Christian Loos, PhD

Head of People Experience at Create Group Helping leaders and teams do the best work of their lives | Executive Coach | Neuroscientist

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

About

With over 20 years of experience in the marketing and advertising industry, I am passionate about helping brave companies and individuals create the future. As a director at Future Proof Labs, I leverage my skills and knowledge in talent acquisition, executive coaching, and strategic thinking to fuel competitive advantage and transformational growth for our clients and partners. At Future Proof Labs, I lead the talent and coaching divisions, where I solve complex and mission-critical talent briefs, and unlock potential and remove obstacles for high-performance leaders and teams. I am also a certified executive coach from INSEAD, and a member of the Institute of Coaching at McLean/Harvard Medical School. I work with clients such as WPP, INSEAD, and in5 Dubai, providing coaching and mentoring services to executives, start-ups, and entrepreneurs. I enjoy collaborating with diverse and talented people, and empowering them to achieve their goals and aspirations.

Experience

  • Head of People Experience at Create Group
    Nov 2023 - Present · 2 yrs 8 mos

    Building the best digital creative agency in the world. I lead a diverse and talented team of experienced professionals across Culture, HR and Talent acquisition. Our purpose is to build world's best teams and create the conditions for the best work of their lives. From humble origins working around a single desk in a co-working space 10 years ago, to winning our first pitch using a generator to power our laptops, Create is the region’s largest independent digital agency, with a team of 180+ across the UAE, Saudi Arabia and Egypt. We partner with destination brands and nation builders to drive positive cultural and economic transformation, regionally and globally. Our team is built to deliver digital strategy, products, content and innovation through a culture focused on driving impact, award-winning quality, at lightning speed. Awarded Digital Agency of the Year, 2022 & 2023, and Independent Agency of the Year 2023 by Campaign Magazine, and AdWeek's Top 10 fastest growing digital agencies worldwide in 2023.

  • Director at Future Proof Labs
    May 2021 - Present · 5 yrs 2 mos

    Future Proof Labs exists to fuel competitive advantage and transformational growth. www.wearefutureprooflabs.com/Coaching Unlock potential and removes the obstacles to the best work of your life. A high performance coaching practice for ambitious individuals and teams striving for better. www.wearefutureprooflabs.com/Talent (currently on pause) Solves complex and mission critical talent acquisition briefs. We believe great Talent is the single biggest point of competitive advantage and driver of transformational growth for brave companies creating the future. We are specialists at identifying, assessing and securing exceptional Talent. Talent interested in Dubai and the Middle East, please upload your cv or portfolio to the website. Companies you can email me through the website or at [email protected] Skills: Executive search, Executive coaching

  • Executive Coach, INSEAD Executive Coaching at INSEAD
    Nov 2018 - Present · 7 yrs 8 mos

  • Associate Leadership Coach at Center for Creative Leadership
    2023 - Present · 3 yrs 6 mos

    The Center for Creative Leadership (CCL®) is a top-ranked global provider of executive education. We use research to develop people into better leaders — transforming individuals, teams, organizations, and societies. With more than 5 decades of experience working with tens of thousands of diverse organizations in more than 160 countries across 6 continents, we help more than a million leaders at all levels. Website https://www.ccl.org

  • Start-up Coach at in5 Dubai
    Jan 2021 - Apr 2026 · 5 yrs 4 mos

    Working with Founders and their start ups to help navigate challenges and opportunities to deliver better performances and business outcomes. in5 is an integrated innovation platform and well rounded ecosystem, launched by TECOM Group in Dubai, to support the growth of entrepreneurs and start ups within the creative, design, media and production sectors. Launched in 2013 it has engaged with 4,000 technopreneurs and incubated over 160 companies that have secured over AED 58 million in funding. Skills: Executive coaching, Workshop facilitator