Biography Sherry Bishara: Group HR Director, HR Consultant and Provider for HR Solutions I have a professional experience include 25 years experiences in HR strategic management in both heavy industries and constructions sectors, as an HR executive I worked in several industries including Cement, fertilizers, steel fabrications, aluminum and glasses industries, foundations, and all types of constructions work.
Currently I am working as Group HR Director, Board member and member in the executive management committees for Heidelberg Cement / Suez cement group where I initiated a completely new set up of HR during the acquisition of Heidelberg to Italcementi; e.g policies and procedures, grading and salary structures, building a shared service department, and introducing integrated HR system incorporating all functions.

My areas of expertise throughout Heidelberg employment included
• Implementation of organizational restructuring including a massive layoff of redundant FTE’s
• Organisational Development and Design, from conception to implementation
• Executive level performance management, career development and coaching
• Identification of top talent and implementation of talent programs
• Implementation of Reward and Recognition Programs
• Compensation strategy and deployment across the business
• Overseeing diversity strategy and programs, with particular emphasis on empowering women
• Regional and global HR responsibilities, assignments and projects.
• Establish Heidelberg training Centre in Egypt.

I have experience in Human Resources/ Quality Management/ Healthy & Safety / Administration / Business Development with an academic background "DBA ‘Doctorate of Business Administration”, MBA-HR Major, HR Diploma, TQM, Lead Auditor 9001, Lead Auditor OHSAS 18001. I have more than 20 years experience as a key function such as CHRO / HR Director, Talent Acquisition, Personnel Administration, Management of HR Teams, Performance Management, Employee Relations, Organization Development, Compensation & Benefits, Strategic Planning, and HR Audit.
I have gained significant experience working with multinational companies in the Private Sector and currently working as the Group CHRO for Elezaby Pharmacy/Multipharma/ Nile Factory.

George Sedky is a CHRO in a giant organization operating in Egypt, the Middle East and Africa. He has prominent, successful experience in his field of work, a Strategic Planner & a Consultant. He succeeded to lead organizational transformation by adopting differentiated talent models, building a culture of engagement, agility and innovation and attracting, retaining and developing the best talent.
Through 20 years’ experience, George’s role as a Human Resources leader in major corporations included the successful re-engineering of the Human Resources department goals and practices to be in alignment with business goals and objective.
In addition to that, George has an extensive experience in leading mega educational projects across Egypt and the Middle East, through cooperation with various governments to develop the educational systems in order to have a competitive advantage for the industries in these countries by linking the educational curricula with the industrial needs.
George is graduated from faculty of engineering, Cairo University, Major Aerospace Engineering, Doctorates of Business is in progress, and holding a Master’s of Business degree.
Combined the Engineering education and the academic knowledge with the extensive practical experience in the HR field in many multinational & local companies in Egypt and abroad, to drive the organization to build its sustainable competitive advantage depending on the selection and development of top talent that possess capabilities that help differentiate the organization from its competitors.

Maher Chahlawi is the Chief Executive Officer of People365, responsible for the strategic direction, vision growth and operational excellence of the company. Maher stands at the forefront of the HR technology, being a recognized expert in business processes related to Human Capital Management (HCM).
Through his career path, Maher based himself on the following quote: “It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent. It is the one most adaptable to change.” In order to embrace change and foster the future of work, Maher has focused on business process engineering and optimization with a highlight on developing technology that intelligently manages and empowers the human resources. He has built a reputation for developing business strategies, incubating new business models and building out solutions.
Maher is most fulfilled when helping people to grow professionally. His vision and ability to nurture relationships lead to long-term solutions and success. Embracing the core values of accountability, innovation and growth, he shaped a team of more than 60 professionals. He believes Teamwork is the ability to direct individual accomplishments toward organizational objectives. He encourages his team through coaching, mentoring and upskilling.
Maher is a valued speaker on HCM solutions and trends, presenting People365 regularly in conferences and other industry-related events.

Despite originally obtaining a Bachelor's degree from faculty of Pharmacy Cairo University, Dina Ghazaly pursued her dream in the Human Resources field with quite a remarkable Training and Development experience in the automotive industry, and now became an HR Manager in one of the top Marketing and Advertising agencies in Cairo. Dina Ghazaly has a diversified experience in the field of training and organization development since 2012 till now. In addition to the practical Experience; Dina is Associate CIPD, Certified KPI Professional, certified organization designer, Certified Assessor and holds an MBA degree in global management major from ESLSCA Business School.

Sample of My projects:
• HD leasing 2021, Job Evaluation, grading system & Salary structure
• Al-alamia Construction 2021; Performance Management system
• Almonairy FMCG 2020; Job Evaluation, grading system & Salary structure
• RAMW construction 2020; Organization Restructuring.
• Alhussain Hardware 2019; Organization Restructuring & Performance management system.
• Monginis Egypt 2018, Organization Restructuring & Performance management system.
• Alamia Group 2018; Job Evaluation, grading system and salary structure.
• Elsaba Automotive 2018; Performance Management System.
• Elaraby Group 2017; Training need analysis
• Elsaba Automotive 2017; Job Evaluation, grading system and salary structure.
• Darisni (E-Education Service) 2016; Establishing Training Processes.
• Elsaba Group 2016; restructuring organization (Job Analysis, Performance Management system, implementing agility concepts and defining SOPs)
• VW Egypt 2015; reducing time waste in service workshop.
• VW Egypt 2014; Establish automated Performance appraisal System.

Mohamed Maged is a Group Head of Human Resource for one of the leading financial institutions in Egypt. He has 17 years of real hands on experience in different Human Resources functions supported by earned specialized certificates in Human Resources Management, Job Evaluation, Total rewards management, Project planning, and Data Analysis. He gained his experience throughout working in different sectors such as: HR Services, Oil & Gas, Construction, Financial Services, Real Estate Investment, and Financial Institutions, he also worked as HR consultant in multiple projects with local and multinational consultancy service providers. He has various areas of expertise such as, Strategic HR Planning, Setting and developing policies and procedures, Talents Management, Manpower planning, Total Rewards management, Organizational Development, HR Digital Transformation, Performance Management System, Project Planning, HR analytics and metrics and Data Visualization.

Ms. Faltas serves as chief HR & corporate development officer at SOLID Construction from March 2021, bringing over 25 years of multi-disciplinary experience in human capital, organizational development, change management and process re-engineering. Previously, Ms. Faltas was the group chief human resources & organization development officer at Orascom Development Holding. In addition to her role at SOLID Construction, she consults for a number of firms and serves as a board advisor at two automotive companies and at a flexible packaging manufacturing group. Her strength lies in engaging with companies at multiple levels, from the CEO down, not only to transform the business but also to transform people, organization, Leadership, and systems.
Ms. Faltas is a PROSCI certified change management practitioner and a certified trainer/facilitator. holds a certificate from Berkeley for Executive Educations in “Digital Transformation”. She is also a corporate co-active coach, accredited by the International Coaching Federation. Additionally, she holds a certification in HR competency analysis profiling from HRCG Canada. She obtained her BSc in Computer Science from the American University in Cairo in 1995.

Hossam Salem is an experienced people leader who acts as a catalyst in building an organization with a culture of openness, development and inclusiveness with 18+ years of experience in strategic planning, transformation, business partnership, organization development, change management, reward management and employee relations. Leading and developing HR Operations infrastructure and people capabilities for turnaround, medium and high growth organizations.

Built extensive expertise in various domains through projects and business assignments in;

• Strategic business partnerships and Acquisitions.
• Change Management.
• Organizational Design.
• Budgeting and Financial Management.
• Employee Relations and Engagement.
• HR Operations and HRIS.
• Total Reward Management.
• Talent Management
• Performance Development.
• HR Policies, Procedures and Labour Law

CAREER ASSIGNMENTS
1. Smart Group , Chief Human Resources Officer
2. Smart Group , Chief Human Resources Officer
3. Silo Foods , Chief Human Resources Officer
4. G4S Security Solutions , HR Director
5. Kellogg, Sr. HR Operations Manager
6. Edita Food Industries, HR and Admin Manager
7. Pepsico International – Chipsy Food Industries, Personnel Manager.
8. Juhayna Food Industries, Corporate Compensation and Benefits Manager
9. Heineken Egypt – Al-Ahram Beverages Company, Payroll and Personnel Officer

Tarik Imam is the Regional Sales Manager for Middle East and Africa (MEA) at Nintex, the global standard for process management and automation. With over 17 years of experience in leading the sales for various business productivity solutions at global players such as Microsoft and Polycom, Remote Working is his focus.
Tarik has lead Gartner Saudi for several years providing technology insights helping IT Leaders on their strategic decisions.
Tarik Holds BSc in Computer Engineering from Applied Science University-Jordan

Dr. Mostafa is an experienced executive leader in business transformation, merger and acquisitions and shared services strategies. Presently, he is working at National Water Company as General Manager for Directorates Integration & Shared Services Establishment Program. Prior to NWC, Mr. Mohamed headed the HR department at The Saudi Arabian Industrial Investments Company" Dussur"​ is an industrial investment and development company established by three of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's largest and most respected organizations, the Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund (PIF). Prior to that he has a flourishing career with SABIC and STC heading Performance and total reward.

Hanan ibrahim Talent Management consultant with more than 20 years of people management experience. Hanan has been focusing all her career on strategizing different techniques to balance organizations approach to developing employees with new international approaches so that organization can retain and attract good calibers and compete effectively within everlasting talent war. Hanan has added to her professional knowledge by acquiring different certificates and diplomas like CIPD, certified assessor and assessment center design, certified job evaluator from Towers watson and finally on her recent passion and added expertise certified Change Management and internal communication consultant. In addition to her role at Hassan Allam Holding as Director of Talent and performance management, hanan is doing consulting projects helping organizations acquire top employer certificates in addition to helping with internal communication and employer branding. A mother of two hanan has also developed her passion in career and youth coaching adding to her role as Co- founder to Youth leaders foundation.

