Dr. John McGurk
Advisor, L&TD
CIPD
Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development
London, UK
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After
a multi-faceted career starting as a train driver, becoming
a business academic and HR strategist for the UK airline pilots'
union, he is now CIPD's Adviser on Learning and Talent Development.
He is involved in a range of issues such as psychology of learning,
soft skills, coaching, learning evaluation and global talent
issues. John is an EMCC accredited coach. He likes to relax
by reading, running and watching Fulham.
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Mr. Brad Boyson
Forum Founder and Chair
SHRM UAE
Dubai
UAE
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Brad Boyson MSHRM, SPHR, GPHR is a Canadian national who heads
the SHRM UAE Members Forum. His affiliation with SHRM, the largest
HR association in the world, extends over 12 years and his active
contributions include: teaching PHR/SPHR certification, question
writer for the GPHR exam, three years on the SHRM Global HR
Special Expertise Panel and current taskforce member on the
SHRM ANSI-ISO HR Standardization project.
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Fouzi Bubshait
President
Arabian Society for Human Resources Management (ASHRM)
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Fouazi
Bubshait has been elected as the President of the Arabian Society
for Human Resources Management (ASHRM) January 2009. ASHRM is
a Non-profit organization with a mission of promoting the HR profession
and assist organizations within the Arab countries to improve
their human resources capabilities. Fouzi has been working with
Saudi Aramco for over 25 years and his current position is the
Director of the Training Technical Support Dept in Saudi Aramco.
He holds a BS and Master degrees in Computer Science & Engineering
from KFUPM. In addition, he holds HRD Professional Certificate
and Master Degree in HRD both are from Minnesota University as
well as Post Graduate degree from Texas A&M University in
USA.
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Andrew Finch
Director of Org Dev & Operational
Excellence
Al Ghanim Industries
Kuwait
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For
the past 6 years, Andy has been employed as the Director of Org.
Development & Operational Excellence with Alghanim Industries,
one of the largest family conglomerates in the GCC. Andy has 30
years of HR & OD experience (12 in Kuwait & Saudi Arabia)
and holds an MBA from Cranfield University. In addition, he has
been recognised as a "Fellow" of both the Chartered
Institute of Personnel & Development (FCIPD) and the Chartered
Management Institute (FCMI) and is a regular speaker at regional
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Dr. Panos Manalopoulous
Vice Chairman - Regions
Regional Vice-President, Europe, Middle East and Africa
Managing Partner U.A.E.
Stanton Chase International |
Panos is member of the Board of Directors of Stanton Chase
International as Vice Chairman Regions, and the Managing Partner
of the U.A.E. He has been a member of Stanton Chase since 2003
when he started as General Manager of the Bucharest office and
became Managing Partner in 2005. He is one of the shareholders
of Stanton Chase in Romania, Bulgaria, the United Arab Emirates
and Qatar.
Before being elected as Vice Chairman Regions, he served (and,
currently, is still serving) as Vice-President for EMEA region,
and he also was the Global Practice Leader in Consumer Products
and Services practice group with responsibility over 65 offices
in 45 countries and approximately 25% of the Global Revenue
of the Firm.
Before joining Stanton Chase International he served as Chief
Administrator of the University of Wales Swansea and Managing
Director of IKRP Rokas and Partners, one of the largest regional
law consulting firms with offices in 12 Southeast European countries.
He holds a Bachelor's degree in Politics and International Relations
(American University of Athens), a Master's degree in Diplomacy
with Distinction -University of Lancaster- and a Ph.D specializing
in International Law and Relations, while he is also graduate
of Harvard Business School, Executive Education on Leadership
Development. Additionally, he has graduated from the American
European Academy in Austria, the Council of Europe and the European
Academy in Sweden, Junior Chamber International where he served
as a National President for Greece in 2003. He also holds a
postgraduate diploma from the Officers Academy, Ministry of
National Defence with focus on Economics/Strategic Defence.
Panos has multiple professional associations worldwide.
He was awarded, as CEO, the "Best Consulting Company of
2000 in Romania" award and the "Young Entrepreneur
Award" for three consecutive years.
He has also published over 100 articles internationally on financial
and business issues, participated in more than 35 Global and
regional Financial and HR Conferences as a key note speaker
and contributed to a number of TV and Radio presentations in
several countries . Under his management, the Stanton Chase
Romanian office has been awarded globally "Office of the
year" for 2006 and 2007.
