Your board bio: Storytelling to connect the dots
A board bio is a one-page summary that tells a story about you, writes Dr Rony Touma of executive and board search firm Spencer Stuart.
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EU passes 33% quota for women on boards
Women must fill one-third of all EU board director posts or at least 40 percent of non-executive director posts under a new EU-wide directive.
Maryam Zaman
Maryam Zaman Partner and head of corporate governance at KPMG Lower Gulf Maryam Zaman is a Partner and Head of Corporate Governance in KPMG Lower Gulf. She has over 17 years of experience in providing Corporate Governance, Risk Management, Regulatory Compliance, and Internal Audit services in the UAE and in the Unites States. …
Adam Malouf
Adam Malouf Non-executive director and chair of boards for 20+ years Mr Malouf is an accomplished C-suite senior executive (CIO, COO and CFO) and non-executive director, who has lived and worked in the Middle East & North Africa region for 18 years. He has worked in different settings: multinationals, family offices and government, and …
Prof Dame Heather McGregor CBE
Prof Dame Heather McGregor Provost and vice-principal, Heriot-Watt University Dubai, NED at FEET plc, Lowell UK and IGT Professor Dame Heather McGregor is provost and vice-principal of Heriot-Watt University, Dubai. She is a non-executive director at Fundsmith Emerging Equities Trust (FEET) plc, an investment trust listed on the London Stock Exchange, Lowell UK and IGT. She sits …
Jana Yamani
Jana Yamani Secretary General of the Scholarship Committee at the Saudi Arabia Royal Court, and Managing Director of Project 1932 Jana Yamani is the Secretary General of the Scholarship Committee at the Saudi Arabia Royal Court, and the Managing Director of Project 1932, the largest mentorship platform in the region. She sits on a few …
Women on listed UAE boards: From 3.5% to 8.9% in two years, our research report shows
Reach the top in five career steps – how to take one of the UAE’s 808 listed board seats within a decade. Download Aurora50 and MBRSG’s 2022 research report, sponsored by ADNOC, Non-executive board careers in the UAE: A path to gender balance.
Social capital for board directors – how networking takes you the last mile
It is social capital that will take you all the way to a board directorship, says Prof Heather McGregor CBE.
Shining a light on the Gulf’s women board directors
We interview board directors and Manarat members Amani Bouresli, professor of finance at Kuwait University, Natasha Hannoun, head of debt at Shuaa Capital, Meitha Al Hashemi, ADIB group credit officer, and Sara Nooruddin, head of private investments at Osool Asset Management.
Sonia Tatar
Ms Sonia Tatar Executive Director of the INSEAD Corporate Governance Centre Sonia holds a dual Executive Director position for INSEAD Centres of Excellence in Corporate Governance and Family Business. She has an extensive experience in the broad leadership and governance practices combined with Educational expertise. She has been an active member of several Boards and …