Marwan Ali is HR Deputy GM at Nissan Motor Egypt. Marwan has around 15 years of experience in big manufacturing corporations as Nissan, PepsiCo, Wadi Group. Marwan is capitalizing on his engineering background to re-engineer the organizations to achieve more business value. Throughout his career Marwan managed many businesses turn arounds to take organizations from loss to profit, and from low to high productivity, using the right organization design and the right talent management strategies. As a big believer in employees’ wellbeing, Marwan currently is finalizing his Doctorate degree in organizational stress management for employees. As an HR expert and passionate educator, Marwan has many speaking engagement with many huge entities as TEDx, AMCham, EgyCham, Egypt Career Summit. On the social side Marwan is a board member in one of the Egyptian NGO which fighting poverty in Upper Egypt.

Ahmed Mostafa Gadallah is the Group CIO for United Food Industries. He has more than 25 years of experience in the IT Industry managing different sectors such as Software Applications, Hardware & Communication, System Support, Leading Teams, creating IT policies, Strategy, Planning, Operational Management, Acquisition & Deployment, SAP & Project Management and Disaster Recovery Processes with a successful track record in executive management.
Ahmed has extensive international experience and knowledge of the IT & Telecom Technology and can direct the planning and implementation of enterprise IT systems in support of business operations to improve cost-effectiveness, service quality, and business development. He has worked for companies such as Sonesta Hotels, Golden Tulip, Alcatel Lucent, SITA, Talaat Mostafa Group, Lafarge, Egyptian Airports Company, Penta Technology and Oriental Weavers.

Innovative Technology Leader Who Has Strategic Visionary and Passion for Improving Technology, Digital Transformation and Personnel to Accelerate Business Growth
Tame Have More Than 21+ Years of Experience Applying IT Management, IT Service, Project Management, Stakeholder Management, Process, IT Governance, IT Operations and Problem Solving for Both Management and Technical to Improve Team and Organization Performance in Aspect to Information Technology Infrastructure, Applications Technology and Digital Transformation. Maximizing Technology Efficiency and Reduce Cost
Tamer have a Proven Track Record of Success in Developing Solutions That Improve the Efficiency of Business Operations, Experience in Developing Long-Term Technology Initiatives and Has Successfully Managed Mega Projects Delivering the Best Practice Business Process in Different Industries Including (Real Estate, Manufacturing, Retail, Constructions Engineering, Service and Public Sector)

Ahmed Elsayed is a high energy, passionate and experienced learning and Development professional with outstanding Experience in facilitating, training, coaching, and management with a number of firms in various industries, specializing in HRM/HCM, Soft Skills, and Business Administration. He has a working knowledge of best practices from needs analysis and strategy to detailed implementation.
He is working as a senior HR Consultant in Multinational, International and Local Companies like Egyptian Textile for Dyeing& finishing, Egyptian Ministry of Agriculture, Ceramic Cleopatra Group, Alnasr Constructions &Housing, IEMIECO Group for lighting Solution, Future Academy, Falcon Pharmaceuticals, PICO Petroleum, Petrojet, Heliopower, PEPSICO, BAVARIAN...etc
Ahmed is DBA holder from London Business School- UK & MBA holder from German University in Cairo and finished 7 Professional Diplomas in Management, HR, Project Management and Business Skills. Ahmed is PHR, SPHR Certified from HRCI. He got the learning experience of Harvard Business Scool. He also got his HR Certificate from American University in Cairo" AUC"
Ahmed is SHRM professional Member from 2006 till now. Ahmed is a television guest in many Arabian T.V channels and interviewed in around 40 programs talking in HR Development subjects.
Ahmed worked as HR &Training Manager for Australian New Zealand Culture Center in Middle East and North Africa.
Ahmed has a Respectful Reputation For his effort in Charity Foundations & NGO's "Resala,Mujaddidun, Life Makers ...etc
Specialties: HR/HC Management, Restructuring, Training and Development, O.D, Coaching and Professional Training"

Dr. Marwa Agha is a Human Resources Expert , Professional Trainer , Career Coach & Business Psychologist as she holds now a position of People Director at Nile MisrHealthcare.
Dr. Marwa hold B.Sc. of Pharmaceutical from Cairo University, she also acquired HR Diploma from the American University in Cairo in addition to her Master of Business Administration from “ESLSCA Business School "one of the leading French Business Schools" specialized in Operation Management, Moreover Dr. Marwa Agha is a certified professional Trainer from ESLSCA business school , experienced Training for more than 7 years in deferent entities & university like BUE, Bloom Business School, HR Council & Top Business.

Area Of Training :
• HR Management )Advanced-Professional)
• Business psychology.
• Business Skills Ex.(Leadership , Change Management , Organizational Behaviors ,Stress Management , Organizational Culture)
• Soft Skills Ex.(Time Management , Communications Skills , Presentations Skills ,Problem Solving )
• TOT

Nermine Elnemr is the Founder & CEO of Al7arefa.com,the 1st marketplace for freelancers and remote talents in Egypt.
Nermine has more than 8+ years of experience applying Marketing,Public Relations and digital communities building in FedEx,Kidzania,Markters for market research and The Egyptian Information Telecommunications Electronics& Software Alliance. Nermine manages network with 40k+ of talents,entrepreneurs and business owners and building with them a safe digital environment for recruiting remote employees and freelancers.

Prior to joining Qalaa Holdings in 2014, Mr. Abd El Sattar has held numerous leadership positions at Raya Group’s Information Technology and Consulting Services, culminating in his appointment as CEO of Raya International Services business unit in 2009. His long career with Raya began in 1993 and included serving as Chief Operations Officer at Raya IT, Director of Professional Services, General Manager of Strategic Projects, General Manager of Oratech, and as General Manager of International Operations.
Mr. Abd El Sattar holds a Bachelor’s degree in Electronics and Communications from the Faculty of Engineering at Cairo University, and a Master’s degree in Business Administration from the Maastricht School of Management.
In 2021, named as CIO of the year for MENA by IDC.
Today, Digital Transitional advisor to QH executive chairman, and an Entrepreneur launching a startup.

Nehal has 25 years of experience in the field of Human Capital Execution and Development. She was exposed to a diversity of cultures (American, Suisse, British and French) and industries within her career moving from Educational industry to Commercial retail, then Pharmaceutical, Consultancy and finally Banking industry. She has several certifications in the field of HR, psychometric assessment; coaching and learning & development.
Her passion in developing people has helped her to move from Learning and Development to Organization Design and Talent Management and finally the executive level of an HR Head.
Throughout her career, she was exposed to several strategic projects that gave her a competitive edge as follows: start up a learning and development department to match the need of the organization; develop a talent management program including assessment centers and career coaching session to ensure visible career progression for employees, HR digital transformation including reforming of HR team to match new best practices; implementation of the HR business partner model to increase the business acumen of the HR, implementation of Pay-for performance model.
She has started her coaching studies since 2016 as life coaching and NLP moving to Executive Coaching in 2019. She was involved in many group coaching sessions for selected talents within the organization to develop and guide their self-development and career progression. Part of being a trainer, she has done one-to-one life coaching and parental coaching sessions. She had also done several seminars for university students to spread the awareness of organization life and how to start one’s corporate career.

Wael Hossam is a business development expert with extensive specialty in Human Capital Management and technology-based management systems. Wael has been always perceived as a driven and credible business ally who sponsors strategic vision with high ability to deliver remarkable results on strategic, functional and operational levels via maximizing the ROI of HR.
He has worked over twenty-five years in a number of local and multinational organizations such as MIDO, HCFI, Maridive Group, Solb Misr Group, ANBORG STEEL, Bibliotheca Alexandrina and the Egyptian Armed Forces. This rich diversified career has cultivated his extensive professional experience which is sharpened with a determined pursuit for the Doctorate Degree in Business Administration (DBA - Managing Digital Transformation) as well as the MBA and HRM Diploma. Also Wael is a visiting lecturer in a number of post graduate studies programs

HR professional with accumulated experience of 19 years in HR field including 12 years in Managerial positions in reputable organizations, where the activities are including Recruitment, Policy Development, Restructuring and initiating of HR and Training Departments in a diversified business arena like Healthcare, Pharmaceutical, Logistics, Luxury Retail (Fashion, Electronics, Jewellery and Cosmetics).

Essam Salah is an IT Expert with a decade of successful experience in leading IT department in Teleco, FMCG and government organizations. Essam specialized in IT security and IT service Management leading a huge IT team and a multi-million dollars IT projects. A strong believer in the importance of the IT security and controls for the business.

HAKIM has been appointed as CAE Chief Human Resources and Transformation Officer starting July 2020, accountable for leading and delivering strategy - oriented transformation initiatives side by side with overseeing all Human R esource functions at the aim of creating progressive and dynamic internal engine empowering key business arms; human capital and internal processes .
HAKIM joined CAE 1999, and achieved several key objectives by managing multiple vital departments including but not limited to : Policy and Assurance, Transformation, Information Security, Business Continuity, Proximity Organization, KYC Sup port, Cross Selling , Sales Development, Payroll and Bancassurance Business Development.
Moreover, Hakim ’s profile in the banking and financial domain is enriched with prosperous developments including CA Internationa l Prospective Program and C A Leading Performance P rogram in cooperation with the European Centre fo r Executive Development (CEDEP). Hakim holds a M aster D egree in Business Administration from West Broke University, USA.

Being a Sales Professional with more than 14 years of experience in IT and Human Capital Management solutions, Diana worked with organizations across industries helping them in their digital transformation and empowering their HR leaders by advising on the right technologies.
Diana is currently working as a Channel Manager at People365 responsible to drive its channel business in the Middle East and Africa region through recruiting, managing and enabling partners.

Dr. Mourad Mansour holds a PhD degree in Management from the University of Tsukuba, Japan in 2003. He is an Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurship and Strategic Management in King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia. His professional interests focus on Entrepreneurship Digital Transformation, Human Resources Management and Development, CSR and Leadership. He has several articles published in refereed international journals.

