At SHRM India, Nishith leads a growing advisory practice focussed on enabling clients realize business goals though better alignment of people practices. He is focused on achieving business growth through effective execution of client consulting mandates for the whole practice in domains such as Vision & Values cascade, Organization Structuring, Performance Management System & other HR process design. In his stint in a corporate role, Nishith has worked with the Bharti group- as a part of the Organization Design and Talent Management team. Here – he worked on projects such as shared service design and implementation, manpower planning, and organization structure design and evaluation. Prior to working with SHRM, Nishith was with the HR consulting teams of PwC, ECS, and Aon Hewitt. Nishith holds a Master’s Degree in Human Resources and Organizational Development (MHROD), presently MBA-HRD, from Dept. of Commerce, Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi and is a certified practitioner of BIOSS tools and methodologies for organization design and leadership capability assessment.

Maya is a people-development professional, coach, trainer, and author. In her 20 years of working in the service industry, with international experience across the Middle East and Southeast Asia, she has helped more than 11,000 individuals develop their skills. She holds a master’s degree in Coaching Psychology and is passionate about helping individuals and organizations “change their doing by changing the viewing”.

She is the author of Amazon best seller book “Lasting Impressions – The Framework for Consistent Service Delivery”. This book is a must-read for those in the service industry who are looking for practical tips and techniques on delivering excellence.

Performance Consulting| Strategic Human Resource Development| Talent Development

Versatile high energy Executive with 20 years of global experience in the field of Human Resources and Talent Development. Proven capability to consult and collaborate with various organizational functions and business heads, aligning with them to understand business objectives, identifying, prioritizing and determining corresponding Human Resource needs.

Qualifications: Chartered MCIPD, SHRM SCP, Post Graduate in Human Resource Management, Bachelors in Psychology

Prior to joining Emirates NBD, I have held a series of Learning/HR development roles with Global Organizations like GE, AonHewitt & WNS.

–WNS; HR Head Consulting and Professional Skills- Key role in implementing the new Job Architecture project in partnership with Aon Hewitt across 2500 people

–AonHewitt; Lead various Talent Programs across the APAC region for Aon Hewitt

–GE; I was instrumental in setting up the Learning center for all GE businesses within the India/APAC region that hosted 50+ Leadership Programs in a month

–Tanfeeth; Responsible for leading a culturally diverse team of facilitators from Global Organizations like GE and IBM.

We have won many Global awards in learning from ATD and Brandon Hall over four years

EmiratesNBD

In this assignment I played a pivotal role in delivering the new mandate for L&D relating to enhancing the L&D reach to at least two-thirds of the workforce while significantly reducing the cost per learning hour.

PWC

Part of the MEA core team for facilitation and content creation

Emma has more than twenty-five years experience as a media professional. Originally from the UK, she came to the UAE in 2003 and hosted the breakfast show on Radio 1, solo for three years. She also had her own show on Radio 2, Channel 4, Coast FM and worked for Dubai Eye.

Emma has been a news reader for the ARN News Centre, writing, producing and delivering news across five radio stations including, Virgin Radio, Dubai 92, Dubai Eye, City and Tag.

Emma has her own YouTube channel called ‘EmzUnfiltered’, which features interviews with people on topics of interest.

Emma’s television work includes producing and presenting shows for Gulf News TV, and she had her own show ‘On the Couch with Emz’ on the Vuuzle network.

Hosting events and moderating panels are also another skill in Emma’s arsenal and she interviews celebrity guests at the Middle East Film and Comic Con every year, as well as working on other events such as CityScape, InterSec, The Harvard Business Council Awards, Seamless and many more. In July 2023 she travelled to Islamabad to host the PPMA summit which was attended by the Prime Minister, who took the time to recognise her on stage capabilities.

Emma is also an established professional voiceover and has clients that include: Emirates, Mashreq Bank, Hershey’s, Garnier, Sixt. She also voices series promos for the OSN network.

Since 2022, Emma started using her many years of experience to coach others in how to be more confident in using their voice, public speaking, and presentation skills. She travel with GSK to Panama, Bangkok and Istanbul to deliver soft skills training to medical professionals at the top of the field. She has also coached some keynote speakers and presenters to aid them in brushing up and adding to their skillset.

Acting credits where Emma appeared as an extra include 6 Underground, Manhattan King and she also had recurring roles for shows in the UK on the S4C channel. In the UAE she has featured in many commercials, locally produced independent films and is due to appear in three episodes of a new series on Disney Hotstars.

Emma had a featured bilingual (English / Arabic) role in a Ramadan series for Abu Dhabi TV, and has a supporting role in an Emirati film on Netflix.

Notable interviews:

Sir Richard Attenborough

Michael Rooker

Brandon Routh

Mariah Carey

Tiesto

Enrique Iglasias

Bryan Adams

Ross Marquand

With over 18 years of experience in information and cyber security technology and humanresources, Awadh Al Mur is a seasoned professional who holds a dual role as the ChiefHappiness Officer and the Human Resources Director at the Federal Authority for NuclearRegulation (FANR). He is a certified Chief Information Security Officer (CCISO), as well as acertified business continuity and incident response manager (CBCI and IRCM).

