulla S. A. Sambaig
MCIPD, Human Resources Manager
EMARAT
Abdulla appointed as HRM for Emarat in 1992 ( a UAE federal corporation specialized in the marketing & distributing petroleum products and its related services) in 1992 and major part of his 20 years of experience spent in Personnel, Nationalization and HR. He is amongst the first UAE national graduates who joined the nationalization scheme adopted by Emarat in early of the eighties during which the corporation was managed by BP.
He is a member of the Charter Institute of the Personnel & Development and he holds Executive MBA from the AUS , Diploma in Personnel Management from the then called Slough College in UK ( Valley Thames University now) and BA in Public Administration from the UAE university.
Kais Badran
Training Manager
AL TAYER INSIGNIA
Kais Badran combines the study of neurological sciences and systems thinking to create programs that help in building high performance teams and individuals. He was involved with a number of reputable Emiratisation initiatives such as being the Project Manger for the first “Retail Mahart” with Emirates Academy and ENDP.
Dr. Tommy Weir
Executive Director
EM LEADERSHIP CENTER
Tommy Weir, Ph.D., serves as Executive Director of EMLC specialising in strategic leadership development for fast-growth and emerging markets. He is a thought leader concerning leadership and business. Dr. Tommy has a rich history of leadership development experience and has held top management and teaching positions throughout his career. He has taught organisational leadership and management courses at the graduate and university level, and consulted in leadership development for global organisations, including many Fortune 100 companies and has a rather unique specialisation in Arab Leadership Development thanks to having lived in the Middle East for the past 10 years. His latest position was as the Head of Learning and Development at Nakheel where he was named the Middle East’s HR Professional of the Year for his market-leading work. While there, Dr. Tommy drove the creation of an innovative learning architecture and leader development programs that were as unique as the company’s explosive growth. With a deep understanding of Arab leadership development, he established the best-in-class UAE National Development program. Additionally, he played an instrumental role in the diverse multicultural environment (with over 80 nationalities working together in one location). He holds a Doctorate degree in Strategic Leadership and is a noted communicator.
Satish Kini
Director, Finance & Human Resources
AL SHOAIBI GROUP
Satish graduated from the Bombay University, India. Accounting and Economics
In his current role, he is responsible for Group Finance and Accounting, Banking, Administration and Human Resources. He has held several senior management positions in Saudi Arabia and India serving trade, commerce and industry over the last 30 years.
Dr. Magdi Ahmed Abd El Hafiz
Ph.D President
UAE ACADEMY
Dr. Agdi A Hafez has been the President of the UAE Academy since it was established in May 2006. He has 27-years of experience in HRD and nationalisation programs in a number of Arab countries including all the GCC countries especially in Oman, Bahrain and the UAE.
Ahmed Al Zarouni
Head of Training and Development
DUBAI MUNICIPALITY
Ahmed joined Dubai Municipality in July 1993 as Follow Up Officer in the Department of Contract and Purchase before being promoted to Head of the Follow Up Office. Previous positions have also includes Head of Payment Control and Supply Unit within the purchasing section, during this period, Ahmed acted as Head of Contract and Cost Control Section and the Purchasing Section. After this posting he moved to the Finance Department as Head of Hotels and Hotel Apartment Revenue Unit. His current position is with the Human Resources Department as Head of Training Planning Unit and Head of Human Resources Dev. Section.
Ayadh Farooq
Head National Development
EMIRATES NATIONAL BANK OF DUBAI
Ayadh has been Head of National Development for Emirates NBD for the past five years.
Head, National Development at Emirates NBD for the past 5 years. He is accredited by DDI (Development Dimensions Int) and TOYF (Think On Your Feet) and has lectured in many HR Conferences, at Universities and Colleges in Dubai and Sharjah. He has conducted training programs in excess of 4000 hours and heads a team of 10 personnel. He is involved in the Al Misha’al and Shahab programs that involve development of UAE Nationals (350-400 UAE Nationals) at any given time. Ayadh was given the HR Leadership Award by the World HRD Congress 2009 in Mumbai, India.
John Mowatt - Director
Centre for Emiratisation, Research & Development
THE EMIRATES ACADEMY OF HOSPITALITY MANAGEMENT
John is responsible for managing entry level training of UAE Nationals for the hotel and retail sectors, and for managing the various Emiratisation private sector research, training and consultancy projects at the Centre for Emiratisation R&D. John has a Master’s degree in Business Administration from the Australian Graduate School of Management in the University of New South Wales. He also holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communication, and post-graduate diplomas in Technical Education and TESOL from the University of Technology, Sydney. John was Head of the Centre for English as a Second Language at Dubai University, lecturer in business at the Higher Colleges of Technology, and lecturer in communication studies at the Sydney Institute of Technology. He also has extensive experience in service industry corporate training with Australia Post. In 1995 he received the United Arab Emirates Higher Colleges of Technology Chancellor's Award for Outstanding Achievement in Teaching.
Awatif Bin Braik
Director of Duroob Program
ROTANA HOTELS
Awatif completed her studies in Travel and Tourism at Dubai Women’s College. Her career started in 2006 with Accor Group-French Hospitality Company in Dubai for more than 2 years as Localisation Manager. Subsequently she moved to the Rotana Group as the Director of Duroob Program (Nationalisation Program). Her main responsibilities include recruiting and developing the National employees, attracting Nationals to work in the hospitality industry through different hospitality events and recruitment exhibitions, working on their career development plan and showing the National employees their career path within the company.
Hussain Ismail
Deputy Director
Bahrain Institute of Banking & Finances
Hussain joined BIBF in 1988. His current responsibilities include the promotion, development, and direction of a planned program of course offerings in professional education to meet the training and development needs of banks, financial institutions, and other major organisations. Hussain began his career with Aluminum Bahrain (ALBA) in 1971 and spent nearly eleven years in various positions within the company. Towards the end of 1981, he switched careers to enter into banking where he held a number of managerial positions in marketing, operations, and administration with four different major banking facilities. Hussain received his MBA in General Management from the University of Durham, UK and completed the Gulf Executive Development Program at Columbia University, USA, and the Graduate Program for Executives at Carnegie Mellon University, USA
Mubarak Mohamed Bahar
HR CAMS Training & Development coordinator
HR-Training Department, HRD
Abu Dhabi Company for Onshore Oil Operations (ADCO)
Mubarak Bahar has more than 34 years of work experience in training and human resources development, mainly in the Gulf’s oil and gas industry. He was consultant to the Bahrain Ministry of education and career advisor to many industries in Bahrain. Mubarak has also worked as a lecturer at Bahrain University. He has a masters degree in Human Resources Training and Development from Leicester University, a Higher Diploma in Technical Education from Victoria University – Manchester, a Higher Diploma in Material Science and a Higher Diploma in Oil and Gas Plant Process Engineering. Mubarak specialises in technical education and training strategy. He has penned a number of research papers in human resources career development and management, engineering and management practice. Mubarak has also presented a number of papers in different conferences around the world. Mubarak is founder of, and member in, many societies and committees in the Kingdom of Bahrain. Formally, he was the HR Training manager in ADCO and currently Mubarak is handling the UAE National Graduates career training and development program in the HR division.
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