A well-rounded Human resources development with over 30 years of extensive experience in a variety of industries, functionalities and countries. A passionate and results oriented leader with experience in FMCG and Industrail companies, with a wide cultural understanding and ability to communicate well across different cultures at all levels.
Has exceptional presentation and training programme design abilities, Create exercises, instructional activities and training assessments that reinforce learning, Monitor and report training progress of new and existing trainees and inform management, Contribute to the overall success by identifying ways to continuously improve the learning process.
Managed & worked with people in human Resources in fast pacing multinational companies. Moved quickly from operational to strategic/positions of influence where I was able to align employee expectations to organisational objectives. I have been able to promote and deliver HR with a realistic and pragmatic business approach.
My Expertise includes: strong experience as consultant, trainer ,training &performance management, talent management, People & organization development, Recruitment, Succession Planning,International HR Projects and putting strategy for organizations

Summary of Achievements:
• Developed Elsewedy technical institute (STI) with the aim of cultivate a pool of qualified engineers and technicians for immediate appointment to meet the company increasing demands of highly trained technical people.
< Participate in setting organizational strategy at Elsewedy Electric in 2018
• Developed multiskills techncians program at ELsewedy cables sector
• Designed Leadership Development Program for managerial level at Elsewedy Electric
• Establish assessment and development center at Elsewedy cables sector
• Develop and implement succession plan at UIC
• Developing KPIs for functional departments in cooperation with the management of cable sector
• Managed and implemented Training for Employment initiative (Emirates fund) at Information Technology Industry Development Agency (ITIDA) with the aim of Contribution to the reduction of unemployed youth (considering Gender equity) and Training and Employing 10 Thousand job seekers in the ICT sector.
• Designed and implemented “Culture of Accountability program” at FLSmids with the aim of Establishing a culture where employees take ownership of and be accountable for the company’s success.
• Implemented and coordianted FLSmidth Helwan Cement Institute, Public Private Partnership project between FLSmidth and Helwan University to establish a Cement Institute in Egypt. With the aim of creating a graduate level cement academy that can bridge the educational and qualification gap for engineers graduating from the university and prepare them adequately for a potential career in the cement industry. Estableshed cement diploma accresited form High Supreme of Education.
• Participating in consultation projects at Mis International University in HR field

Having more than 14 years of experience in the Marketing and Communications field within the Information and Technology industry, Stephanie has a vast knowledge in the development and execution of marketing strategies to support sales objectives, market expansion and brand awareness. Stephanie has been heading the Marketing & Communications Department at People365 for the past 9 years, responsible for planning communications strategies, building the company’s brand image, analyzing the Human Capital Management market trends in order to launch new products that can help HR Executives in their digital transformation journey, along with implementing the right digital marketing techniques to reach the company’s targeted audience. She also has an extensive know-how in managing corporate events including her participation in international conferences.

Raghda Fawzy is an HR and change leader with an extensive experience of 25+ years in the HR field across many industries. She has an MSc, HR Education from the University of Louisville - USA and MRes from the University of Liverpool – UK with global certification such as Global HR Strategic Management (GHRSM) – iHRME, Job Analysis (Job Evaluation and Reward Management) – HAY & Training of Trainers Level 5 – DHL. She worked as the main HR Consultant for International Labor Organization (ILO) on the Restructuring and Organizational Development of the National Organization for Social Insurance (NOSI)’s reform along with being the Lead Consultant responsible for Adoption and Change Management on a project Microsoft was implementing for the Taxation Authority under the Ministry of Finance - Egypt.
She held managerial positions in HR in companies such as DHL Egypt, EFG Hermes, Giesecke & Devrient Egypt Ltd (G&D), MAF Egypt, Nahdet Misr Publishing Group, Youssef Allam Group and now she holds the position of Chief Human Resources Officer at Egypt Bakery Stores as well as being a Lecturer in Paris ESLSCA Business School & American University in Cairo.

Maher is a Turkish, Egyptian dual citizen, born in Kuwait, educated in Egypt, and spent most of his adult life in Turkey. Due to family circumstances, he was forced to start his career early while in university.
Hustling from sales and marketing in telecom industry, medical rep in a medical supplies company to tax consultancy in and audit firm until he finally connected with his area of passion, learning, leadership, and talent development and joined BAT in 2008.
Since then, Maher has led different HR roles across different markets from South Africa, Algeria to Turkey and Egypt until his last role as the Cluster HR Director for the North Africa area.
Since an early age, Maher took passion in anthropology, neurobiology, and psychology – he was keen on tapping a different realm in human development, supported by science and digs in a little further than the conventional commercialised leadership understanding. He is an advocate of mental health, mindfulness and neuroscience.

Wafik Atef, Head of IT Strategy & Digital Channels at Banque du Caire. Former Head of Core Banking Applications Support at Emirates NBD S.A.E, 15 years of experience in the IT Banking industry looking after different technology domains, with interest in people capability building and new teams formation from hiring to mastering their space.

Ms. Shereen El Boghdady is currently the Vice President of Human Capital in Majid Al Futtaim – Egypt. She is an Experienced Human Resources expert and a strong operations professional with a demonstrated history of working in the food production industry. Skilled in Negotiation, Talent Management, Fast-Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG), Change Management, and Conflict Management. She brings 20 years of experience within the HR industry where she excelled in the following:

• Strong management of COVID situation with focus on execution, business sustainability and people safety.
• Creating a strong pipeline of leaders to succeed the leadership team and close gaps of critical roles with focus on female growth & development inline of our diversity & inclusion priority.
• Put in place strong engagement & organizational plans to enable the new norm work pattern and culture change mindset.
• Building employee relation strategy with focus on union management.
• Driving succession planning and performance cycles.
• Acting as a change agent and support the organizations in embracing change. Attracting & retaining the right talent.
• Focusing on critical restructurings and strategic changes where she created a robust succession plan through implementing a pipeline of agile leaders and ensured equal opportunities to promote women in executive roles as she made diversity & inclusion her priority.
• Defining business and HR priorities, run the HR agenda and ensures effective, efficient delivery of HR services.

Experienced International Human Resources Director with a demonstrated history of working in the hospitals & health care industry for 19 years’ experience
Skilled in Business Planning, Succession Planning, Negotiation, Human Resources, Analytical Skills, Talent Acquisition, Employees Relations, Employees Engagement, Business Strategy, and Operations Management.
Strong human resources professional with a DBA (Doctorate in Business Administration) focused in Health Care Management.

Reem’s diverse experience has extended over 25 years in the field of Information Technology. She started her career in the Telecommunications sector in Orange with software development, moving afterwards to products development and financial services, whereby she successfully led the digital transformation journey inside the company. Her proven experience in leading organizations through transformational projects has enabled her to acquire a blend of business and management expertise.
In January 2020, Reem joined AXA Egypt leading the IT department then Chief Technology Officer a year later coverig IT, Digital, Data, and PMO with the target to achieve the strategic objectives of the company, successfully transforming AXA to a digitally equipped company.
Reem holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer science from the American University in Cairo as well as a Master of business Administration from the University of Lyon, France.

Wessam Maher is a seasoned executive with over 16 years of experience; he is a Cybersecurity strategist, board advisory, and consultant. He is awarded The Arab CISO of the year 2021.
Engineer Wessam passed through multinational and international organizations during his career, which gave him a wide range of experience and knowledge. He excels in strategy planning, awareness, and board communication.
Wessam combined technical understanding and executive/board-level strategic sense. Wessam has international certificates and accreditation such as CISSP, CRISC, CGEIT, ISO 27001 Senior Lead Implementer, and CDPSE. In addition, he has a video blogger-facebook page that promotes security awareness in Arabic for non-professionals.

Prof. Dr. M. Amr Sadik is one of the HR experts with 4 decades of experience. A Practical-academic, seasoned and accomplished HR senior executive with local, regional and global companies. Currently, he holds the position of Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of Capacity Development Competitiveness Co. for Training (QUODRAT) in Egypt.
Dr. Sadik has won the Stevies Award laureate in 2007 as first Arab winner, and was ranked among the top 20 HR Most International Influential Thinkers in 2014 from UK, and a winner of 17 international HR Awards, in addition to that he was nominated for Professional Excellence Award in Human Resources from the Society of Human Resources Management "SHRM", and in 2006 for Sheikh Rashid Bin Maktoum Award in the United Arab Emirates as the Best Arab Manager. He was also selected as a member of the Harvard Business Review Advisory Council, an opt-in research community of business professionals.
He published his first book “Human Resource Management for Practitioners” in India, and a book called "Making of the Objectives; A tribute to Peter F. Drucker" in Germany, and last but not least "The People Game" in Germany. Also, he is a regular international contributor at HR-Future magazine in South Africa.
Dr. Sadik is regularly participating in HR conferences and summits, worldwide, to opine in current practices and provide his insights.
As educator he teaches at post-graduate level with various business and management schools, and as HR and Training expert with Frankfort School of Finance and Management, International Advisory Services, Germany.

It executive and business leader with 21 Years in business operation , risk assessment , systems security design implementation , procurements , contract bidding auditing support complete understand how business and IT work together to achieve organization missions

Mohamed Abdeen is the Technical channel enablement manager for Emerging markets at Nintex, the global standard for process management and automation. With over 13 years of experience with software development, solutions across the Middle East, Africa, and East Europe. Mohamed loves to dig into customer problems and solve them using the right mixture of technologies. Mohamed creates, scales, and optimizes solutions that matter. to accomplish this, he focuses on key results and quickly adapt to new insights.
Mohamed plays various roles across different firms starting with ITWorx, GCSSD, Asset Technology Group, Vodafone International Services (VIS), Etisalat UAE, and currently at Nintex. At Nintex, Mohamed’s mission is to improve the people work through process management & automation.
Mohamed holds BSc in Engineering from Cairo University, Egypt.

