A resolute leader with over 12 years of proven results using operational and leadership strengths to solve specific and complex challenges through planning and implementation of strategies, structures, programs, and processes to enhance organizational culture, engagement and change readiness in alignment with the company’s mission and values. Abdulrahman is extremely talented at developing transformational initiatives in all core HR functions, including building/re-staffing organizations, standardizing performance management practices, overhauling recruiting standards, and restructuring benefits programs.

In Abdulrahman’s current role, he spends his days developing the culture, structure, and capabilities that support the next stage of growth at the Institute of Public Administration. Abdulrahman has a proven track record of diverse experience in translating a deep understanding of the business into human capital plans that build employee engagement, strengthen leader capabilities, and optimize organizational effectiveness.

With a Master of Arts degree focused on Teaching International Languages and Adult Education from California State University, Abdulrahman truly believes in the importance of continuous education and individual growth. Skilled in HR Consulting, HR Transformation, Change Management, Organizational Effectiveness & Culture, and Building Centers of Excellence.

Emirati with over 10 years of experience in HR field in telecom industry and has managed several projects involved leadership upskilling & employees capacity building. He holds Masters degree in HR and Leadership from University of Dubai, MBTI-step II practitioner and Certified in Kirkpatrick four levels evaluation model. Khalid is Manager Talent Management, he oversees talent attracting, retaining and development activities. He is passionate about talent development and actively seeking collaboration with experts to thrive and apply best practices.

Ann-Marie is a highly accomplished and influential human resources executive with over 30 years of experience in leading conglomerates, multinational corporations, and global organizations. With expertise in strategic and operational HRD, she specializes in organizational restructuring, business transformation, mergers, acquisitions, and sales across EMEA, Asia Pac, and the Americas.

As a trusted advisor to Chairpersons, Executive teams, and Boards, Ann-Marie provides invaluable guidance on people vision, strategy, and business solutions. She excels in solving complex business issues in high-pressure environments and is adept at short and long-range strategic planning, ensuring business continuity and growth in rapidly changing markets. Ann-Marie is recognized as an inspirational and visionary leader who promotes people productivity, organizational efficiency, and cost-effectiveness through innovative change.

From July 2021 to October 2022, Ann-Marie served as the Chief People Officer at Alshaya Group in Kuwait. In this role, she was a member of the executive team responsible for HR operations and people strategy for 50,000 employees across 90 consumer brands and 19 countries, including MENA, CEE, Russia, and the UK. Her major achievements included redesigning and implementing an HR operating model to transform the department from an administrative role to a strategic business partner, leading a 30% reduction in G&A costs, and defining the HRD 5-year strategic goals.

Prior to that, Ann-Marie held the position of Group Chief People Officer at Qatar Airways Group She was responsible for shaping the people strategy for the company’s 48,000 employees in over 80 countries. Her accomplishments during this tenure included implementing a three-year HRD transformation strategy focusing on digital HR practices, reducing operational costs by USD 10.5 million, and enhancing the employee brand through a new Employee Value Proposition.

Prior to Qatar Airways , Ann-Marie served as the Executive Vice President (CPO)- HRD at Dubai Airports in the UAE. As a core member of the executive board, she played a pivotal role in formulating and implementing corporate strategy, ensuring customer value proposition and financial contribution targets were met. Ann-Marie successfully restructured the HRD team, introduced cloud-based HR technology, and led various initiatives to improve culture, performance management, and employee engagement.

Her career also includes notable roles such as Internal HR Consultant at Arabtec Holdings, HR Director at 2454 Media, SVP Human Resources at Mubadala Development Company, and Head of Strategic HR Projects at Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank. In each position, she demonstrated exceptional leadership and made significant contributions to talent management, organizational design, policy development, and strategic initiatives.

Recognized as a thought leader and industry expert, Ann-Marie is sought after as a speaker at conferences and events. She is highly regarded for her integrity, work ethic, and passion for driving success in the industry. Ann-Marie is known for building strong relationships based on trust and mutual respect with colleagues, clients, and stakeholders.

