Lina is an Executive, Leadership and Team Coach, PCC credentialed by the International Coaching Federation (ICF), where she currently serves as the President of the ICF UAE Chapter. With over a thousand hours of coaching experience, she has empowered and mentored numerous leaders, C-Suite executives, and ministry cabinet officials, consistently guiding them to excel in their roles and surpass their goals. Lina’s unique background spans two decades of senior leadership positions within Fortune 100 companies like Johnson & Johnson, Danone, and Boston Scientific, providing her with hands-on expertise in understanding the challenges faced by leaders in today’s fast-paced VUCA world. This practical experience enables her to offer tailored solutions for leaders to effectively navigate complex changes. Her true passion lies in driving leadership excellence by creating self-awareness and enhancing leadership skills such as effective communication, decision-making, executive presence, and strategic thinking, thereby boosting her clients’ performance. She is a dedicated advocate for gender balance and supported numerous females in attaining boardroom positions. Lina is also a sought-after speaker who has participated in numerous regional and international conferences. Her impressive achievements include winning multiple awards in executive coaching and leadership, with the latest most prestigious COACHING IMPACT AWARD from ICF Global and being recognized as one of Asia’s Top 100 Women Leaders in 2023. Her aspiration is to continue transforming the world through coaching, empowering leaders at the top and creating ripple effects across organizations and society.

Khalid Aloraij is a Vice Chairman and CEO of KABi. Well-rounded executive with extensive experience، has visionary leadership to focus lies in developing strategies that fuel business growth locally and internationally، and empower individuals to reach their full potential. With a proven track record of applying HR and AI best practices to innovate a unique blend of solutions to drive success in today’s dynamic and competitive HC landscape.

Currently, Managing Partner of INTERMID and IDP Global since May 2016, a Board Member of IHL HARBOUR, and a Board Member of Al Ahlia Bahrain – licensed by the CBB.

Over 20 years of professional experience in strategic planning, business development, project management, ICT and finance, and CLDP development; ability to analyze business requirements, identify shortcomings and opportunities, develop innovative mechanisms and cost-effective opportunities to enhance competitiveness and raise the level of performance and revenues by improving the services it provides to customers to leading teams to achieve competitiveness.

A proven track record that includes establishing the E-Commerce Department at the Ministry of Industry and Commerce; Member of the negotiation team for the US-Bahrain Free Trade Agreement, and the E-Business Department at GFH, ABC and Batelco, which contributed to the development of expertise in the markets regionally and internationally.

Holds MBA from the UK, the SBS Applied Master – Zurich holds a Level 4 in Guided Communication, Certified Trainer by IACT, CIPS and LEED-Energy and Environment; Board Member of the Bahrain Internet Society and Bahrain Society for Training and Development.

Recipient of awards for developing the trade and industry sector 2006-2002, participated in developing Bahrain’s ICT Strategy 2007 and 2010.

A dedicated professional who has embarked on a remarkable journey in the realm of Data Analytics. Started working in Dubai Police as a data analyst in 2022. Currently the Head of the Center in Dubai Police, leading a team in fostering data-driven decision-making within the field of Human Resources. continually striving to optimize Human Resources’ processes through the power of data.

Turki AlNagaidan is the Chief Human Capital Officer at Saudi Credit Bureau. He is also NRC Committee Secretary, and holds the prestigious Chartered MCIPD credential as well He was previously the director of Capabilities Officer at Social Development Bank (SDB) and has held prominent roles at Saudi Advanced Electronics Company and Saudi Electricity Company. He holds a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Hull and a B. Eng. degree.

Omar AlAmmary is the Chief Shared Services Officer at Medgulf Saudi Arabia, leading the overall strategic initiatives in the company with regards to the human capital agenda while securing critical milestones for the company, with more than 22 years of experience in technology and communications, FMCG, and office automation industries.

Before joining Medgulf Saudi Arabia, Omar assumed the role of General Manager-Shared Services at Sunbulah Group, overseeing the shared services at the group, including HR, Legal, QAHSE, and PR and Corporate Communications. Before that, Omar was the Chief HR Transformation Advisor at multiple government and private entities, leading HR initiatives and partnering with consultants to implement best practices within the organizations. Omar also served as Vice President of Musaed El Seif Group, where he led the HR strategy for the group. Prior to that, He has led the HR transformation journey at Aljomaih Bottling Company, overseeing all HR activities and ensuring the delivery of all critical projects. He established a world-class mentorship program for future leaders at the company, securing a sustainable internal pipeline for candidates. Previously, Omar was a Marketing Manager at Hoshan, a company that has become one of the leading integrated workplace solutions providers in Saudi Arabia.