Dr. Hegazy has more than 20 years of experience in legal consultation and legislative drafting, with a focus on intellectual property, data privacy, cybercrime, and cybersecurity. He has a Master of International Commercial Law, a Bachelor of Law, and a PhD in Intellectual Property Law.
As a highlight to his extensive experience and profound legacy, Dr. Hegazy served as the Head of the Legislative & Legal Committee at the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology since August 2017. He was also the Director of ITIDA's Intellectual Property Rights Office (from April 2005 till June 2020).
During his time on the MCIT Legislative Committee, and in support of Egypt's ambitious digital transformation strategy, Dr. Hegazy drafted, issued, and negotiated a number of critical legislative/regulatory frameworks, including a cybercrime law and its executive regulations, a data protection law, and amendments to the e-signature executive regulations. He also drafted the Prime Minister's decision to establish the Supreme Council of Artificial Intelligence, as well as the intellectual property rights law amendments.
He was also a member of several inter-ministerial legislative drafting committees, including: the law on land transport services using information technology (Ride Hailing), the law on cashless payment methods, the law on incentives to science, technology, and innovation, the law on small and medium enterprises, the law to establish a fund to support innovators, and so on.
He was in charge of the design, development, and delivery of justice sector training, as well as the coordination of a program collaboration between the Information Technology Industry Development Agency, the Ministry of Justice, and the Public Prosecutor's Office. This program aimed to improve the knowledge and skills of judges, prosecutors, police officers, and government officials involved in intellectual property, telecommunications, e-signature, cybercrime, and data protection laws.
He was also a member of several inter-ministerial legislative drafting committees, including: the law on land transport services using information technology (Ride Hailing), the law on cashless methods of payment, the law on incentives to science, technology, and innovation, the law on small and medium enterprises, the law to establish a fund to support innovators, and so on.
In addition, he is working as a legal/business consultant for the General Union of Chambers of Commerce's digital economy and technology division, as well as the Egyptian Industries Federation's Chamber of Information and Communications Technology.
He is well-versed in the working environments of the Middle East, GCC countries, regional and international organizations.
Dr. Hegazy also teaches at the Cairo University's Faculty of Mass Communications, the National Judicial Studies Center, Egyptian Police Academy, the Arab Academy for Science and Technology, the Faculty of Law at British University in Cairo, and other institutions. He is also a certified data protection officer, lead auditor, information security implementer, and privacy management specialist.

Shereen is a Career Development & Transition Facilitator guiding individual clients in identifying their key career drivers and creating action plans to provide clarity and confidence in their work direction. In addition to her current role, she founded her own long dreamt F&B consulting company Chefs’ Studios, & chose to end her organizational career holding the position of Head of HR at Akam Developments from 2018 till 2021.
She brings along 20+ years hands-on experience in learning solutions project management through managing existing & future business capabilities and identification of short/long term organizational gaps and partnership with Senior Leadership and Top Management to create a learning culture.
Shereen easily connects with people and has a detail-oriented mindset to handle the changing nature of the workforce and operation dynamics. Shereen was the Talent Development Consultant at AB and Associates prior her current role, in charge of end-toend Talent Management Programs and Corporate Academies buildup methodologies.
Before joining she spent 9 years at Vodafone International Services in the capacity of Learning and Development Supervisor mainly responsible but not limited to; supporting the operations with Soft Skills training, development & knowledge management, building trainers’ capacity, managing trainers’ performance through delivering, identifying & recommending appropriate learning opportunities. Nevertheless, responsible for assisting in developing Management and creating individual development plans, and continuously assessing training needs and training impact from an operational aspect.
Earlier Shereen joined ProMark as Senior Associate at the Talent and Organization Effectiveness Unit. She was responsible for supporting the consulting team with organizational development and HR support services projects. In 2005 Shereen was a fulltime company trainer at Allianz Egypt Life Assurance Company, in charge of training the Bancassurance Sales force and the Customer Service Banks’ staff.
Shereen Studied Business Management in the University of the District of Columbia (Washington DC), with Minor Management Information System; graduated with Honors spring 2000. Among her core credentials are:

As the founder and CEO of Interface Business Solutions, Ghallab is known as one of the most influential and successful HRIS subject matter experts in Egypt. From his very humble beginnings in Egypt, Ghallab worked tirelessly for over 16 years and gained a deep understanding of his specialized field (HIRS & Business Automation) of operations within Egypt’s business leaders in their specialization, retail and distribution of telecommunication and home appliances products, Publishing, Content Management, Steel and Glass Manufacturing and Portfolio Business.
Has valuable experience of leading and managing teams in the delivery of the full range of HR & Business Development Activities, which has been recognized to significantly contribute and support the constant needs of the business. Thinks in a strategic manner and possesses strong business management, decision making and problem-solving skills. Which are fully recognized to bring added value in building and maintaining of both internal and external relationships.
Ghallab worked for over 6 years to build and manage a million-dollar corporation Interface Business Solutions, a leading provider of human capital information systems, providing their services to over 48,000 employees within 66 enterprises across Egypt. Today, Interface Business Solutions stands tall among other HCIS providers, with unrivaled services and features to help organizations reach their goals.
Ghallab has a vision to expand and grow HR Digitalization concepts and activities in Egypt and North Africa, and start to transfer the success story did in Egypt to Morocco and Tunisia by testing these markets and partnership with local providers to expand the business there. Ghallab also started to create new jobs in Egyptian market through training potential youths on HR and IT from business and technical

Following a career shift from Law, Habab has found her passion in helping companies and organizations create healthy recognition & reward cultures, using the latest project management methodologies, agility, and modern tools & technologies.
For the past 6 years with Merit Incentives, she has designed and launched successful and innovative recognition programs for the biggest players in the Healthcare, Oil, Gas & Energy, Telecommunication & Governmental industries across the MENA region.

Top 100 global marketing & sales leaders 2020. +20 years in technology,growth marketing and startup innovation management. Helped +200 startups in the last 5 years. Holds an MBA from the University of Hertfordshire also certified as Growth Master from Growth University and had an innovation and entrepreneurship certificate from Harvard University.

Majed is the Co-Founder of the first Saudi Association for Shared Services in the region and MENA, Founder of MAITTC Consultancy, and the CISO of SALAMA Cooperative Insurance Company. Also, he is a Certified Digital Business Transformation Officer. Moreover, licensed MCI IT Consultant No.13525 has over 20 years of international professional at both the senior management and technical hands-on in holding, contracting, banking, supply chain, Oil & Gas, real estate, construction, insurance, automotive, and investment services industries in addition to real-time systems and digital transformation once come to the shared services along with other business depts.
His main aim is providing companies with IT insight, enabling businesses, guidance securely and leadership that will foster a successful business decision-making platform using the right set of IT portfolios.
His solid experiences and strong qualifications give him an excellent opportunity to be a great executive leader for the following roles: Information Security, Information Technology, Digital Business Transformation, and Industrial Technology.

Mohammed is responsible for defining and executing Information Security and Cybersecurity Strategy in alignment with the organization’s goal of providing a secure, seamless, and enhanced security and customer experience. Framing information security plans, guidelines, policies, and short-term strategies, and lead information security planning processes to establish a comprehensive information security program. Mohammed has over 15 years of experience in Banking sector focusing on Information Technology and Information Security. Currently besides his role in Tasheel Finance, Mohammed has been appointed as Chairman of SAMA Cybersecurity Committee for Financial Sector, Saudi Central Bank-SAMA. He is also an Advisory Board Member in CISO Forum and International Advisory Board member for CCISO in EC-Council.

Maher Chahlawi is the Chief Executive Officer of People365, responsible for the strategic direction, vision growth and operational excellence of the company. Maher stands at the forefront of the HR technology, being a recognized expert in business processes related to Human Capital Management (HCM).
Through his career path, Maher based himself on the following quote: “It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent. It is the one most adaptable to change.” In order to embrace change and foster the future of work, Maher has focused on business process engineering and optimization with a highlight on developing technology that intelligently manages and empowers the human resources. He has built a reputation for developing business strategies, incubating new business models and building out solutions.
Maher is most fulfilled when helping people to grow professionally. His vision and ability to nurture relationships lead to long-term solutions and success. Embracing the core values of accountability, innovation and growth, he shaped a team of more than 60 professionals. He believes Teamwork is the ability to direct individual accomplishments toward organizational objectives. He encourages his team through coaching, mentoring and upskilling.
Maher is a valued speaker on HCM solutions and trends, presenting People365 regularly in conferences and other industry-related events.

Accomplished and result-driven professional with versatile experience in various facets of business development, business process analysis, and providing need-based solutions.
Proven expertise in developing and implementing robust processes, road maps, and plans to optimize working efficiency and business performance. Instrumental in streamlining processes, achieving desired results, and uncovering areas for improvements. Known for realignment of IT strategy with business strategies to meet core objectives. Strong leader recognized for establishing, supervising, motivating, and enabling teams to achieve goals across complex and evolving environments. Proven expertise in coordinating internal resources and third parties & vendors to execute projects within tight budgetary and time constraints. Articulate and refined communicator; expert at forging and nurturing professional relationships with clients and stakeholders at all levels. Thrives in competitive and challenging markets and adapts to the ever-changing demands of IT industry.

Taher Al-Dabbagh is a highly experienced executive with solid track records with Unilever, Microsoft, Mobily, Landmark Retail Group, and International Maritime Industries (IMI).
He Obtained an Executive MBA from Hult International Business School and B.Sc. In Management of Information Systems from King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, and has completed several executive's development programs from Harvard, Stanford, INSEAD, and London Business School.
Mr. AlDabbagh joined IMI in 2018 as the SVP of Corporate Service; he established and managed Human Recourses, Training & Development, Information Technology, Health; Safety; Environment and Quality (HSEQ), Facilities Management, and Support Services. Currently, he is designated as SVP of Operation Services and oversees Procurement & Supply Chain, Engineering, Assets Management & Marine Operations, and Project Controls.
Earlier; He was the Chief Human Capital and Corporate Affairs Officer at Landmark managing the government's affairs and the human resource strategies and operations for its 15,000 employees across 800 Stores.

Over the past six years, he has directed the HR Systems Support Department, Workforce Planning and Analytics Division, and the Compensation Division. Haithem has been actively participating in the World Economic Forum (WEF) in fields related to the future of jobs and organizational readiness.
His current role is the Chief Human Resources Officer of Johns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare, a joint venture between Saudi Aramco and Johns Hopkins Medicine.
Haithem obtained both his Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering and an Executive MBA from King Fahad University for Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM).

