Tell us about yourself and your background Qualifying as a lawyer in 2005 I started out in litigation and moved into commercial property. I have been a business owner since 2011 when I started my family and couldn’t have the career and family life I wanted inside a traditional corporate world, at that time. After […]
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Company Spotlight: Khushbu Bhatia, Partner & Head of Marketing at Smart Zone
Tell us about yourself and your background. I’ve always been deeply passionate about marketing and its power to drive businesses forward. With over 18 years of experience in the field, I’ve had the privilege of working with businesses across various industries, helping them articulate their vision and carve out a niche in the marketplace. Growing […]
Thought Leader Interview: Hanan Ibrahim
Tell us about yourself and your background I am married and a mother of 2 wonderful children – one still in high school and the other currently studying international Marketing in France. I am a Business Economics graduate and started my career at PWC Oman. I then moved to Egypt where I shifted my career […]
A conversation with Michael Mills: Founder & CEO of LuxGiftsnGoods.com
Tell us about yourself and your background. I am an entrepreneur and disruptive influencer. I am the CEO & Founder of LuxGiftsnGoods.com. Founded in Nashville, Tennessee in 2016, LuxGiftsnGoods.com has grown to 4,000+ offerings and 100+ brands whose unique, luxury items for home, women, men, baby and pets are shipped direct to you with easy […]
Business Leader Spotlight: Ben McCabe, Founder of McCabe + Partners
Tell us about yourself and your background I was born in Manchester UK to an English mother and Pakistani father, which gave me an appreciation and curiosity for different cultures and faiths. I studied Political Science at University and once dreamt of being the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. After a year of working […]
A Strategic Guide – How to Build a High-Impact Shared Services Function
In today’s increasingly complex HR environment, where businesses operate across multiple geographies, the need for structure, efficiency, and consistency in HR operations has never been more critical. HR Shared Services (HR-SS) has emerged as a strategic solution, not just to centralize, but to transform how support functions serve the business and its people. Over the […]
How to Elevate Your Business Success when Working with Clients from the Middle East
When working with clients from the Middle East — particularly those who are ultra-high-net-worth (UHNW) — the line between service and relationship-building becomes a fine art. At Knightsbridge Property & Lifestyle Management, we’ve supported royal families, influential business titans, and tech billionaires across Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and the UAE. We offer bespoke lifestyle concierge services […]
Shifting Gears: From Numbers to People. From Science to Art. From Standards to Hearts!
In the current VUCA world and considering an era where career flexibility is a key factor of sustainable success, shifting between unrelated departments is becoming increasingly common. Among the most striking transitions is the move from Audit, a tightly structured, compliance-driven profession to Human Resources, which is well known as people-centric, fluid, and emotionally touched. […]
Female Business Leader Spotlight: Jeri Williams
Tell us about yourself and what it is that you do I’m Jeri Williams, the founder of Smooth Accounting in the UK and Smooth Dubai in the UAE. I’m a chartered accountant, serial entrepreneur, and mum of two boys. After successfully building a UK-based accountancy practice from my garage and growing it into a thriving […]
Rethinking Recruitment: How AI is Quietly Redefining Hiring in the Middle East
Artificial Intelligence is transforming the way we work, and nowhere is this more evident than in how companies hire. For decades, recruitment relied on intuition, CV stacks, and often biased human judgment. But today, the hiring process is being reshaped by data-driven systems designed to make it faster, fairer, and more scalable. In the Middle […]