Haithem A Albalawi has been with Aramco for 20 years and over the past six years, Haithem has directed the HR Systems Support Department, Workforce Planning and Analytics Division, and the Compensation Division. Haithem is currently participating with the World Economic Forum (WEF) in fields related to the future of jobs and organizational readiness.
Haithem obtained both his Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering and an Executive MBA from King Fahad University for Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM).

Amal Haliq is Chief Business Support Officer at Shamal. As a member of the management team, she is responsible for developing and implementing a comprehensive human resources strategy, governance framework and capable of supporting and sustaining the achievement of commercial objectives, with a focus on enhancing talent management and employee engagement throughout the company, She is also responsible of corporate marketing communications, Procurement and Administration.

Amal has more than 25 years of experience in the human resources industry, managing budgets, planning resources, overseeing complex compensation and benefits programmes and enhancing employee performance. Her in-depth knowledge of the industry and ability to bring out the best in people has also earned her a reputation as a leader within the sector.

Prior to joining Shamal, Amal founded AHHR Human Resources Consultancies, a UAE and UK-based human resources and management solutions organisation that develops bespoke solutions to business challenges for a variety of clients in the Middle East, Europe and the United States.

She has also worked with some of the largest companies in the region, including Jebel Ali Free Zone Authority, Dubai Ports Authority, Kodak (Near East) Inc., Tamweel PJSC, SAMBA Bank, Meraas and Majid Al Futtaim.

Amal Haliq holds a bachelor’s degree in Business Information Systems, as well as various management certifications from Harvard Business School and The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) a professional association for human resources management professionals.

Chaitanya Peddi, A true subject matter expert of both HR and Technology, heads product & engineering at Darwinbox. His years of experience as an HR consultant has empowered him to understand the specific needs of the HR Tech market and build a world-class product that can not only optimally automate and simplify HR processes for enterprises enables HR to be a game-changing strategic function. But also

An XLRI alumnus, prior to Drawinbox, Chaitanya worked as an HR consultant with Ernst & Young and consulted global firms on organization design and performance management. Having worked in product development at Verizon and combined with his consulting experience, Chaitanya commands a rare vantage point in the HR Tech space.

Bassam has more than twenty years of experience in the HR field. Bassam was fortunate to have worked in corporate human resources, professional services firms and currently at SAP-SuccessFactors. During his professional career in corporate HR, Bassam assumed advisory and leadership positions; leading, developing, and revamping the human resources operations. In the professional services industry, he was privileged to work with and provide consulting to several organizations in different industries. Currently Bassam, along with an incredibly talented team of people, is helping organizations put their people at the heart of every transformation.

Chris Shennan has been working for Korn Ferry since 1998 working on a wide range of national and international projects.

He has extensive experience working closely with leading Energy Companies in areas of reward, assessment, organisational design, performance management and leadership.

Examples of his projects include:

• Developed reward, benchmarks, design and strategy.
• Developed job families across Upstream and Downstream business units.
• Defined best in class standards for HR processes.

Assessed and re-designed performance management process and implementation

Evaluated Senior executive roles in many of the worlds leading energy companies.

Chris is a Global Partner, currently based in Korn Ferry’s Dubai office. As the Korn Ferry’s Global Sector Leader for the oil and gas industry, he has served as a CRD for two major clients: Shell and BP, and worked with oil clients in the Middle East, Asia and Japan. In his global role he has focused on knowledge sharing in Korn Ferry as well as developing a range of external thought leadership papers on key sector issues based on his project work and research.

Chris has been with Korn Ferry for twenty years. Prior to joining Korn Ferry, Chris worked for Shell UK for five years in a variety of marketing positions. He then joined Roland Berger Strategy Consultants where he specialized in a range of organisational change, and coaching projects in both the public and private sector. Chris has a BA in History from Cambridge University

Hari Abburi is the Global Director for Caltech Executive Education and Managing Partner for The Preparation Company. He consults with CEOs and Companies on agility for their strategy, leadership and organization. He created and teaches a custom course on agility at Caltech Executive Education. He has over 25 years of global experience in transformations and M&As. He is a leading thinker on agility and his book ‘At The Speed Of The Customer’ is set for release later this year.

Ramki performed various HR leadership roles in a career spanning over three decades. He last held the Executive VP & Head of Strategic HR and Organizational Capabilities position at Emirates NBD. INSEAD Business School published a case study on the HR transformation he facilitated at Emirates NBD. Previously, he worked with PwC and Unilever. He recently founded Chrysalis Consulting Solutions that provides consulting, coaching, learning, and advisory services in organizational and leadership development.