Nabil have more than +20 years of experience in a multinational companies, 10 years in Tetra Pak Arabia as T&D Manager, more than 8 years in GSK (GlaxoSmithKline)as HR Director for KSA, more than 2 years in ACCBC. (Aujan Coca Cola Beverage Company) as Head of HR and Admin - KSA and more than 2 years as VP HR for GCC & Levant with Al Safi Danone. Currently Nabil is the Group CHRO for AlKhorayef Group.

Haitham is the Head of Organization Development at MRSOOL | مرسول. Organization designer, HR strategist, leadership and career coach with more than 14 years of diverse HR experience in different industries. He contributed in several organizational development projects and initiatives, helping people and organizations to grow.

A very dynamic and focused prominent HR executive credited for cultivating and leading best in class Human Resource with exceptional proficiency in Business Turnarounds, Committee Management, Saudization, HR Laws and Regulations, Strategic Planning, Benefits and Compensation, Remuneration, HR Governance, Corporate Change Management, Talent Management, Organizational and Human Capital Development, People Experience, Performance Management, Budgeting, Education and Training Academic, Employee Relations, Government Affairs, Succession Planning, Corporate Structures, Innovation, Company Culture, and Digital Business Transformation. Currently, he is the CHRO of SALAMA Cooperative Insurance Company. In addition to over 15 years of national professional at both the senior management and technical hands-on with a demonstrated history of working in the Insurance, Automotive, Hospitality, and Investment industry.
His main aim is providing organizations with HR insight, enabling businesses, guidance effectively and leadership that will foster a successful business decision-making platform using the right set of HR portfolios which shall ultimately, help organizations to gain competitive advantage through intentional choices in the realm of leadership, culture and talent overall.
His solid experiences and strong qualifications give him an excellent opportunity to be a great executive leader for the Human Resources and Shared Services role.

Abdullah Al-Otaibi joined Saudi Aramco Human Resources in 1988 and promptly advanced through a series of domestic and international leadership positions of increasing reponsibility. Throughout his 33 year career, Abdullah acquired versatile expertise in human resources,performance management, employee benefits, workforce planning, HR process and systems design, M&A HR due diligence, and regulatory compliance.
Professional highlights include leadership assignments as the Corporate Benefits Advisor, Director of HR Services, Director of HR Systems Support, Director of Fujian Integrated Project in China, and as Saudi Aramco’s chief HR executive on the Sinopec and ExxonMobil joint ventures. Abdullah also served as the Head of Compensation and Organization for Aramco Services Company in Houston in addition to development assignments with Chevron and Mercer.
Since April 2015, he’s lead the Human Resources Policy and Planning (HRP&P) Department with enterprise-wide accountability for developing Saudi Aramco’s compensation, benefits, and personnel policy programs impacting 65,000 worldwide employees. He also directs HR special projects, mergers and acquisition due diligence, labor relations activities, and oversees an extensive team of specialists. In addition, as a Board or Committee Member of numerous sizable entities including Motiva Enterprises, Wisayah and Dhahran Techno Valley Company, Abdullah plays a pivotal role in providing strategic guidance to the respective HR organizations in addition to consultative direction to the relevant Compensation committees. Lastly, Abdullah provides extensive guidance on Executive compensation programs to ensure their market competitiveness while also supporting the planned administration of recently announced Saudi Aramco equity programs.
Abdullah holds a BA from King Abdulaziz University in Mass Communication/Public Relations and an MBA degree from King Fahad University of Petroleum and Minerals. To further his development, he has successfully participated in executive management programs at the University of Pennsylvania (Wharton School) and the University of Michigan (Ross School). He is married with four children. Abdullah is an avid reader and enjoys his long walks.

Fahad AlHarthy has accomplished an award-winning professional with comprehensive experience managing overall HR activities. Demonstrated expertise in employee relations development, time management, employment laws, HR digitalization and automation of HR processes, information gathering and budget management. Deft at providing clear guidelines and leadership to teams, implementing HR policies, aligning people strategy, fulfilling business needs and identifying key issues. Strong communication skills combined with proven ability to build robust relationships and manage competing demands that resulted in achieving challenging HR management goals.
He gained the ability to connect dots between all HR functions and automate the process at one platform such as succession plan, career path, career development, competency matrix and dictionary, grading and scale structure and Job profile for each role.
He also has solid involvement with HR tasks for more than 14 years. During his career, he has obtained numerous qualifications such as CIPD, Masters in BA and Major in Organizational leadership change, which equipped him with skills and experiences for any strategic and operations management position

Najla AlSaif has a rich work history with various roles she has taken up across industries with the realm of human resource management. She has worked in various directorial capacities at the National Center of Performance Measurement, Saudi Arabia. As Advisor to the Vice Minister at the Ministry of Human Resource and Social Development and at various roles in renowned organizations like AstraZeneca, Saudi Arabian General Investment Authority and Human Resource Development Fund she has immensely contributed to strategic development of human capital, mitigating public private partnerships for implementing HR programs at ministerial level and part-taking in policy making to direct organizations to fully capitalize on their human resource. As much as she dedicates herself to her professional commitments, she is immensely involved in social causes of inclusive human resource development.

Mr. Turki comes with years of Talent Development and Global Human Resources expertise complemented with strong business process analytics and design. In addition to well established business acumen gained through Stanford Ignite post graduate programs and establishing international operations in a global setting cross borders. A total of 18+ years between IT, Talent Development, Human Resources, Project management and Global assignment.
He strives for change in building high performing organization by establishing its human capital, integrating the support environment and engineering an echo system that allows people to deliver their maximum potential. The value proposition of any organization is delivered through the people who run it.
Mr. Turki Currently is Leading Human Capital Transformation at Ministry Of Finance with a focus on public policies, Organization Development, Capacity building and HR Services.

Basil combines more than 20 years of experience in, organizational development and effectiveness, transformation and change, diversity and inclusion strategic, HR business partnering and general management.
Working with large distinguished multinationals across four continents, he worked his way up from advisor level to establishing his own consulting firm.
With a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Concordia University in Montreal he started his working life with over 5 years experience directly in that field after which, he joined the corporate world commencing his career in HR writing policies, advising and business partnering across all areas of the HR spectrum. Distinguishing himself as a leader in the field and with his achievements, he advanced to managing, directing and setting up HR departments and teams. Within these roles, he had gained extensive experience with change initiatives and transformation programs from medium local to very large global levels. This inspired him to later specialize in organization development and effectiveness, taking on leadership roles in the field, leading, designing and managing transformational and improvement programs as well as start-up organizations, joint ventures and projects, coaching senior and C-level executives and leaders towards achieving operational excellence, delivery of best-in-class results and development of highly capable, effective and high performing organizations, and defining and developing organizational culture.
Basil’s strength lay in is his ability to build long-term trusted relationships with his clients which allows him to be a distinguished thought leader and coach and through which he is able to extract a deep understanding of their requirements in a holistic manner i.e., ensuring the right skills, leadership traits, capacity, potential, personality and cultural fit takes place. He believes real sustainable and continuous improvement results are achieved by examining, understanding and improving on all aspects harmoniously, not in isolation. Furthermore, he has a natural intuitiveness with people which comes in handy when making assessments. < br> Basil has been known for achieving results and inspiring organizations, teams and individuals to perform at their best and an ability to rally people together and nurture a positive working environment.
Basil worked in various locations across the globe whilst working for Gulf International Bank, ResonanceOTI, Ward Howell, Royal Dutch Shell, BAESYSTEMS and British American Tobacco.
Sectors worked in or with include: Energy, Oil & Gas, FMCG, Consultancy, Aerospace and Defense, Health, Government, Banking and Retail businesses.
With a diverse cultural background and speaking 4 languages: English, French, Arabic and Spanish, Basil possesses a broad global mindset with an open-minded and inclusive approach.

Head of OD and Talent Management specialized in Organization Design, Total Rewards, Talent & Performance Management, Organizational Culture, and Change Management. MBA holder with focus on The Maturity of Organizational Development in Saudi Arabia. Certified Job Evaluator (KF & Mercer), Certified KPI Professional, and Certified Psychometric Assessor (SHL & Thomas).

Mr. Turki AlNagaidan is a veteran HR Professional with many years of HR professional experience garnered over a decades on contribution in various Industries. Presently he is the CHRO- at Saudi Credit bureau, SIMAH.
Prior to joining SIMAH Mr.Turki was the CHRO and the Chief Capabilities Officer at Social Development bank, one of Saudi's leading banks. Mr.Turki has diversified his HR professional career in many leading organization's in the Kingdom like Advanced Electronic Company and Saudi Electric Company .

Highly organized, self-Motivated and Dynamic with more than 13 years of experience in the field of Human Capital across range of industries such as Healthcare, Mining, Finance & Banking, Heavy Industries and Government. Currently working with Sharqia Development Authority, as Vice President of Support Services.
Track record in leading Organizational Design, corporate culture Implementation, succession planning, human capital strategy, talent development. I also have successes in developing HR operations by enhancing the process, people and technology cross all levels of organization.

Cyber Security consultant, Trainer, Mentor, and Speaker
Focus Cyber Security & Information Assurance
Acting Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) in one of HealthCare Group then Moved As Acting CISO in Insurance sector Obtained number of certifications: C|NDA, L|PT, C|EH,E|CSA, CCIA, MCITP, Certified BlockChain Engineer ,ITIL Expert, PMP, Prince II,
More than 22 years experiences in IT including 17 years in Information & Cyber Security

Hana joined Serco in 2019 and has since progressed into her current role as Serco’s Regional Human Resources Director. In this role, she drives the importance of employee welfare, nationalisation, enabling business growth, continuous improvement as well as creating and fostering a culture based on Serco’s core values of Trust, Care, Pride and Innovation. Focused on driving Serco’s value proposition in the Middle East, Hana and her team ensure that we remain an employer of choice for professionals in the region with high focus on attracting, developing and retaining our talent.
An expert in the identification of talent for development, Hana drives Serco’s investment in its people, enveloped in robust succession plans and a dedication to continual improvement and development of talent. As part of this, Hana and her team lead the assessment of existing technical and vocational capability amongst Serco’s teams, identifying potential avenues for growth through further training and qualifications. This enhanced the essential service that Serco is able to provide to its clients whilst also enabling employees to succeed and fulfill their potential. Hana leads and drives continuous improvement in all our employment practices and HR operations to ensure the HR operating model is compliant, efficient and provides effective people solutions to enable growth and support to our business. She ensures that market and international best practice standards are embedded and reviewed regularly to ensure Serco Middle East remains a pioneer and a leader in employee engagement and employer work-practice, especially under the diversity and inclusion umbrella.

