Ashissh has over 17 years of experience in HR Consulting firms and has been providing strategic HR inputs to more than 200 clients across industries and geographies. He is a trusted adviser to C suite leaders on improving business results by helping build leadership capability, craft talent management strategy, training and designing development journeys and measuring employee engagement.

Ashissh is known for his executive presence and passion of facilitating leadership and behavioral training workshops. His other significant work includes evaluate and build organizational structures by linking to business needs and the application of competencies across the organization. He is also a certified Competency Based Interviewer.

Prior to joining SHRM, Ashissh has worked with organizations like Gallup, Mercer, Aon and Jombay. Ashissh has worked across India, Middle East, USA and many South East Asian countries in various industries.

Specialties: Design of Leadership Development Journeys, Facilitation, Talent Management, Competency Framework Design, Assessment/Development Centre, Psychometric Assessments & Feedback and Employee Engagement

Dr. Nicholas Orland is a Board-Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA) and has his doctorate in Applied Behavior Analysis through Endicott College. Nicholas has 18 years of experience working with individuals with developmental disabilities and Autism, and is an Adjunct Professor at Capella University and the Florida Institute of Technology (FIT). He is the Autism Program Head of the Dubai Autism Center. 

An Omani HR and business Leader with 26 years of MENA and Global HR expertise in HR, managing startups and divestments in complex environments. Founder and ex-president of the Omani Society for Human Resources Management (OSHRM). Shabir’s last role was HR Manager for Shell companies in Iraq and the UAE and now leading a challenging business role overseeing In-country Value and oversees several Category Management portfolios. Founder and Chairman of the Omani Society for Entrepreneurship (ESO2) – under formation and Leading the Etjar platform – an online forum for dialogue and initiatives on entrepreneurship.

A result driven leader with 12 years track record in project management in oil & gas business. Possess cross discipline skills in Engineering, Change Management & Human Resources Strategy. Driven by enabling organizations make successful shifts towards innovation and new business models. Keen to challenge the status quo and seek improvement.

Currently assistant professor in Human Resource Management.

Works as a consultant in Human Resource Management, and previously worked in public, private, and Non-profit sectors.

Author and co-author of four books which include: “Dictionary of Human Resource”, “Training and Human Resource Development Principles and Applications.”   

Participated in some national projects such as: Measuring and raising employees’ productivity in the Saudi economy, 2017.

• Paul successfully led and supported business transformations across a variety of industries, making significant progress in reducing costs and improving operating effectiveness
• Paul worked extensively in the emerging markets of Asia, Europe and The Middle East (du, Gazprom, Norconsult, Global Medical Solutions, Sadara Chemical Company, Willis Towers Watson, Mercer Consulting, Oliver Wyman, ENEC and more recently Agile Dynamics)

• Paul is a PhD candidate and he holds a Union University, Master’s degree, Industrial Economics Management, as well as a Bachelor of Industrial Economics Management
• Columbia Business School, Postgraduate Diploma, Digital Business
• In addition to his academics Paul is Certified Business Architect and Change Management Specialist

His core expertise is in helping organizations to align the business objectives of a customer to the strategy and solution to achieve them by ensuring the right mix of organizational capabilities.

To drive business results in large scale business transformations Paul leveraged his versatile industry expertise to develop the most effective scenario prioritization, organizational capability maps, roadmaps, and business cases.

He designed and led business transformation and change management programs at Ministry Of Economy Planning (MEP) and The Saline Water Conversion Corporation (SWCC), SadaraChemical Company in the KSA, Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (ENEC) in the UAE, Ooredoo in Qatar, etc. Delivered research insight, project management solutions as well as awareness/training workshops for the C level teams.

Served as an advisor to executive management and guided leaders and their teams to make sound choices about culture, organizational design, talent management, executive rewards, strategic workforce planning and change management. Design and implementation of short and long term executive and wider employee incentive plans, that drive sustainable growth, increase shareholder and investor values and provides for effective key talent retention.

Debu is seasoned consulting leader who helps business leaders and startup founders create a lasting legacy.

He leads the Career Accelerator at EMA Decision Dynamics which helps Leaders and Executives find pathways to increase their individual and team effectiveness.

Debu is part of Harvard’s global facilitator pool for corporate learning and leadership development. He is also Advisor, SHRM Asia Pacific and MENA.

Debu has three decades of experience across Management Consulting, Media and Advertising and is focused on Innovation, Leadership and Transformation.

Debu was as a Partner at Deloitte where he delivered leadership programs and led the Innovation & Startup Ecosystem.

Debu was internal faculty for Leadership Development of Deloitte APAC Partners at Deloitte University, Singapore wherein he worked as a facilitator and coach for young partners and directors.

He has previously worked with other leading management consulting firms such as KornFerry Hay Group, Hewitt Associates, Arthur Andersen and PwC, advising clients in India, Southeast Asia, Middle East and USA.

Over the past few years Debu has been focused on the area of Leadership and Entrepreneurship. He works closely with Promoters, Startup Founders and Professionals to address business transformation issues through Open Innovation Programs, Program Management, Leadership Development & Coaching and Change Management.

Debu has been instrumental in conducting India’s Best Boards Study for three editions in partnership with The Economic Times. He is a regular conference speaker on talent management, innovation and leadership.

Currently Debu is exploring the field of neuroscience and it’s relevance for leadership.

Fadeel AlFahoum has worked for over a decade with various governmental authorities in the UAE in their HR departments on a federal and emirate level. He also brings with him extensive years of experience in training on HR, innovation, strategy and SHRM certification preparation. He is also a speaker at various HR conferences around the region. Fadeel holds a Masters in HRM from Middlesex University and is a SHRM-SCP certified.

His additional related work experiences include:

• Working on developing the UAE government HR Enablers KPIs through a joint team between the Prime Minister’s office and FAHR.
• Working on developing Dubai Government HR performance Management System.
• Developing the HR strategies and KPIs for different public and private organizations within the Middle East.