Ann-Marie is a highly accomplished and influential human resources executive with over 30 years of experience in leading conglomerates, multinational corporations, and global organizations. With expertise in strategic and operational HRD, she specializes in organizational restructuring, business transformation, mergers, acquisitions, and sales across EMEA, Asia Pac, and the Americas.
As a trusted advisor to Chairpersons, Executive teams, and Boards, Ann-Marie provides invaluable guidance on people vision, strategy, and business solutions. She excels in solving complex business issues in high-pressure environments and is adept at short and long-range strategic planning, ensuring business continuity and growth in rapidly changing markets. Ann-Marie is recognized as an inspirational and visionary leader who promotes people productivity, organizational efficiency, and cost-effectiveness through innovative change.
From July 2021 to October 2022, Ann-Marie served as the Chief People Officer at Alshaya Group in Kuwait. In this role, she was a member of the executive team responsible for HR operations and people strategy for 50,000 employees across 90 consumer brands and 19 countries, including MENA, CEE, Russia, and the UK. Her major achievements included redesigning and implementing an HR operating model to transform the department from an administrative role to a strategic business partner, leading a 30% reduction in G&A costs, and defining the HRD 5-year strategic goals.
Prior to that, Ann-Marie held the position of Group Chief People Officer at Qatar Airways Group She was responsible for shaping the people strategy for the company’s 48,000 employees in over 80 countries. Her accomplishments during this tenure included implementing a three-year HRD transformation strategy focusing on digital HR practices, reducing operational costs by USD 10.5 million, and enhancing the employee brand through a new Employee Value Proposition.
Prior to Qatar Airways , Ann-Marie served as the Executive Vice President (CPO)- HRD at Dubai Airports in the UAE. As a core member of the executive board, she played a pivotal role in formulating and implementing corporate strategy, ensuring customer value proposition and financial contribution targets were met. Ann-Marie successfully restructured the HRD team, introduced cloud-based HR technology, and led various initiatives to improve culture, performance management, and employee engagement.
Her career also includes notable roles such as Internal HR Consultant at Arabtec Holdings, HR Director at 2454 Media, SVP Human Resources at Mubadala Development Company, and Head of Strategic HR Projects at Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank. In each position, she demonstrated exceptional leadership and made significant contributions to talent management, organizational design, policy development, and strategic initiatives.
Recognized as a thought leader and industry expert, Ann-Marie is sought after as a speaker at conferences and events. She is highly regarded for her integrity, work ethic, and passion for driving success in the industry. Ann-Marie is known for building strong relationships based on trust and mutual respect with colleagues, clients, and stakeholders.
In summary, Ann-Marie is a seasoned HR professional with a remarkable track record of driving strategic and operational excellence. Her expertise in organizational development, change management, and business transformation has consistently delivered exceptional results for leading organizations.