Mr. Mohamed is an experienced executive leader in business transformation, merger and acquisitions and shared services strategies. Presently, he is working at National Water Company as General Manager for Directorates Integration & Shared Services Establishment Program. Prior to NWC, Mr. Mohamed headed the HR department at The Saudi Arabian Industrial Investments Company" Dussur"​ is an industrial investment and development company established by three of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's largest and most respected organizations, the Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund (PIF). Prior to that he has a flourishing career with SABIC and STC heading Performance and total reward.

Experienced Product Manager with a demonstrated history of working in management consulting industry. Skilled in Negotiation, Busniess development, Strategy , Project Management, and Strong product management professional and with a Master's degree with second honours degree focused in Computer and Information Sciences from Auckland University of Technology.

• In charge Director of Human Resource development – At Ministry of Transport, Communication and Technology.
• Great Motivator and Promote Learning and Development Culture. Create a positive culture in organization.
• Strategic Planning Development Certified and Strategic performance management
• Working in Innovation and Creativity and building capacity.
• Professionally Certified in Talent Management and Employee Engagement
• Certified Career Development and Certified Succession Planning from George Washington University-UK.
• Member in Change Management Committee
• Member in OSHRM
• Lead Human Resources Development projects and Provide Consultancy to Government Entities.
• Expert in Return on Investment from 2013 until Current.
• Expert in Motivational and Engagement programs

Mr. Mohamed is an experienced executive leader in business transformation, merger and acquisitions and shared services strategies. Presently, he is working at National Water Company as General Manager for Directorates Integration & Shared Services Establishment Program. Prior to NWC, Mr. Mohamed headed the HR department at The Saudi Arabian Industrial Investments Company" Dussur" is an industrial investment and development company established by three of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's largest and most respected organizations, the Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund (PIF). Prior to that he has a flourishing career with SABIC and STC heading Performance and total reward.

Expert at building new capabilities and development that takes the organizations to the next level, with over a decade of proven results developing individuals as well as enabling broad organizational change. Life-long learner with a passion for imparting knowledge, applying a consultative and coaching mindset to creating transformational organization change by building partnerships with the right stakeholders and designing and implementing best in class HR solutions. Monther is the Director, Organization Development & Talent Management at Makkah Healthcare Cluster. He is certified Trainer, Consultant, Career Coach, and holding Bachelor degree in Management from KFUPM.

Abdulaziz Alhabib is an HR executive, and he is currently the Director of Talent Acquisition at Saudi Entertainment Ventures (SEVEN) - a PIF owned company. He previously worked for Microsoft, Al Safi Danone, Bank Albilad and other companies across different industries. He is an HR expert, with a career spanning different HR areas, like learning and development, performance management and talent acquisition. He holds an MBA from Missouri State University.

A result-oriented, and keen on accomplishing the organization’s mission and vision, Mr. Mutlaq has demonstrated the utmost professionalism in managing HR & Enabling functions in the past 20 years in Petrochemicals, Energy, industrial & commercial companies. His roles revolved around numerous business functions such as finance, Supply Chain, ERP & IT, and Legal Affairs. He is excellent in diverse business sectors and meeting the organizational goals and objectives relating to performance, stability, profitability and growth.

• Strategic Planning and Balanced Scorecard Methodology.
• Organizational Structure, analyzing the business, and measuring the critical skills of the working teams.
• Re-engineering HCM Policies and Other Business Processes.
• Compensations & Benefits Plan in line with Benchmark.
• Providing Professional Consultations in the field of HR Legal Frame.

HR leader with wide experience and expertise in HR functions. I am a result oriented person and have strong record of achievements in a wide range of HR areas such as Organization & Development (OD), recruitment, talent management, performance management, personnel, HR planning, HR policies, and legal compliance. I lead individuals and teams to maximize performance on organizational and individual levels.
Currently the Assistant Chief Human Capital Officer at King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center with 18+ years of Human Resources and Leadership experience. Contributed to the successful implementation of Agile work arrangements including telework (work from home) at KFSH&RC and led the focus group for continuous communication, monitoring and productivity of agile work arrangements during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Tarik Imam is the Regional Sales Manager for Middle East and Africa (MEA) at Nintex, the global standard for process management and automation. With over 17 years of experience in leading the sales for various business productivity solutions at global players such as Microsoft and Polycom, Remote Working is his focus.
Tarik has lead Gartner Saudi for several years providing technology insights helping IT Leaders on their strategic decisions.
Tarik Holds BSc in Computer Engineering from Applied Science University-Jordan

Filip Rideau is a strategic Managing Director with a vast experience of creating and nurturing strong business partnerships with top tier global companies covering worldwide markets. A polished bilingual (French & English) communicator, he can easily cultivate consensus and influence with professionals of all levels and backgrounds, across developed and developing nations.
Filip has a demonstrated track record in catapulting businesses to sustainable growth while leveraging expertise to capture opportunities and drive competitive advantages. A collaborative leader with a highly developed understanding of strategic vertical alignment and horizontal integration, his key strength areas are strategic market planning & execution, project management & development, budgeting and forecasting, as well as new business development through his GCC network of industry leaders.
Filip is leading the Middle East operations of ManpowerGroup and is focused on growing our strategic partnerships in the region, as well as expanding our solutions portfolio, to continue supporting our clients with value added workforce solutions.

Cyber Security Expert who is managing SOC, GRC, Security Projects, and more than 15 Security Solutions. Implement Best practice of Business Continuity and Cyber Security Controls

• Worked as volunteer at KFMC in Pharmacy services departments (In-Patient and Out-Patient) for One year and six months.
Worked at PHARMACY IT (Pharmacy Informatics and Technology) for one year.
Worked as Storekeeper in pharmacy bulk-store.
Worked in logistic department in AcedrA Pharmaceutical company for 4 months.
Worked as Medical representative at Pfizer Saudi limited from 14 FEB 2019 to 30 NOV.
Worked at Limint Creative Agency as Project manager from 1 DEC 2020 to 30 JUL 2021
Working at Limint Creative Agency as public relation manger since 1 AUG 2020.

General Manager at Sunbulah Group, overseeing the shared services at the group that includes HR, Legal, QAHSE and PR & Corporate Communications. With more than 19 years of experience in technology and communications, FMCG, and office automation industries.
Prior to joining Sunbulah, Omar acted as the Chief HR Transformation Advisor at multiple government and private entities, leading on HR initiatives and partnering with consultants to implement best practices within the organizations. Omar also served as Vice President to Musaed El Seif Group, where he led the HR strategy for the group. He has led the HR transformation journey at Aljomaih Bottling Company, overseeing all HR activities and ensuring the delivery of all key projects. He was able to establish 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.

Experienced Strategic Project Manager with a demonstrated history of working in the human resources industry. Skilled in Negotiation, Business Planning, Analytical Skills, Management, and Management Information Systems (MIS). Strong program and project management professional with a Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.) focused in Business Administration and Management, General from King AbdulAziz University.

Tamim Alkhalifah is an HR executive currently heading Human Capital Development at National Water Company (NWC) with a focus on the areas such as Organization Design, Compensation & Benefits, Talent Management, Performance, HR Digital Transformation, and Employee Engagement,. He has experience in sectors like Utilities, Medical Devices, and Banking. Passionate about connecting with people, Tamim is interested in well-being, work-life balance, and creating better culture & working environment. Tamim holds a Master’s degree in Finance from Seattle University, and a Bacholar’s in Management Information Systems from King Fahad University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM)

Abeer has over 13 years of experience in regional and Saudi-focused positions that span different sectors and industries. Abeer led a number of strategic positions that aim at making HR an effective business partner and vital decision maker. She also led programs driving employees’ engagement and employees’ satisfaction across different organizations with different strategic directions.
In her most recent position as HR Director for a leading, Tier 1 legal advisory firm is Saudi, she developed and executed on a number of transformation initiatives that helped the firm achieve its strategic objectives in terms of engagement with blue-chip clients, attract top notch caliber and create a culture that values knowhow acquisition and dissemination. The firm won several awards from the most prestigious legal publications and is known today as a thought leader in the market.
In 2017, Abeer was nominated by the Swedish Institute for a program that aims at increasing collaboration between professional women in business and politics in both Saudi Arabia and Sweden. The program targets female professionals with a track record of achievements and social responsibility initiatives.
In 2014, Abeer was nominated for the Women Summit which took place in New York, United States. The program was developed by General Electric Leadership Academy, and it allowed participants to meet some of the most inspiring leaders across different professions and backgrounds.
Additionally, Abeer works with the number of NGOs across Saudi Arabia that are focused on developing the youth in the kingdom through delivering workshops covering different topics, mentoring sessions and career planning.

Achievements

• In her most recent position as HR Director for a leading, Tier 1 legal advisory firm in Saudi, she led various transformation initiatives to Improve and overhaul the entire HR function, its purpose in the firm and philosophy to achieve strategic objectives across the firm. She also worked across other functions to ensure alignment in terms of processes and procedures. She also signed number of Training MoUs with top schools in Saudi Arabia and the US to attract top students and ensure our training and internship programs can be used as an effective talent pipeline.
• At a top bank in Saudi Arabia, she launched employees’ engagement initiatives to help the bank become among the top 10 desired employers and to retain top talents at the bank. She worked with the Rewards and Benefits department to revise and redesign the compensation structure. She also created a social calendar with events of various natures and helped in launching women-exclusive events that led efforts to increase the percentage of females at the bank.

Eng. ABDULRAHMAN has an experience of 27 years in the field of operation, maintenance, HR and Training in the industrial sector. He graduated from King Fahad University of Petroleum and Minerals and got BS degree as applied Mechanical Engineering at the end of 1994. He joined many companies as new graduated engineer in the beginning of his Career and promoted so many times in the Organization. Nowadays he is working as the HR Development Director of SWCC-Jeddah Plant. Abdulrahman drives the importance of employee welfare, enabling business growth, continuous improvement as well as creating and fostering a culture based on his company's core values of Trust, Care, Pride and Innovation. As the Company working ahead to achieve the goals of KSA Vision 2030, Abdulrahman enhancing and Training the workforces to get that.

