Tell us about yourself, your background and what it is you currently do. I am originally from Bosnia & Hercegovina, but I have been based in Dubai for over five years. I hold a master’s degree in business and have more than a decade of experience working in IT companies with a strong focus in […]
Tell us about yourself and what it is you do I am Saja Badran, Culture Transformation and Employee Experience Director at Brand Lounge, where my work sits at the intersection of culture, service, and human experience. Brand Lounge is an ecosystem that treats transformation as a design discipline, believing that a brand promise becomes real only when […]
While organisations continue to evolve their leadership and organisational cultures, too many overlook a key underlying challenge: their prevailing leadership concept. According to the scholars, Kim Turnbull-James and Joanna Probert, the leadership concept is the common perception throughout a workplace of what makes one suitable as a leader. This organisation-wide archetype inevitably prompts some compliance […]
Cognitio Forge is a Singapore-based boutique advisory and leadership development firm that officially launches to support boards, founders, SMEs, and finance leaders navigating growth, transformation, and increasing complexity in today’s volatile business environment. The firm partners with organizations at critical inflection points, offering senior-level insight to build clarity, resilience, and sustainable value creation across commercial […]
How does your Conscious Medical Aesthetics model support sustainable clinic growth? Conscious Medical Aesthetics is a philosophy. It is built on the belief that less is more and that the most powerful results are natural, timeless, and individual. We are not chasing trends, yet we remain very much on trend. In 2025 we see celebrities […]
Tell us about yourself and your background Growing up between continents taught me early that no two environments operate the same way — and neither do people. Every move, every new city, every new school required me to relearn how people communicate, what they value, and how group dynamics form. Over time, this became more […]
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 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 […]
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 a period of unprecedented digital and financial transformation across the GCC, a new breed of leaders is emerging — those capable of combining strategic foresight with financial precision. Among them stands Ahmed Abu Elazm, who describes himself as “a rare hybrid — CEO vision with CFO precision.” With more than 24 years of experience […]
