From the heart of Jeddah to the innovation corridors of Dubai, Mohammed Salem BaAli is emerging as one of the foremost cross-border investment leaders in the GCC. He has successfully bridged two rapidly growing economic hubs, building a new investment model that integrates real assets, digital infrastructure, and transformative technologies into one unified ecosystem. BaAli […]
Can you share your career journey and what brought you to lead Cotecna’s business across the Middle East? My journey has been shaped by curiosity and responsibility. I started early working for French Telecom providing long distance video conference solutions through Cisco Telepresence in Europe (2009- so it was a big thing then). Later, I […]
Tell us about yourself and how you got started in business I didn’t step into entrepreneurship in the Middle East, I began long before. My foundation was built in Europe, where I spent years working as a PA & PR manager in Formula 1 before launching my own company in luxury event planning. I curated […]
Imtiyaz Abdul Razak Kalsekar, 51, is a second-generation entrepreneur and the CEO and Owner of I’mRasasi Perfumes, one of the Middle East’s most established and respected fragrance houses founded in 1979 by his father, Mr. Abdul Razak Kalsekar. His leadership is rooted in the values he inherited from his father – honesty, consistency, and a […]
Tell us about how you became a business coach. I always dreamed of starting my own business. But for years, I found myself sitting on my sofa after work, wondering if I was destined to keep building someone else’s vision instead of my own. I craved freedom — the freedom to choose how I spent […]
Tell us about yourself and what it is you currently do I’m a strategic communicator with an operator’s backbone—someone who builds brands not just through storytelling, but through the discipline of delivery. Originally from Serbia and now rooted in Saudi Arabia, I’ve spent more than a decade shaping how luxury is expressed, experienced and remembered […]
Rumina Fateally is an investor and serial entrepreneur with over 25 years of C-suite experience, a philanthropist devoted to social progress, and a transformational coach and mentor committed to unlocking human potential. With a vision rooted in possibility and a deep belief in people, she brings together strategy, heart and innovation to build environments where […]
Sherif, could you start by telling our readers a little about yourself and your professional journey? My background is in biochemistry, and I’ve spent the last decade working across the medical device and diagnostics industry. Early in my career, I realised that groundbreaking innovations often fail not because of poor science, but because founders don’t […]
Tell us about yourself and what you currently do.I’m a former hotel leader turned coach and trainer. After nearly two decades in luxury hospitality, from my first internship at the InterContinental Berlin to auditing and training roles across Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Americas, I founded my own coaching and consulting practice. Today, […]
In an era where parts of the healthcare industry are driven by scale and financial engineering, Dr. Amjad M. Hammad, MD, MBA, is building something different. Baraka Prosperity Partners, the physician-led, values-aligned investment firm he founded, is shaping a strategic healthcare corridor linking Jordan, the GCC, and the United States. With a background in retinal […]