In summary, Ann-Marie is a seasoned HR professional with a remarkable track record of driving strategic and operational excellence. Her expertise in organizational development, change management, and business transformation has consistently delivered exceptional results for leading organizations.

Nabil Batawi is a seasoned executive with over 20 years of leadership experience in Human Resources Management and Shared Services, having worked with multinational, local, and joint venture companies. He is a DBA researcher in World Class Human Resources and Shared Services Management, MBA Holder from Wolverhampton University, demonstrating a strong academic foundation. Nabil has a proven track record in driving strategic HR initiatives that align with corporate goals, focusing on talent acquisition, employee relations, performance management, and organizational development.

As a board member and advisory committee member for several prominent organizations, including the Public Investment Fund (PIF) projects and Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development initiatives, Nabil has significantly contributed to the Saudi labor market and leadership development.

Recognized for his exceptional contributions, he has received multiple awards, including HR Team of the Year and CHRO of the Year. Nabil’s expertise and strategic vision continue to shape the HR landscape, fostering growth and excellence within the organizations he serves.

Susan is an internationally recognized Speaker, award-winning Talent Development Expert, and Author. In the last 20+ years Susan has spoken in over 40 countries on 6 continents, developed and trained over 500 workshops and helped over 150,000 people around the world transform their personal and professional lives.

Susan specializes in Training Architecture to improve the performance of people, custom designing programs in The Art of Persuasion, Leading with Emotional Intelligence, Managing Generations in the Workplace and, Resilience, to name a few. She has worked with such organizations as Johnson & Johnson, GlaxoSmithKline, Pfizer, Philips, Medronic, and SABIC to design global training programs that raise individual and organizational performance. Her experience ranges from Healthcare, Medical Devices, Banking, Mining, Pharma, Timber, Oil & Gas as well as training the Ministers of several foreign nations.

Susan is an Instructional Designer and Master Trainer. Global Training Transformation’s programs have won the CSTD Gold Award for Excellence in Training (Vendor Category) as well as having a Leadership Program custom designed for a Central Asian client named as one of the top 5 Leadership programs in the world by HR.com

Sonali joined Kellanova (formerly The Kellogg Company) as Vice President/Chief Human Resources Officer for AMEA HR in 2022, after spending 20+ years at P&G. She has lived across India, Singapore, Vietnam, with significant experience across Asia, Middle East & global. Her leadership experience includes Business/ CXO partnership, Talent Development, Change Management (M&A), ED&I, and building global multicultural teams. Sonali is deeply passionate about fostering inclusive talent and building high-performing teams in diverse business ontexts.

Sonali holds a postgraduate degree in Human Resources from the premier Human Resource business school in India (XLRI) and an Advanced Coaching certification from The Teachers College, Columbia University, USA. Sonali is based in Singapore with her husband Madhav, an entrepreneur, and their fur-kid Digger. A foodie who loves exploring cuisines, cooking, and reading about food, she is also a fitness enthusiast, enjoying badminton, yoga, and dance. Additionally, Sonali dabbles in the stock markets and actively upskills in trends in the HR technology. Trained as a violinist and qualified to teach, she has yet to pursue this passion professionally! Sonali is active in the external community in areas of mentoring young leaders/female in business, and start-ups in the HR tech space

Khim is a performance, career & life coach, mentor & trainer, keynote speaker, HR KOL & transformation strategist and #FutureofWork advocate. She is a seasoned & influential HR leader, recognised for her strategic contributions to the field.

She has been honoured as the Top 40 “Most Influential HR Leaders/Icons in Malaysia”, Economics Times HRWorld, 2024,Top “100 Most Influential HR Leaders from South East Asia”, Economic Times HRWorld, 2023,The 40 Most Influential HR Leaders Across South East Asia by Peoplehum.com, 2022.

With extensive experience over 3 decades in Human Capital Management, Khim specialises in talent management, leadership development & organisational effectiveness. Her wealth of experience encompasses senior leadership roles across diverse sectors such as banking, insurance, consulting and technology, spanning 14 countries in the Asia-Pacific. She has demonstrated her capabilities in various organisational settings, including large multinational corporations, public-listed companies, and local conglomerates.

