Experience

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  Coopers & lybrand consulting

  Jan 1987 - Jan 1993

  Senior associate

  • Delivered various Human Resources related assignments to client organisations in the United Kingdom particularly in the privatised utilities sector in the UK.

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  Coca-cola egypt

  Jan 1996 - Jan 1997

  Training & development manager

  Training & Development responsibility for the Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Egypt• Assessed training needs and facilitated commercial and management training workshops.

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  Unilever

  Jan 1997 - Jan 1999

  Human resources development manager

  • Managed talent acquisition and development and the graduate development programme.• Lead project to align employee policies of newly merged Foods and Home and Personal Care businesses in the country. Rolled out the employee policies which minimised staff uncertainty.

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  Cadbury schweppes

  Jan 1999 - Jan 2007

  Human resources director

  • Lead the HR agenda and change management process in restructuring the businesses under one structure following the global acquisition of Adams.• Transformed the performance review process into a competency and coaching based process and introduced self assessment, 360 feedback, and the GROW coaching Model as a way of building organisational capability.

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  Al khalij commercial bank

  Feb 2007 - May 2008

  Head of organisation development

  • Partnered the business leadership team in building the organisational capabilities in a start up bank. The staff numbers grew from 20 to more than 270 from over 30 nationalities.• Introduced Strengths Development programme (StengthsFinder) to the executive team and senior management for building leadership capabilities, a performance focused and coaching culture.• Introduced Gallup’s employee engagement survey (Q12) as a means of measuring engagement across all levels in the bank and setting plans of action at team level for improvement Show less

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  Shell

  Jun 2008 - Jun 2010

  Regional recruitment manager - middle east & russia

  • Set and managed the regional recruitment plans in line with global strategy to deliver the business talent requirements and to build a healthy talent pipeline. • Delivered the regional targets for experienced hires and 90% of graduates in a challenging business environment affected by the economic down turn.• Developed recruitment delivery strategy for the region to ensure alignment with the global model for Middle East & Russia region. Specifically set up Qatar as a regional hub, Dubai and Kazakhstan as satellite operations. Show less

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  Emirates nbd

  Mar 2011 - Jul 2014

  • Partnered business leadership in Saudi Arabia; Qatar; Singapore; United Kingdom, and Egypt in setting and delivering people agenda e.g. building organisational capabilities and improving employee engagement as enablers to delivering business goals. • Led the HR due diligence study and set and implemented the people work plans for integrating the newly acquired bank in Egypt (BNP Paribas) into Emirates NBD• Engaged the leadership team and facilitates the process of identifying, developing, and deploying talent as a strategic business imperative in the organisation. Show less

  • HR Business Partner - International

    Jun 2012 - Jul 2014

  • Head of Talent Management

    Mar 2011 - May 2012
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  Saudi arabian parsons limited

  Jul 2014 - Sept 2020

  Human resources advisor

  • Advisor to Director General Human Resources of the Royal Commission at Yanbu (RCY); partners the leadership team in devising and in implementing solutions to address people priorities at RCY.Work scope included: developing leadership programs for succession; assessing and developing talent; conducting on-the-job mentoring and knowledge transfer schemes; and implementing performance management and coaching.