Romain Gerardin-Fresse is a former political and diplomatic advisor, and award-winning CEO and attorney. As Founder and CEO of GFK Conseils-Juridis, he provides intergenerational wealth, estate planning, luxury lifestyle management and investment advisory services to High Net Worth individuals, affluent families, royalty and governments. He established his first office in the UAE in 2019 and has recently been named […]
Sarmistha Mitra is Founder and CEO of The Wellbeing Sanctuary, a haven dedicated to guiding individuals on transformative journeys towards wellbeing. The center provides an array of holistic healing approaches to restore equilibrium on physical, spiritual, and emotional levels, fostering optimal health through natural means. After entering a new phase of life as a mother […]
Tell us more about what you do? Reach is the first structured mentoring programme for women in the UAE and the first non-profit organisation to be registered at the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC). As a non-profit mentoring programme, Reach is provided to eligible mentees at no cost, to give aspiring female professionals access to […]
I interviewed Samer Abdel Kader, Head of SEI Investments Middle East on their latest advances in End of Service Benefits, an important strategy to research in order to recruit and retain employees. Tell us your name and what you do I joined SEI Investments back in April 2013 and I am currently heading the firm’s […]
Valerie Reynaert is the Founder and CEO of VR Beauty Consulting. Tell us about yourself, your background and why you founded VR Beauty Consulting I am the CEO and Founder of VR Beauty Consulting, a specialist beauty industry consulting firm that partners with aspiring and existing beauty salon owners across the region to create breakout […]
Padmini Gupta is the CEO & Co-Founder of Xare. Tell us about yourself, your background, and your journey to founding Xare. I knew I wanted to become a banker from the age of 9, even though it was a strange career choice for girls back then. When I did eventually become a banker – in […]
Paurush Sonkar is the Founder & CEO at Stallions Capital. Paurush is at the helm of Stallions Capital and as a leading authority and with a background which includes experience as a lead investor in start-ups, he is the go-to person in the MENA region for raising capital. Businesses both established and start-ups are increasingly […]
Tell us about yourself and your background and your journey to founding UniHawk. I always wanted to travel outside of India to study overseas. Taking up a job at a call-centre to overcome the financial challenges, while at the same time honing my English language skills, I earned a scholarship to pursue my higher studies […]
Tell us about yourself and what you do? I lead a globally spread marketing and communication team for a young electrical products brand, Himel. Building a B2B brand operating in 50+ countries and through a convoluted channel by nature has been anything but by the book. The dynamism of the role requires collaborating with various […]
Tell us more about yourself and what you do? I grew up in Geneva (Switzerland) and I was born in Peru. I consider myself lucky to have experienced both cultures going from the rational Swiss side to the more empathetic Latin side. I have always been interested in science and been factual to explain observations […]