Rehab Alzohaifi is a seasoned Senior HR professional with a proven track record of delivering strategic and operational HR in fast-paced organisations. For the past ten years, she has built relationships at all levels and maximized human potential and performance throughout the construction and engineering field (Masdar Building Materials and ACC Construction Company), before joining All Entertainment Group in 2020.
Rehab believes that the development of human resources and human capital plays a significant role in an organization's ability to reach maximum achievements, creativity, and desired results. Her experience in building leadership s teams, influencing senior management and prioritizing in fast paced environments has led her to utilize the best modern methods that ultimately empower organizations.
As Director of Resources at the All-Entertainment Group, she oversees a conglomerate of 10 event-centric companies executing talent management, organizational development, operations, succession planning, performance management, and leadership consulting.
Rehab is passionate about her work and seeks to provide opportunities for all employees to create and empower a new class of leaders

Dr. Mourad Mansour holds a PhD degree in Management from the University of Tsukuba, Japan in 2003. He is an Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurship and Strategic Management in King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia. His professional interests focus on Entrepreneurship Digital Transformation, Human Resources Management and Development, CSR and Leadership. He has several articles published in refereed international journals.

Bayan Ahmed has ten years of experience in the fields of Human Resource Management, Innovation and Economic Development and Market Research Study, as well as strong non-profit experience within Education and other industry sectors.
Within HR she has worked in benefits, organizational development, operations, talent management and recruitment. Additionally, she gained experience with the Jeddah Chamber of Commerce and conducted several market research studies looking at Saudi women’s participation within economic development. She obtained her graduate studies from Leeds University in business administration.

Accomplished and highly dynamic IT infrastructure management professional and Information Security offering over 9 years of experience in IT strategy development, project management, system administration, technology implementation and IT infrastructure across various industries. Hands-on experience in closely working with various clients to identify business requirements, design innovative solutions and deliver business critical applications. Successful in designing effective IT architecture along with related policies, procedures and controls. Resourceful individual with in-depth understanding relating to agile methodologies coupled with experience in introducing new systems and implementing changes in existing systems to align with changing business/technology needs. Expertise in designing, developing and implementing complex programmes, products and technical systems. Instrumental in developing and implementing IT business road map and budgets while minimising operating cost

Dr. Anil has over 23 years of experience across diverse industries, from Manufacturing to Hospitality, IT, E-commerce, Title Insurance & Mortgage and Consumer Internet Services. He have been the CHRO of one Fortune 500 New York Stock Exchange listed company and also the CHRO of Indian promoters-led consumer Internet companies.
His past associations have been with top organizations like Fidelity National Financial, Just Dial Limited, Tesco HSC, Patni Computer Systems Limited (CapGemini), Oberoi Hotels and Denso. He have a proven track record of managing 10,000 employee base organizations with a team of about 100 HR colleagues.

Naveen Narayanan, Managing Director - Human Capital Consulting, Solutions & Transformation at KPISOFT. An experienced professional bringing a rich understanding of global Human Capital Strategy, assisting businesses with the challenging task of navigating the digital economy. His experiences can be summarized in 3 broad themes with Human Resources function as anchor.

• The first in People, Talent & Culture leading large scale & global functions for Accenture India, HCL Global, Al Futtaim UAE and Standard Chartered GDS.
• The second in Consulting, platform selling, driving revenue & client success with Arrows (UK, NL), KPISOFT (Asia, EMEA) and Accenture (India) Consulting.
• The third theme in driving digital strategies for Accenture as CIO and other technology led transformations. In my current assignment I have primary accountability to design & deploy enterprise talent solutions for the UAE government (63 departments, 90,000 people)

Shalu Manan is passionate about leveraging the power of process, people & technology to generate results. It takes collective wisdom to create meaningful experiences for people at the core of any business, work or society. As a practitioner of design thinking, she has helped clients and social entrepreneurs reimagine & innovate processes and create better experiences across finance, procurement, supply chain & HR domain.
As a collaborative problem solver, leading cross functional global teams, she has leveraged her deep understanding of lean, six sigma, design thinking and love for technology to drive results and embed change across people supply chain, leadership development and performance management.
Shalu is leading a Genpact wide talent supply chain transformation program that will accelerate revenue realization, tremendously reduce cost of fulfilment and significantly reimagine employee experience.

Chaitali is a Senior Partner with the Management Consulting division of PwC India, and leads the People & Organization Practice for India. Additionally, she is PwC India's Territory Leader for Upskilling for the Digital World and works with clients to help them get ready for the Future of Work.
In her most recent role, Chaitali was a Partner with Korn Ferry Hay Group, and worked extensively with clients in the Technology & Financial Services, partnering with Promoters and CXOs in their leadership journey.
Prior to this, she was operating as the Managing Director of Experis, part of the USD 21BN Fortune 110 – ManpowerGroup, where she was responsible for building and expanding the Professional Services staffing business of the Group across 13 countries in the APME region through both inorganic and organic growth opportunities.
Chaitali has been awarded ‘The Young HR professional of the Year Award’ and the ‘Women at Work Leadership Award’ at the Asia’s Best Employer Brands Awards 2012, Singapore.

Amit Sharma, Chief Human Resources Officer at Volvo Group.
In a career spanning more than 2 decades, he has worked across various HR roles with top of the line organizations, in diverse set of industries such as Indian Oil, Johnson & Johnson, Philips and TE Connectivity.
With focus on Business HR, his experience spans across Talent Acquisition & Management, Organizational Development & Culture, Capability Building and Employee Relations. He is a proponent of bringing technology to HR processes while retaining the human connections in the organization.
As an HR Leader, Amit has been instrumental building a sustainable high performance People Culture in the organizations he has worked for. He has devised and launched some high impact Talent Management & Capability Building programs, Employee Recognition programs and initiatives towards enhancing Employee Engagement and connect of employees with the organizations. Currently, he is also Hon. Vice President of the National HRD Network, Bangalore Chapter.

Vikas Vats is India’s most Sought HR Consultant, Corporate Trainer and Keynote Speaker. Vikas has conducted over 1,900 Corporate Training programs on over 40 topics spoken over 15,000 hrs for over 3,50,000 employees. He has received over 50 Awards and has awarded over 300 Awardees.
As Corporate Trainer Vikas Vats has unique advantage of being Expert in very diverse fields, providing him with the advantage of relating with employees of all levels / types / kinds / functions. He is expert in Psychology, HR, Management, Andragogy, NLP, Quantum Mechanics, Religions, Geeta, Sanskrit, Analytics, Astrology, IT, Computer Programming and much more.

As the Founder of Distribute Consulting and the Remote Work Association, Laurel Farrer starts, strengthens, and leverages virtual workforces to solve corporate and socioeconomic concerns. A global thought leader on the topic of remote work, Laurel collaborates with the world's leading businesses and governments to eliminate virtual worker discrimination, prevent policy retraction, increase remote job accessibility, train distributed leaders, and design economic initiatives. Additionally, she also shares her expertise as a Forbes contributor, subject matter expert for business education curriculum, and virtual software product advisor.

Saptarshi Chatterjee is the Director - Management Consulting, People and Change at KPMG India. Focused on Human Resource consulting professional committed to achieve business excellence through a combination of sound business understanding and passion for HR. With more than fifteen years of experience in both Corporate HR and Human Capital Consulting, possesses significant global exposure on projects in multiple countries across various sectors.

Mukesh Jain is the CTIO - Insights & Data India at Capgemini. An Techno-Biz Leader with ~25yrs experience leading multinational organizations (13yrs MICROSOFT, JIO, NICE & VFS Global) in Digital Transformation, Product Engineering, Large-Scale Development, Big Data Analytics, AI, IoT, Blockchain, Chatbots, Advertising, FinTech, MarTech, Social, Media, Cloud, SaaS, Mobility, Product Quality, setting up & managing Large GIC in India and leading business globally & delivering innovative results.

Sheetal is an HR transformational leader with HR core competencies delivered in cross sector (BFSI, IT & ITES, Consultancy) and cross-cultural environment (Americas, EMEA, APAC) over 20 years.

1. Delivering HR and General leadership results aligned to business strategy and results
2. Digital HR leading to business and people transformations
3. Executive Coach to CXOs and CEOs
4. Talent Management- Succession Planning, Leadership Development, Onboarding and integration
5. Driving Diversity & Inclusion Initiatives

Ranjan works with EXL as their Vice President HR & HR Leader for Healthcare. During his time with EXL he has led multiple assignments within the HR function as the Business HR lead for EXL’s Insurance P&C vertical, the head of Digital Talent Strategy and the BHR and Recruitment lead for EXL’s Digital Business.

Ved Prakash is a well-recognized senior industry professional with a global experience of 28 years in a variety of leadership roles with strategic, business and operational responsibilities in the IT and Management Consulting sectors. He is passionate about Knowledge Management and Collaboration as a key pillar for business excellence and building a sustainable digital workplace. As a Chief Knowledge Officer at Trianz (current), CGI Group and Wipro, he has set up globally recognized KM programs, both internally and for clients. Ved is also an independent consultant to other organizations, guiding them on their digital and people-centric transformation journeys. Ved is a member of CII National KM Committee, core member of KM Global Network, and is on the KM Advisory Board of National e-Governance Division. He has been recognized with Most Impactful KM Professional, Most Influential KM Professional, and Global KM Leadership Awards in the recent past. Under his leadership, Wipro was the proud recipient of Global, Asian and Indian MAKE (Most Admired Knowledge Enterprise) Awards. Ved holds an MBA from Indian Institute of Management Bangalore, and is a B.Tech in Computer Engineering where he was a Gold Medalist.