She is an accomplished leader and a passionate coach, instrumental in transforming and fortifying HR & business teams while nurturing critical talent pool & succession pipeline, including C-suite executives. With her progressive mindset, she developed strategies, introducing best practices and reshaping talent management, learning and leadership interventions to enhance competence and engagement. Additionally, she has streamlined rewards practices to enable business growth. She has spearheaded numerous initiatives, ranging from HR digital transformation and change management for business transformation to cultural integration, M&A integration, and sustainability agenda.

Khim holds a MBA from Victoria University, Australia. She is certified by the International Coach Federation (ICF) as a Coach, Gallup CliftonStrengths Coach, and designated mentor with FutureLab and AsiaHRM. Additionally, Khim is a certified Hogan and DiSC practitioner and HRDC certified trainer.

Business professional with over 38 years experience in HR and Business. Known for being a HR generalist who successfully partners with business in growth and its life-cycles, laying the foundations for HR function and processes to enable growth and optimization

Experience spans across employee & labor relations, workforce management,talent acquisition, talent development, succession planning and organization development. Other experience includes being a Human Resource consultant and a learning facilitator. Successfully worked with cross cultural teams knitting them together to deliver business results.

Learner, mentor, trusted advisor, collaborator, maximizer, responsible and an inspiring leader.

Currently Board Member of Ethos Limited, Member Governing Body of Chandigarh University, Punjab, Chief Advisor, HR Policy India, An Association of Chief Human Resource Officers in India and Advisor Total Brain Limited

Sharon Benson is an accomplished Human Resources Director with extensive experience in leading large-scale organisational transformations.As the HR Director at LloydsPharmacy Clinical Homecare (LPCH), she spearheads HR strategy during its transition to a standalone business. Her role is pivotal in supporting LPCH’s mission of delivering critical patient care services, especially in oncology, while ensuring the business attracts, develops, and retains top talent.

Prior to LPCH, Sharon held senior HR roles at Sunrise Senior Living UK, where she supported a significant divestment, and other notable companies such as Edison Young People, Studio Retail, and the Co-operative Group. Throughout her career, Sharon has demonstrated expertise in aligning HR strategies with business goals, driving commercial impact, and fostering inclusive, purpose-driven cultures. Her leadership has been recognised with multiple HR awards, including being named HR Most Influential #1 in 2022. She has also served as a judge for prominent HR industry awards.

Rishi is a management professional; having worked across Technology, Pharmaceuticals, Retail, Management Consulting and Consumer-goods industries for nearly two decades now, he enjoys building & developing – businesses, teams and people. Human Resources to him is a core business function and this approach has helped him push the growth trajectories of the organizations he has been a part of – traditional, new age and start-ups alike. In this journey, he got multiple opportunities of building impactful leadership teams, which contributed to his own growth as a people leader. Rishi leads his work with this mindset, living & realizing his ‘Ikigai’ of ‘making everyone successful.

Rishi, at present, is transitioning from a HR leadership role at Meta, where he spent almost 8 years as Director of HR in Asia-Pacific and Head of HR for India. He had the privilege of leading HR for multiple functions & teams for the Meta family of apps – Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram – thereby enabling a multi-billion USD revenue in India. As the HR Director in the region, he led HR for Asia-Pacific Public Policy, Legal and Communications orgs. Over years, his team led APAC HR for Meta Partnerships org and other functional teams – giving him an insight into the entire ecosystem of teams & functions. As part of Meta’s International HR leadership team, his role also thereby helped shape the overall People agenda for the company.

Rishi is married to Neha, who is a HR professional. They have a ten-year old son named Rajvir, who is an awesome combination of a tiger & a chimpanzee. When away from work, you will find Rishi either riding his motorcycle to the remote Himalayas or deploying his green thumb in his garden. Additionally, he actively engages in teaching & mentoring students when he can. Rishi is based in Gurgaon, India.