Scaling in the Sand

Today, I’m joined by Cicero Hennemann, Director of Digital, Data & AI at Nagarro. Cicero has been scaling teams for over 15 years across Europe and the Middle East for companies such as Dunhumby, Reckitt, Agthia and now Nagarro, so brings a unique perspective on how to build Engineering teams in different geographies with different Cultural nuances. We’re going to dive into how he’s successful...

Today, I’m joined by Ridaa Shah, co-founder of Daleel, MENA’s first Financial Marketplace. Ridaa is an expert across all things Open Finance, prior to founding Daleel she ran operations for Tarabut Gateway, one of the region’s first and most successful Open Banking start-ups based in Bahrain. We’re going to be talking about the challenges of building in a regulated industry, the clutch control of...

Today, I’m joined by Natasha Corbin, a Talent Acquisition Leader with experience at some of the highest growth tech organizations globally. Natasha was Global Head of TA at Badoo, who IPO’d as Bumble at a $7bn valuation in 2021, and Senior TA Director at Talabat who IPO’d in 2024 at a valuation of $10bn. She is Advisory Board Chair Certified, sits as a Talent Advisor to 500 Global and is the Direc...

Thank you for joining us on Scaling in Sand. Today, I’m joined by Yi-Wei Ang, Chief Product Officer at Talabat. Yi-Wei has been with Talabat for over 5 years and was a central figure in their journey to a successful IPO in December 2024, at a valuation in excess of $10 billion. We’re going to unpick some of that journey and discuss how to ensure a business is ready for such a significant event.

Thank you for joining us on Scaling in the Sand. In this episode I will explore Frank Amankwah's experience in rapidly scaling teams, and how he navigated the challenge of competing with big tech names for talent while blitz-scaling from 10 to 100 employees in six months. Frank is somebody that I’ve been lucky enough to work with in many different capacities over nearly 15 years. Frank has lea...