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Mr. AbdulRahman Tuwaijri
Consultant - Human Capital Development
Saudi Aramco
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Abdulrahman is currently working as HR Development Consultant
with Saudi Aramco. He was involved in various change initiatives
such as Process Improvement, Balanced Scorecard, Knowledge Management
and the World Café design and facilitation. He is also
active in various institutes in the community. He is a board
member of the Arabian Society for Human Resource Management
(ASHRM) and Gulf Society of Organizational Learning (Gulf SoL).
He is also a recognized speaker in various conferences in the
Gulf Region.
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Mr. Kanchan Ghoshal
Director - People and Change Advisory
KPMG Fakhro
Kingdom of Bahrain |
Kanchan Ghoshal is the Director - People & Change Advisory,
at KPMG Bahrain & Qatar. He has 15 years of varied work
experience ranging from HR consulting and talent acquisition
to project management in the process industry and heads the
People & Change/HR Advisory Business Unit for KPMG in Bahrain
& Qatar. His areas of Consulting expertise include large
scale change management; organization effectiveness and employee
engagement; organisation design; HR strategy and diagnostics;
competency development, career & succession planning, learning
& development solutions; and compensation & rewards.
Having spent more than 8 years as with big 4 consulting firms
continuously in the GCC region, Kanchan has worked with diverse
clients in sectors ranging from oil & gas, real estate development,
banking & financial services and large family run businesses
in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar and Bahrain. Prior to joining
KPMG, Kanchan worked for Andersen and Ernst & Young and
he is a regular speaker on business and people related issues
in various wide seminars and is a regular contributor on related
topics to various publications.
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Dr Francine Pinnuck
International Director
EFI International
UAE
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Dr Francine Pinnuck holds a very impressive academic background
possessing five academic degrees including a PhD in Psychology
and Masters in Science (Research) and a Degree in Law. Francine
has held academic and research positions in several universities
in Australia and has presented her work to international acclaim,
at London, Keele, Lancaster and Leeds Universities.
An internationally recognized Mentor, Francine has more than
20 years of experience helping organisations to continually
improve their business performance through customized leadership
development, mentoring, coaching, training, education, assessment
and advisory services in the field of Leadership, Quality, Excellence,
Total Quality Management and Corporate Governance.
Francine's client list reads like the who's who of the International
corporate world. She has a natural engaging style and one of
her greatest skills is her ability to demonstrate to executives
and leaders complex concepts through simple examples which she
will share at the conference.
Prior to entering the corporate world, Francine worked with
several government ministries and for the earlier part of her
career she worked for 10 years as a criminal profiler. Francine
is passionate about cycling and rides her bike through the Swiss
Alps every year. She manages Anna Meares the Olympic Gold Medalist
and world cycling champion.
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Mr Kenneth McKellar
Partner
Deloitte & Touche (ME)
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Kenneth McKellar is the Energy & Resources Leader for Deloitte
in the Middle East, based in Abu Dhabi. He has 30 years' experience
of advising and working with oil, gas and power companies in
Europe and the Middle East. He has a particular focus on Human
Capital issues in the Energy & Resources sector
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Mr Peter J Barrett
Head of Corporate Training
RasGas
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Born and educated in Canada, Peter is a driven and exceptional
hands-on HR and Training Development leader with over 18 years
of strategic and tactical experience. Obtaining his BBA from
Acadia University, MBA from Athabasca University, his Certified
Training Development Professional and his Certified Human Resource
Professional, Canadian designations , Peter has an outstanding
record of achievement in human resource management, training
and development, talent management, HR turn-around projects,
employee relations, succession planning, and organizational
development initiatives.
A former Canadian Military Officer, Entrepreneur, President
of the Centre for Entrepreneurship Education and Development,
Dean of Business at Holland College, Senior Training Manager
for North America, and now with an outstanding Qatari organization,
RasGas, as Head of Corporate Training.
Peter has lead successful implementation of HR and organizational
development projects in governments, business process outsourcing,
health care, military (Army, Navy, Air force), marine engineering,
post-secondary, Energy (LNG both on and off shore) and corporate
education and training.
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Mr Wael Albassam
Corporate HR Manager
Zamil Industrial, KSA |
Wael
Al Bassam is the Corporate HR Manager of Zamil Industrial. He
has an MBA from University College of Bahrain. He is also a Certified
HR Manager and a Chartered HR Consultant.
Before joining Zamil Industrial, Wael worked for British Aerospace
in the training function, and then at Khalid Al Turki as a Group
HR Manager.
He has participated as a speaker in several workshops and seminars.
He is an active member of SHRM, and ASHRM. He is also a member
of the HR Committee in the Eastern Chamber of Commerce.
