Dr. Allen is a Global Talent Strategy Thought Leader, Founder & CEO- Talent Fourth Gen Group (TFG) and Former CLO – Emirates Institute of Finance, UAE (EIF)

He is a Leading voice in Talent Strategy, HR, LinkedIn Top Voice in three areas– HR, Consulting and Education Leadership. Ranked 1% top Contributor. Renowned for the design and execution of ‘ETHRAA’ program, one of the most successful Upskilling projects for Nationals in the MENA region. (A CIPD Case study). He has a deep understanding of the National Talent Development dynamics and the strategy for execution of successful projects with results

He is a Board Member/ Advisor to leading Institutions and bodies. Senior roles with Fortune 500 Bank Relevant expertise in Talent Strategy, Future Skills, National Talent Acceleration, Upskilling, Reskilling, Cross Skilling, Public Policy/ Sector skills / Govt strategy

Education:

PhD – University of Liverpool

University of Oxford- Leadership & Strategy

Masters of Business Administration

Member – Institute of Directors

Katherine Duerden is the Head of Partnerships at edX, where she leads strategic enterprise partnerships across US, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. In her role, Katherine collaborates with organizations to launch innovative learning programs that drive critical business objectives and empower employees to thrive.

With a background in educational technology and partnership development, Katherine has worked with institutions such as the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge, bringing their prestigious programs to a global market. Her expertise lies in creating impactful learning solutions that bridge the gap between academia and industry needs.

Dr. Mona Zoughaib is a distinguished leader in Human Resources and Project Management with over 20 years of experience. As the founder of We Grow Minds, she has led significant HR Analytics and Project Management initiatives and training across the MENA region, impacting major entities like NEOM, the Ministry of Finance in Saudi Arabia, and Aldar and EIBF in the UAE.

A PMI Authorized Training Partner, PwC certified trainer, and buildingSMART international training provider, Dr. Zoughaib has a perfect training success rate, blending HR analytics, Project Management, and openBIM standards with strategic practices. She also crafted the top-ranked Master’s in HR program and Project Management of the Executive MBA (LAU) at Master in HR (AUB) for over 14 years.

Laura Hamidova is the founder and director of “FireWorks” HRM. In her HR career of 17 years Laura has worn many different hats. She has worked with documentation; doing recruitment and selection; headhunting; training and mentorship and etc. She and her team at FireWorks are very dedicated to work, but at the same time, we are very caring to each other.

She is very passionate to share her thoughts and experience through her two YouTube channels.

A believer in change, Learning and Talent Development professional, who is passionate about exploring thought provoking challenges that mobilize new skills, abilities and knowledge.

Worked with senior level leaders to transform organizations through building talents to improve performance, increase employees’ productivity, enhance organizational culture and create a healthy organizational psychology.

A diversified expert with 20+ years of dedicated experience in corporate learning, training design, planning, delivery, training needs assessment, workshop facilitation, curriculum development, executive coaching and human development within a variety of cultures and industries.

He is a Bachelor of Political Science (International Relations) from The American University in Cairo. A Professional Certified Coach PCC, Certified Change Management Professional CCMP, Certified Employee Performance Management Professional C-EPM, Certified Experiential Learning Facilitator, Mta, Certified Change Management Practitioner, Certified Manager CM CTOL (Certificate of Training and Occupational Learning, Certificate in Leadership

Achievements:

Designed International Certification Programs for the CCMP and Mta Certification (Tharwah)

Upgraded the company’s OGS training methodologies by Designing new Learning Strategies and changing the method of delivery into action learning approach which includes but not limited to role plays, learning games, movies, psychometric assessments, and case studies.

Delivered more than 70 Coaching sessions for Senior Executives in the Public Sector (Tharwah)

Delivered more than 200 training workshops to different clients within different sectors, industries and managerial levels

Creating competency based learning paths (journey) for different managerial levels

Abdulrahman Joud, Director of Tharwah Academy, brings over 20 years of expertise in talent acquisition, organizational development, and entrepreneurship, having contributed to Saudi Arabia’s unicorn startups. He specializes in strategic training management and capability building, advancing vocational and workforce development across key sectors.

Driving organizational transformation through Culture, Leadership Alignment & Development, Employee Happiness and Wellbeing.

With over 20 years of experience in corporate learning and development, I specialize in and have a proven track record in creating transformative workplace cultures, developing leadership excellence, and fostering happiness and well-being across organizations.

R academic Masters in Management Consultancy and Strategy Execution from Strathclyde Business School is complemented by certifications in Brain-Based and Neuroscience-Based Learning from Neuro-Link, as well as Happiness & Wellbeing credentials from esteemed institutions. This mix of Academic and Dynamic Professional Experience and Assignments facilitates in designing and implementing innovative learning solutions that deliver measurable business impact.

Currently leading Culture and Leadership Transformation, and DEI at Bank Alfalah, I am passionate about fostering an exceptional and conducive environment for the employees leading to Customers Happiness.

Khaled is a change agent professional offering 32+ years of progressive leadership experience with Fortune100 companies like Intel Corporation and Microsoft impacting organization growth and profitability. Expert in designing, developing and leading strategic innovation initiatives for sustainable socio-economic impacts in collaboration with multi-stakeholders like governments, multilaterals, NGO’s, academia and private industry.

Khaled’s passion about innovation led to the successful implementation of various transformation programs enabling 21st century innovation learning in schools, delivering technology innovation programs for underserved communities, fostering STEM innovation, and building entrepreneurial capacity for youth that resulted in inspiring over 2 million individuals in the Middle East region.

Furthermore, Khaled is a certified innovation management practitioner for assessing organizations business capabilities, culture, leadership, and strategy for sustainable profit and growth. He is a senior corporate trainer for design thinking, strategic planning, business model development, value creation and pitching. As a technology trusted advisor, Khaled had responsibilities of collaborating with 100’s of customers, interacting with executives, building credibility, and generating multimillion dollars of business growth.

 Moreover, Khaled is an inspiring public and thought leadership speaker. He facilitated several innovation camps and training workshops to management, entrepreneurs, faculties, and youth addressing global sustainable development goals and community challenges. Khaled sets in the board of expertise on various associations to promote innovation for economic empowerment and humbly honored with many prestigious government recognition awards for his valuable contributions to the community.

Academics:

Kahled is a Bachelor of Science, Computer Engineering, [Dean’s Honor] form University of Missouri Columbia, USA (1990). He is also a Master of education, e- learning Technology & Design; 4.0 GPA. An Accredited License Innovation Practitioner, innovation 360, Microsoft Certified Professional Product Specialists. Certificate Rank of Senior Trainer by Al-Khaleej Training & Electronics Industries.

Certificate of Achievement: The Business of Selling & Marketing by TRB Consulting Group, Inc. USA