Ramki had the opportunity to conceive and execute organizational culture change initiatives and design new-age practices relating to leadership development, performance management, high potential talent, and succession programs. He trained and coached senior leaders and high-performing teams from diverse cultures to help them be at their best.

He has a doctoral degree from California Institute of Integral Studies, USA, a postgraduate diploma in Occupational Psychology from the University of Surrey, UK, and a Master’s degree in HR from Tata Institute of Social Sciences, India. He is an International Coach Federation certified leadership and team coach.

Ramki lives with my family in Dubai. He replenishes his inner self through long walks, mindfulness practices, music, and gardening.

Rajan works in the area of Business Enablement and Leapfrogging Organisations to the next orbit of growth. His firm focuses on 4 practice areas -­ Talent Management, Organisation Transformation, Executive Search and Leadership Skilling. He and his team has cre-­ated the revolutionary One Minute Feedback mobile application tool, Karma Notes.

Rajan has a rich and varied 28 years experience in Human Re-­sources . He does cuNng edge Talent Management work with Marc Effron for Fortune 100 companies across the globe, closer home he is involved with Harvard Business Press, Stanford Seed and SHRM advising, consulting, teaching and coaching their clients.

For the past 9 years Rajan has been consulting, advising, training, coaching and launching organisations in their next growth orbit. He has worked with over 100 clients in varied sectors including Fortune 100 Global, Indian private and public sector companies. His clients seek his advice to solve complex Talent/ Performance Management issues, build robust Talent strategies and Transform Organisations.

Since 1992, Rajan has garnered his expertise through hard-­won experience across multiple sectors – in manufacturing industry he worked with Eicher and Ballarpur Industries, in FMCG with Coca Cola, and in consul;ng with Eicher Consultancy Services (ECS), before geNng into financial services with Max New York Life Insurance (MNYL). He spent over a decade in the financial services industry.

In his corporate career, Rajan has been instrumental in seNng up HR functions, formulating the philoso-­phy, strategy and policies of the function. He has specific expertise in the areas of Performance Man-­agement, Compensation, Feedback & Talent Management. He has been instrumental in Transforming Organisations over the last 15 years. He regularly tweets and publishes on LinkedIn.

Rajan has been trained by Harvard Business Publishing in Case study methodology, DDI in Performance Management & Coaching, by SHL in OPQ Assessments. He is an international speaker, expert in the areas of Human Resources & Performance Feedback.

Rajan is Masters in Personnel Management & Industrial Relations from Panjab University, Chandigarh. He is certified in Organisation Design from IIMB and in Behaviour Economics 101 from Rotman School, Toronto.

Kevin Martin is the chief research officer at the Institute for Corporate Productivity (i4cp); the leading research firm focused on discovering the people practices that drive high-performance.

In addition to guiding i4cp’s research agenda and deliverables, Kevin also advises corporate and human resources leadership teams on best- and next-practices in a broad range of topics that range from talent risk management and corporate culture, to human capital strategy and organizational agility. He also serves as executive sponsor of i4cp’s distinguished Chief HR Officer Board.

Prior to i4cp, Kevin worked for several years at research firm Aberdeen Group where he built one of the industry’s leading human capital management (HCM) research practices and then held a variety of roles of increasing responsibility which included SVP of Research Operations with general management oversight of the company’s 17 research practices, and SVP of International Operations where he led the firm’s expansion efforts in to Europe.

A highly sought-after international keynote speaker on all aspects of human resources and talent management, Kevin has been recognized as a “Top 100 HR Influencer to Follow on Twitter” by Witty Parrot and a “Top 100 HR Influencer” by HR Examiner. His and his team’s research have been cited in leading business media, including Forbes, The Wall Street Journal, Fast Company, Harvard Business Review, Inc. Magazine, Bloomberg, the Financial Times, CFO Magazine, CIO Applications, and on CNBC.

Kevin currently serves on the advisory councils for the University of Dayton’s school of business administration and school of engineering. He also serves on the board of advisors for Bullseye Engagement. From 2005 to 2014, Kevin served on the board of directors for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Massachusetts, which included a two-year term as board chairman (2009-2011). In 2006, Kevin was awarded the Commonwealth of Massachusetts’s “Big Brother of the Year”.

Kevin earned a Master of Business Administration degree from Boston University and a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration degree from the University of Dayton. He resides in the Massachusetts with his wife (Laura) and their three sons.

Tim is a professional with 22+ years of human resource management, IT and consulting experience. Tim is a very experienced business traveler, he has visited 70+ countries over the last 15 years. Holding the Dutch nationality, Tim mainly lived in The Netherlands, but also Helsinki, Los Angeles and currently in Dubai.