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Mr Ebrahim Talib
General Manager - Refining
BAPCO |
A Chemical
Engineer by profession, holds a BSc in Chemical Engineering from
the University of Newscastle Upon Tyne, UK. Also holds Diploma
in Management from Darden School of Business Administration, University
of Virginia. Has 30 years experience in Bapco. Joined as Process
Engineer in 1981 and held various supervisory and managerial positions
in all areas of refinery operations. Currently holds the position
of General Manager - Refining Division, and is responsible for
the major part of the Supply Chain Process which includes planning,
operations and oil storage & export functions. Refining Division,
which is considered to be the most critical core area of Bapco's
business, with a manpower of 930 employees, consists of a total
of 7 departments; namely, Oil Processing (North & South),
Refinery Operations Planning, Technical Services, Power &
Utilities, Oil storage & Export and Fire, Health & Safety.
Some of the major improvement initiatives currently being led
are:
- Energy Conservation and Optimization in the Refinery, which
was successful in reducing the Energy Intensity Index (EII) by
at least 15 points.
- As a member of the Steering Committee for the Productivity Improvement
(PI) project, he is tasked with implementation of a number of
potential energy conservation projects and manpower rationalization
initiatives.
- Leader of the Operational Excellence Management System (OEMS)
to achieve sustainable world class performance in the fields of
Environment, Health, Safety, Reliability and Efficiency. This
will touch all areas in the Company and considered the highest
priority in Corporate Strategic Plans.
Some of the initiatives led earlier included:
- Implemented the Single Level Operator concept for the first
time in Bapco. The concept which resulted in significant benefits
including manpower rationalization has since been implemented
in all Refinery areas.
- Led the specification, design, testing and implementation of
an IT SIGMAfine application for Refinery process data reconciliation
which encompasses a total Refinery configuration modeling. The
application is in use for daily Refinery operations.
- Led the implementation of Oil Loss Program and Slop Management
committee which has so far significantly reduced Refinery-wide
oil loss from more than 1.3% to 0.57%.
- Played an important role in the commissioning of 2HDU (Diesel
Hydrotreater) revamp which is an important part of the Low Sulfur
Desulphurization Project (LSDP).
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Mr James Scalise
Sr. Trainer/Analyst
Saudi Aramco |
Jim
Scalise is a Senior Trainer/Analyst at Saudi Aramco, a former
member of the Advisory Board of Technology and Learning Magazine,
honored by IBM as Educator of the Year for the Southern United
States.
He has developed Saudi Aramco's Trainer, Mentor and Evaluator
Certification Programs and has taught and certified thousands
of Aramco staff in those specialties. He has authored related
textbooks, and articles for online publications.
Jim has delivered major presentations to numerous groups of 30
to 300 participants throughout Aramco and to international conferences,
on a variety of HRD topics related to Training, Mentoring, Coaching
and Succession practices.
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Mr Ayman Nadim
Human Resources Manager
Al Jaber Engineering |
Ayman has more than 17 years of professional experiencein multi-nationals/local
reputable firms in the fields of Oil, Retail, Manufacturing,
Construction, FMCG and consultancy in senior positions in Human
Resources Management and Consultancy.
Aymanis currently assuming the position of Human Resources Manager
in Al Jaber Engineering - Qatar overseeing 15 different subsidiaries
with a workforce exceeding 6,500 employees. Previously, has
worked as Group Human Resources Director for Al-Jaber Group
with scope covering 30 Subsidiaries and 68,000 employees in
UAE, also as Human Capital Manager with PricewaterhouseCoopers&
Acting Principal Human Resources Consultant for the Middle East
& Gulf Area. Prior to that, he was handling the HR function
in Clorox, Carrefour (Majid Al Futtaim) and British Petroleum.
Ayman Acted as a consultant for several NGOs in Egypt as well
as in UAE with Abu Dhabi Government, specialized in startup
situations and restructuring of the HR function.
Ayman is also a key note speaker in several events
- GCC Leadership Summit. Keynote Speaker."Global Talent
Sourcing Strategies". Feb 2008 - Dubai.
- HR Construction Summit. Keynote Speaker."Diversifying
the Pool for Recruitment. Exploring New Markets and Opening
New Channels". Jan 2008 - Dubai.
- Board Member "Human Resources Construction Community"
UAE.
- Advisory Board Member "Abu Dhabi Vocational & Educational
Training Institute ADVETI" and Other HR & Construction
forums and seminars in the UAE. 2007/2008.
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