A Human Resource Expert at the Federal Authority for Government Human Resources with over 6 years of technical experience in the areas of HR Governance and Compliance, compensation and benefits, HR enables and KPIs, and drafting HR policies.

She has over 8 years of experience in the financial industry as she was a Senior Manager, Enforcement at the Dubai Financial Services Authority leading financial investigations and risk assessments related to misconduct, market manipulation and abuse, money laundering, and financial scams…etc.

Noora is a graduate of the Future UAE Government Leaders Program and holds a Master Degree in General Management from the Canadian University in Dubai, and a Bachelor Degree in Finance from the American University in Dubai. She is also a Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE), a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS), and holds other professional qualifications in the area of Corporate Governance and Risk Management.

David Jones is the Founder and CEO at The Talent Enterprise. With a background in labour market economics, David is a senior advisor to policymakers and organisational leaders on their most pressing human capital priorities. With 30+ years of human capital experience, including living in Dubai for 25 years, David has worked with clients across 40+ countries on a broad range of talent, leadership, assessment, performance, transformation and inclusion projects. David is experienced in using a wide variety of psychometric instruments and is qualified with the British Psychological Society at both Level A and Level B.

David leads business growth and expansion efforts across global markets at The Talent Enterprise, along with leading key client relationships. He heads our research and innovation efforts to identify future human capital priorities. David was previously the Chief Consulting Officer at Aon Hewitt MENA. Prior to this, he held senior HR leadership roles at Emirates Group, Dubai Civil Aviation and KPMG. David is a regular keynote speaker at conferences across the world and a frequent commentator in the regional press. David has written many books, including his latest book,”The Future of Assessments”.

Forthcoming publications include research contributions to volumes on the changing social contract in Saudi Arabia and an international perspective on happiness and positive psychology. Other recent publications include, an edited volume on ‘The Future of Labour Market Reform in the GCC’ by Gerlach Press, best-selling ‘Unlocking the Paradox of Plenty’ and award-winning ‘Game Changers’ by Motivate Books. He has also contributed to additional books ‘Employment and Career Motivation in the Gulf States’ by Gerlach, ‘The Political Economy of Wasta’ by Springer and ‘Policy Making in the GCC’ by IB Tauris.

David is a regular lecturer at universities including the University of Cambridge – UK, the European School of Management and Technology – Berlin, and the University of Bradford – UK. David is a self-confessed bike fanatic and thinks any car is “essentially a tin box with a wheel in each corner”. He advocates his own version of George May 2021 Founder Bio Page 1 Orwell’s famous maxim from Animal Farm – it’s “two wheels good, four wheels bad” as far as he is concerned. Despite his advancing age, David is proud to say that he has never owned a car in his life, although he currently owns a total of 7 bicycles and 13 motorbikes!

Mona is a commercially minded HR professional, with broad strategic and operational generalist experience, in fast-moving service environments. She is an experienced people manager, leader, and change management facilitator, who contributes to the wider picture whilst also establishing rapport and making changes to the people and the business on an individual level.

She has successfully undertaken major HR start-ups & organizational development assignments targeted at maximizing operational efficiency and productivity. Currently, she is the member of Ducab’s Executive Management Team, and participates in the development and refinement of the vision and long term strategy for the Company, and contributes to the overall process of corporate governance, and management decision making.

Currently:

• CHCO of Ducab
• Board Member of Imdaad
• Member of EGA EHCC committee
• Member of Hamdan Bin Mohammad University EHCC

Nihal is a seasoned senior HR executive with 20+ years of experience in the FMCG and Pharmaceutical industries across Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Nihal has worked with large multinational and regional players like Unilever, Henkel, Emaar and Merck sharp and Dohme. She is currently the Chief Human Resources Officer at Americana Foods, Nihal is leading a major HR and Culture transformation across the company, putting talent, diversity and digitalisation at the fore-forefront and creating a culture where people succeed as their authentic selves.