Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi Emirate, United Arab Emirates
I'm a pragmatic and innovative leader who leverages over 30 years of experience across corporate, military and entrepreneurial roles to drive delivery and results. I'm skilled at bringing together groups of stakeholders to achieve more than they thought possible. Driving a culture of collaboration, trust and accountability I have a very strong track record in delivering outcomes with impact. Examples from my corporate career include enterprise-wide implementations of methodologies & systems, driving culture change & leadership development, developing and improving hard and soft customer experience solutions within large and complex organisations across aviation, commercial real estate, professional services and government sectors. Colleagues describe me as highly credible, empathetic and a good listener, very strong facilitation and leadership skills, strong at building consensus, and focused on delivering towards the big picture. I gain trust of stakeholders quickly to co-create the right solutions to important challenges. I have an ability to simplify complex concepts into straightforward statements that people can relate to and align around. I'm on a constant mission to bring clarity and meaning where they are lacking, and I'm known for being resilient and pragmatically optimistic. I'm also always seeking to expand my own knowledge and am skilled at listening to learn from those around me. Over the past 5 years of running a startup I've had the opportunity of a steep learning curve around product design, app development process, fundraising & investor relations, marketing/advertising/sales/distribution strategy, company administration and a ton of other things that founders get to do. It's been an amazing experience and I'm excited to turn our vision into a reality. I have taken the oportunity to consolidate my practical experience by completing an Executive MBA with Quantic School of Business & Technology, where I'm proud to have graduated with Honours. Graduating from the Founder Institute GCC Core Program is another honour I'm proud to have achieved.
I lead TalentHorizon’s mission to empower leaders and transform organizational cultures globally. With over 30 years of experience across diverse industries—including aviation, healthcare, public sector, defence, and technology—I am dedicated to unlocking leadership potential and driving meaningful change. At TalentHorizon, we specialize in leadership development, team building, and performance management. Leveraging methodologies like Insights Discovery, Hogan Assessments, and Design Thinking, we create transformative programs that foster innovation, engagement, and lasting impact. My passion lies in aligning individual aspirations with organizational goals, ensuring leaders at all levels are equipped to navigate complexity and inspire their teams. Through personalized coaching, interactive workshops, and strategic consulting, I help organizations build cultures of trust, accountability, and excellence. Whether working with emerging leaders or seasoned executives, my focus remains the same—unlocking potential, fostering growth, and guiding leaders to achieve extraordinary results. Together, we redefine leadership, one breakthrough at a time.
As a senior leader within the L&D team, I was responsible for key focus areas across the broad Talent arena: - I drove the leadership development agenda, designing and delivering programs across leadership levels in Etihad (300+ senior manager and 700+ people managers in 2019). - I developed the Talent & Performance frameworks for the organisation and worked with key stakeholder groups to enable culture change required to embed these. - I managed a team tasked with designing and delivering leadership development programs. Key programs included delivering a 2-day program on leadership and innovation to 300+ senior leaders, and a 5-day leadership program 700+ mid-level managers - I was a thought leader in developing people strategy and driving culture change across the global workforce of 24,000, collaborating with stakeholders across the organisation to co-create and deliver effective and realistic high-impact change. - After completing Design Thinking Practitioner certification with Ernst & Young, I helped to enable a people-centric approach to the Transformation agenda by applying Design Thinking methodology in collaborative problem-solving efforts. I trained & mentored colleagues in applying the methodology themselves, thus embedding the capability deep within the organisation. - I played a key role in developing and embedding a competency framework, integrated throughout all stages of the employee lifecycle. - I redesigned the employee recognition program as part of driving culture change.