Talents of Endearment©

Founder of Identity Branding Forum. A veteran  international  consultant and an expert authority speaker on branding, social and  economic matters. He is also a lead architect of global social economic  initiatives.  

He is the founding CEO of Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company (du) since 2005 in the UAE, and the founding CEO of Egyptian Company for Mobile Services (Mobinil) in Egypt from 1998 to 2005.  He is a visionary leader and a notable public speaker in the field.  His vast knowledge and expertise in the field as early as the pre-internet period, placed him as one of the pioneers in France, Europe, the USA, Japan and the entire MENA region.

Founder and CEO of SamTech Middle East - He is a Technology Evangelist, an Entrepreneur, Patent Owner, Awards Winner, Active member in the business community and CSR Ambassador. Samir is a Member of the Board of Directors of the Jordanian Business Council   and Former Chairman of the Palestinian Business Council and active member at the Sustainability Network by Dubai Chamber of Commerce.

Born and brought up in India and married into the Ajmal family who are known for their perfumes. She is a philanthropist - She has been a part of the of the CHF (Children’s Hope Foundation – Group for 18 years) where she, along with her team, raised funds to support disabled children and causes such as SNF center for development, Rashid Pediatric, Al Noor, Manzil, Red Crescent. She has also been sponsoring the education of children in poor neighborhoods of Bangalore, India.  

Ex TOTAL senior Executive. Currently President of Alliance Francaise Abu Dhabi, Board President for UAE University, College of Science Advisory Board, VP of Board for Manzil People with determination center, Chairman for Al Yasat Private School, Toastmaster Basharia club Founder. He is a leadership and management coach and consultant.

Founder and Managing Director  of Al Suwaidi Advocates & Legal Consultants, UAE - Aws is a veteran lawyer with over 30 years legal experience that started in Iraq and now in UAE. 

CEO & Head Dubai Campus & Sr.VP at S P Jain School of Global Management. He has three Post Graduate qualifications in HRM, Business Administration (Marketing), and Labor & Administrative Law and has a PhD in Positive Psychology. He is a Certified Design Thinker from IDEO/Stanford and has thirty-three years’ experience in management consulting, marketing, and management education in India, Canada, Singapore and the UAE.

Prominent  Indian Business Magnate, Social philanthropist, a Renowned Corporate  Speaker, Mentor, Mind-set & Leadership Coach.  He is Chairman &  Managing Director of Raj Group of Companies of Dubai – UAE and Sarrahraj Enterprise Pvt Ltd in India.  

Regional CEO, Board Members and Executive Coach. He is high Growth achieving Leader with substantial experience leading Teams across five Industries and formulating and executing commercial and digital transformation strategies for long-term growth & business turnaround across emerging markets. Opened more than 100 Retail Stores, and coached more than 70 B2B Partners across Emerging markets. Developed a Distributor Management Process to grow Distributor Partners by 2digit. Board Member in more than 10 Subsidiaries and in Strategic partners the last 10 years, in IMEA, APAC, SEE. 

Has over 15 years in combining finance, business development and HR  strategies to successfully implement HR transformation projects across  diverse businesses in the U.A.E. and GCC . 

Former President at MENA College of Management. He is futuristic: Future Education Design. He is active, creative researcher. 13 years of experience in management-high education and research units. He assumed various positions starting from project manager and department head to lab director, Dean and recently Provost. 

Business consultant focusing on the Middle East and India territories; experienced hotelier; senior marketing professional with focus in tourism sector and Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Marketing, UK; entrepreneur in the education sector.

Seasoned business leader & coach with 35 years of industry experience & a track record in successfully

operationalizing strategy & vision for business units, building teams, driving organizational culture, localization, growing operating profit, driving productivity in services, leading business development to deliver top & bottom line financials.