Chase Warrington is the Head of Business Development at Doist, the remote-first team behind the popular productivity apps, Todoist & Twist, with 80+ employees in 30+ countries. Having worked remotely for more than 10 years, and managed teams spanning all time zones, he is happy to share his experiences about how to make remote work, work. He’s a regular contributor, instructor & consultant to many of the leading remote work courses and publications, as well as the host of his new podcast, About Abroad. Chase is from the US, but is currently calling Spain his home. When not nerding out about remote work, he loves traveling, spending time in the mountains, and taking his husky pup on a jog from time to time.

Magesh Kumar is India's respected Physical Security Professional. Presently, he is Chief Security Officer at Sun TV Network Limited which is owned by Sun Group, one of the largest media conglomerates in India with operations in multi-diversified sectors. Sun TV Network has 33 power packed Television Channels with a reach of more than 95 million households in India.

Rohit Kalro has 20+ years of experience in building teams, products and launching new digital ventures. Leveraging lean, agile and design thinking methods to drive success in launching & scaling businesses in India, Europe & China. Currently leading the digital transformation & strategy consulting practice for ThoughtWorks in India.

Bhagyashree Pancholy is a lawyer and operations expert turned to a SaaS marketer with 8+ years of remote work experience.
Bhagyashree started her career (remote and in a SaaS company) in 2012 as remote law consultant on contract. She have led hybrid and remote teams for 3 years, managing a team of 62 across 8 time zones. She has published India’s first remote work survey in 2018 and then the second one in 2019.
At All Remotely, She help co-located and office-based teams to transition to remote teams and help remote teams understand their teams better with the help of her proprietary assessments.
Their belief that technology should help employees to be productive and safe is the core of our business at All Remotely.

A digital transformation strategist, Atma Godara is a business executive with over 9 years of experience in the field of human resources management, R&D, Networks and ERP. He has worked in HR Transformation, Rewards, Talent Management, Organization Development, Design and Change Management in various sectors such as Robotics, Oil & Gas, Heavy Industries, Consumer Electronics, Energy Management, Banking and Consulting. Atma has been identified as an official SHRM influencer 2020 and is among top 10 HR influencers by Economic Times HR. Atma has also been identified as 40 under 40 budding HR leaders by Jomaby and he volunteers with NITI Aayog in the Mentor India initiative. Atma has been responsible for major change initiatives in his stints with various organizations. His focus is on aligning people strategy, business strategy and organization culture, values and purpose. His mantra being “People is key to running any enterprise successfully”.

Puja is currently channelizing Strategic Finance for Asia region at American Tower Corporation. She is a seasoned finance & accounts professional with more than 15 years’ experience in the domain covering Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Finance, Strategic business finance, Business Transformation, Financial Planning & Analysis and Controllership. She has been associated with various industries including Steel, Power, Telecom Tower Infrastructure, FMCG, Life Sciences and BFSI.
Puja is an alumnus of Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT), Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and Institute of Company Secretaries of India.
At American Tower, she supports strategy development and business decision making with strategy planning & modelling through financial analysis while being customer centric. Puja plays a key role in M&A across Asia-Pacific, negotiating customer MSAs, evaluating investment proposals and critically analyzing competitors’ & peers’ financial strategies.
Before American Tower, Puja was the Assistant Vice President at GENPACT in the role of Global F&A Subject Matter Expert. And prior to that she worked for Jindal Steel & Power Limited.

Manoj Kumar Shrivastava is an information and cyber security professional and into Information Technology field for about two decades. He is working as “Chief Information Security Officer” in one of largest general insurance company in India. His articles on cyber security and privacy are published on various platforms, he has been awarded by different forums in cybersecurity era for his professional works.
He strongly believes in simplifying approach and bringing change in culture, educate employees and people. He also believe in efficient operations and effective governance with strategy.

RECOGNITION
• Articles on cyber security and privacy published on various platforms
• Eminent speaker on various seminars/ webinars and forums
• Awarded by Enterprise IT World as “Cyber Sentinel Awardee of 2019 and 2020”
• Awarded as “Top 100 CISO of the year 2020” and community contributor
• Won “COVID-19 SUPER HERO CISO” award

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Mayur Sontakke is a remote work expert and the Co-Founder at NomadGao, a remote co-living startup. Before starting NomadGao, Mayur built and led remote teams while travelling full time and living in various places in India and SE Asia. Mayur has also advised the Goa government on making the state popular among the remote workforce.

Shambhavi Solanki is an HR thought leader with 16 years of experience across varied roles in HR and Product Management. Her focus has been on Organizational development, transformation and change management. She has worked closely with business leadership across people partnering and culture to drive high impact programs for deep learning, talent management and digital transformation of HR processes. She currently heads strategic HR for the PolicyBazaar.com group and is an alumnus of SRCC and GIM.

Ramakrishna is a passionate Human Resource professional, who see the function as a science rather than art. Focused on ensuring consistent delivery of superior employee experience, he tries to bring in innovation into each intervention. Having been blessed with working under great mentors right from his early days, he believes in mentoring and nurturing teams and individuals he works with. Outside of work, cricket plays a very important role in keeping him physically and mentally agile, which he tries to squeeze in to every weekend.
Ramakrishna currently heads the HR Function for one of the fastest growing housing finance providers in the country, HomeFirst. In his role he works with the business in developing people strategies that ensures business growth while ensuring the organisation becomes one of the first choices for emerging talent.
Prior to this he worked with IDFC (currently known as IDFC First Bank). He lead various interventions in the areas of compensation, benefits, reward strategies, HR Technology, business partnership and HR Operations across all the businesses of IDFC and also played a key part as founding member in the set up of IDFC Bank and its merger with Capital First later. In his last role as Senior Director at IDFC First Bank, he was leading the entire HR Shared Services, consisting of Rewards, Operations, Technology and also Heading HR for the Corporate Services Unit.

Sanil Nadkarni is an executive level management professional with more than 16+ years of core Information Security, Fraud & Risk Management experience with leading Fortune 500 multinational companies like Symantec, Convergys, MphasiS an Hp company , and Capita. His professional experience spans across Banking, Financial, Telecommunications & Information Technology services industries in India, USA, UK, Australia, Canada, and EMEA countries. He has experience from high-end security product implementation to the deployment of process controls and managing information security Risk and managing risk across various geographical regions.
He has extensive experience in building robust information security framework and foundation for IT/ITES/Banking across different geography. He has extensive exposure to Core Security implementation, Vulnerability Assessment, Penetration Testing (Ethical Hacking), Application security, Surveillance audits, Legal & Regulatory Compliance Consulting, Computer Forensics, IT Act & Cyber laws, Security Advisory, Law & Enforcement Cyber Crime prevention

Rajeev has 15+ years of experience in ITES, BPO and KPO industry. As a practitioner of Servant Leadership, he believes in serving his team while helping grow those he leads. Having handled diverse business roles in his career, (Marketing, Business Development, Key Account Management, Operations and Building & Managing Profit Centers) Rajeev has experienced various facets of running a business. In his current role at Flatworld, he leads a team of 2000+ people across multiple locations and has accounted for 200+% of growth in business over the last 3 years. His experience in the US Mortgage & Insurance domain has honed him into an industry expert. Besides helping mortgage lenders & insurance companies overcome operational challenges, he works closely with the tech team of Flatworld to build next-gen solutions for these industries. An MBA in Marketing and alumni of UC Berkeley, Rajeev provides leadership to the largest profit center at Flatworld

She has 30 years of experience most recently leading Strategy and Transformation of the Frontline worker, Employee Experience Journey Simplification, Digital Workplace, Application Rationalisation, SaaS transformation, Service Development and Delivery for 100K users globally in Unilever.
Prior to Unilever, she has worked in IT Services, leading Capability Building, Business Consulting, Account Management and Services Delivery for many Fortune 500 enterprises.
She is passionate about Working Women especially those mid-career, who face challenges in balancing work and home. Her purpose in life is about “Growing Better Together” in all her relationships.

Deepak Talwar is a National Cyber Security Officer for Microsoft India. He is a passionate cybersecurity leader responsible for Microsoft’s security engagement with customers, industry partners, policymakers.
At Microsoft, he is responsible for transforming organizations to adopt an intelligent cloud, building security strategy with advanced technologies such as IoT, AI, Blockchain. As a security expert empowering organization’s solving security challenges within the business environment to remain always safe, secure, and agile to do business. He is an enthusiast to mentor, enable the next generation for accessing technology at ease, share the latest trends and empowering them to be more resilient.
Deepak is a Co-Chairman of ASSOCHAM Security Council and Advisory member at various educational institutes and startups. He completed executive business management from IIM Lucknow. Before joining Microsoft, he spent his 20 years career as a technical leader and business leadership positions at Symantec Corporations, EY, Mcafee, Trend Micro, Convergys India as well as his initial career setting up Cisco Networking academies across India. Hand on technical expertise with the right blend of management skills in the field of Information security, cloud security, data privacy & protection, Governance Risk compliance strategies.

Arti has Over 20 years of experience in Human Resources and Employee Relations ranging from Banking, Financial Services, Technology services and Outsourcing companies across multiple geographies. She is highly driven by values of respect and Integrity. Expert in formulating and streamlining HR policies, talent management practices, performance management systems, leadership development programs and workforce re-engineering programs. Well versed with the employment laws of the country

Girish Rowjee is a co-founder & CEO of Greytip Software. Girish has guided Greytip into the position of a premier HR & Payroll solutions provider that today enables processing of 10 Lakhs+ employee records on a monthly basis. One of the early movers in the Cloud B2B space in India, he’s been instrumental in positioning Greytip as a market leader in the cloud Payroll & HR space with around 9,000+ paying businesses in India and GCC countries. Girish has done his Engineering from SJCE Mysore. He is one of founding members of iSPIRT (Indian Software Product Industry Round Table) and is a Mentor at the Founder's Institute, India.

An alumni of XLR Jamshedpur, Anuja is a dynamic HR leader with over 20+ years of experience working in companies like Wells Fargo, Standard Chartered Bank, SAP Labs, Hewitt Associates and HP. She has worked in almost all areas of HR - HR generalist, Compensation and Benefits, Service delivery and recruitment operations, HR consulting, Talent development, HR change, HR Risk and program management, and in HR transformation.
She currently consults with companies advising clients on their HR set-up and in helping improve employee output.