Awadh’s mission is to create and maintain a positive work environment that promotesemployee well-being, engagement, and satisfaction. He works to foster a culture of positivity,collaboration, and growth, and implements programs and initiatives that support the mental,emotional, and physical health of employees. He also serves as a liaison betweenmanagement and employees, advocating for employee needs and concerns, and working tocreate an inclusive and supportive workplace culture. Additionally, he leads the strategic HRinitiatives and operations of FANR, aligning them with the organization’s goals and objectives,and ensuring compliance with labor laws and regulations. He also oversees the securitypolicies, procedures, and standards of FANR, ensuring the confidentiality, integrity, andavailability of the organization’s sensitive information and systems. He has a track record ofdelivering results, as demonstrated by his successful projects such as the development ofFANR’s human resources policy and manual, compensation and benefits review, workloadanalysis and department mandate project, organization restructuring, and salary scalerestructuring. He is also a proud recipient of several awards and honors, including: Manager ofthe Year, Continuity and Resilience Newcomer 2019, MESA-CISO 100 Government SecurityLeaders-2019, Happiest Department for 2 years in a row, Shortlisted in MBR award in theyouth category -the top 5 in the federal government.

With 15+ years of extensive international experience in human resources, Darren is a seasoned consultant and founder of Deconstructing HR, a company that provides innovative and tailored solutions for HR services and projects. He has a passion for transforming and improving organizations through organizational design, talent management, performance management, change management, and setups, using his HR AI expertise and consultancy methodology.

Darren has partnered with various industries, including architecture, engineering, IT, manufacturing, mining, interior design, and ministry, across MENA, America, and Europe.

He has a MSc in Occupational Psychology and is certified in various psychometric assessments and talent management. Darren enjoys creating a positive impact on the development and stability of diverse and collaborative work environments.

Yamen has over 15+ years of experience in the HR field within a variety of industries ranging from hospitality, specialty retail and entertainment to e-commerce, learning, and leadership development. Yamen works as an HR and business consultant helping SMEs and startups in securing seed funding for their businesses and   establishing   their HR functions. He also provides HR consulting services to large organizations and MNEs. He was also the Head of HR for Majid Al Futtaim Leisure & Entertainment where he led multicultural teams across the GCC, Levant and Africa. Yamen is SHRM-SCP certified, a SHRM faculty and holds an Associate Degree in Hospitality Management from the College of Hospitality Science. He studied Applied Psychology at the University of Middlesex Dubai and is currently pursuing a double major in Business Administration and Human Resource Management.

Breaking myths is what violinist & HR professional Sunita Bhuyan loves doing and has many such firsts to her credit.

A trailblazer in the corporate world she is a pioneer in training on Leadership, Collaboration and change through the medium of music, from CEOs to management students. Her music therapy workshops for more than 20,000 less privileged children across India has gotten her a recognition from the Pope himself at the Vatican in 2016.

Her program Sahakriya on the art of partnerships, ‘C Sharp on Creativity’ and wellbeing during and 3E on Enrichment and Inclusion for women has made meaningful impact across discerning audiences as an innovative approach to learning and leadership.

Sunita is the Chief mentor of Atos Prayas Foundation, a visiting faculty of IIM Shillong & CEDEP (INSEAD) as well as am active Practitioner for various prestigious forums and organizations across the world.

An L& D head for 3 large organisations in her early life, Sunita flits effortlessly between her concerts and training room. She is an MBA in Human Resources and a Master of music and was trained under her mother and guru veteran violinist Minoti Khaund of Assam and maestro Pt. V.G.Jog. Her son Ronojit is a western classical pianist based in London and the mother and son duo did more than 150 virtual events during the pandemic from their home studio.

Nida is a passionate and entrepreneurial HR Professional with over a decade of experience across diverse areas of the human capital lifecycle. Prior to her current stint with SHRM India, she was working independently and associated with several firms like Great Place to Work Research and Consultancy, School of Inspired Leadership and Institution Builders. She has also been previously employed as a Project Leader with Right Management India. Nida has worked on projects involving both high level strategy and ground level execution. Combination of subject matter expertise with operational understanding and effective stakeholder management has always ensured business impact of HR interventions. Her domain expertise lies in the areas of Competency Management, Talent Assessment, Leader Development, Employee Engagement and Performance Management. In her work in the space of Leader Development, she has worked on content design, development and delivery of more than 200 learning programs across Automotive Manufacturing, FMCG, Construction, IT, BFSI, Telecom, Energy, Government and Pharmaceutical sectors for a host of behavioural and HR functional topics. She holds a degree in Science from Lucknow University and is an MBA from SIBM (Gold Medalist). She is certified to administer and interpret the MBTI psychometric instrument and is also well versed with other psychometric tools like Caliper, Birkman and Learning Style Inventory

Khalid Alhosni is a seasoned C-Suite professional with experience in multiple industries including financial information, oil & gas logistics, facilities management, and online marketplaces. He was a member of the global internet society and the original steering group that created the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names & Numbers in 1998.

As a Chief Data Scientist, he is driven by the need for leveraging data to solve real-world business challenges. He excels in crafting effective business use-cases and is a proponent of generative AI to extract crucial Customer / User behavioral insights from unstructured data like images, videos, audio, emails, reviews, and feedback. Khalid’s strength lies in simplifying complex machine learning models into straightforward business solutions that seamlessly fit into and enhance existing ERP and Digital Management systems.

Recognizing the untapped potential of large language models in leveraging Customer Leadership, Khalid has pioneered innovative approaches that have revolutionized the way organizations engage with their clientele. His task-specific language models are designed to offer unprecedented levels of customer personalization, creating a more intuitive and responsive interface that adapts to individual user needs. He has also developed predictive models that integrate seamlessly into existing systems, boosting productivity by +40% or more, using real-time data analytics to optimize workflows, automate routine tasks, and predict customer behavior, thereby enabling organizations to allocate resources more efficiently.