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Nabil Qayed is the Executive Vice President of Corporate Support at DP World GCC, with 27 years of experience at the company. Over the course of his career, he has held significant leadership roles in various departments including Engineering and People. In his current position, Nabil has been contributing to the success of Procurement, Organisational Excellence, Sustainability, Cyber Security, and other General Admin functions with his extensive knowledge and strategic insights. Nabil holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Miami and has participated in the Leadership Development Programme and Global Business Consortium (GBC) at London Business School. He envisions transforming DP World into a benchmark for sustainability and innovation in global trade, leveraging his extensive experience and strategic insights to drive organisational excellence and foster a culture of resilience and adaptability.
Jake Sims is the Senior Vice President of IT Product Delivery at Emirates Group, where he drives technology innovation and delivery across the commercial, customer, and digital landscapes. He leads a diverse, cross-functional team of professionals spanning product management, delivery, architecture, software engineering, quality assurance, and service management. Together, they deliver a range of cutting-edge solutions, from internal business support systems like the contact center platform to customer-facing experiences such as emirates.com and the Emirates mobile apps. Before joining Emirates Group in Dubai, Jake held leadership positions at Telstra (Australia), Cathay Pacific (Hong Kong), and Capgemini (Australia). He launched his career with Accenture in New York, leading large-scale systems integration and software development projects for telecommunications, media, and entertainment giants. Jake holds an MBA jointly awarded by Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management and the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. He also earned a Bachelor of Science in Operations Research & Engineering from Cornell University.
Mohamed is P&G’s Regional Director of Public Policy for Middle East, an elected board director of American Chamber in Dubai and Northern Emirates (AmCham Dubai) and the UAE Circular Packaging Association. He is an experienced, results oriented and highly influential senior leader with 15 years of experience as regional head of public policy, corporate affairs, supply chain, and human resources in CPG sector across Indian subcontinent, Middle East, and Africa Region. Before his currently roles, El-Dabaa led P&G’s RPM supply chain in Middle East and Africa, and their talent acquisition and development, he possesses expertise in advocacy, fiscal & taxes policies, data privacy, international trade, environmental sustainability, corporate communications, market access, global supply chain design and management, strategic sourcing, influential public speaking & storytelling, and organization development. El-Dabaa holds a Master of Mechanical Engineering from Alexandria University, and he previously worked at Varta and British Petroleum Companies.
Osama Ibrahim Seddiqi is the Group Managing Director (MD) of Seddiqi Holding. He represents and works alongside the Board of Directors and Family Strategy Committee to outline the company’s strategic vision and tactical initiatives; while ensuring alignment with the long-term goals of Seddiqi Holding. Osama’s role across the Seddiqi Holding portfolio inclusive of his responsibilities as Vice-Chairman and Chief Financial Officer, including oversight of the Legal, Leasing, Retail Projects and Internal Audit functions. He joined the business in 2005 and was the first member of the Seddiqi family to join the Finance department. He has since evolved the department in line with the organisation’s growth objectives and under his direction, strict financial policies, and procedures have been implemented. Simultaneously, he spearheaded the development of the Internal Audit and Legal department, implementing family protocols and best practices to ensure efficiency, risk control and a cohesive corporate governance practice across the organisation. Osama holds a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from the National American University - Denver. He is a member of the Board of Directors for the Retail Business Group as of January 2024 and Dubai Insurance as of March 2024. Additionally, he is Chairman of the Family Business Advisory Committee and a member of The Advisory Council for Dubai Chamber of Commerce.
Jorge has a PhD in Management from Lleida University in Spain and is a Mechanical Engineer with an MBA (NSU, Tulsa- Oklahoma, USA). Dr Román's areas of expertise focus on the application of strategic management and quality improvement to business in service and products (Benchmarking for Best Practices, Lean Management, VSM, TQM, Business Excellence Framework). He is a visiting professor in several international universities like: Higher College of Technology, University of Chile, Federico Santa Maria Technical University, Universidad del Desarrollo, Chile; Panamerican Business School, Guatemala; Piura University, Peru, Northeastern State University, USA and Lleida University in Spain and has written two books, “Six Steps to Building a Culture of Quality”, and “Business Process Management Applied to Business Excellence & Benchmarking”, both available on amazon (kindle & paperback versions).
Mark is serial Entrepreneur based in the UAE, CEO of ARCET Global, a business community and events organisation which runs one of the largest CX and AI conferences in the World. CRO at RAIZOR AI, a cutting-edge AI Service Delivery Company and President of the AI for Business Institute in the UAE. Mark’s has Project Managed Transformation programs across the world as a consultant. His entire career has been centred on Customer Experience, Leadership and Communications, creating successful businesses around the World.
An expert communications strategist with 27 years’ experience spread across the UK, Europe, UAE and Saudi Arabia. Nigel has a proven record of delivering engaging communications strategies, using a range of channels to influence stakeholders across a variety of audiences. Previously, Nigel led Internal Communications and PR teams for one of the UK’s biggest global brands (The Royal Bank of Scotland Group) and most recently provided communications strategy for the first bank merger in Saudi Arabia (SABB). Closely followed by another merger between a large Bahrain / Egyptian Bank. Nigel has acted as a strategic communications consultant for technology firms Reaktor and Digital of things, helping establish their brands in new markets and lead the debate on topics such as digital transformation, innovation and AI. His work with UAE telecom du helped promote adoption of their digital services and win the Dubai Smart City contract. Nigel has also worked with Dubai Government to promote global best practice in the region’s real estate sector.
