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We are honored to have Natasha Hatherall as our guest on the show today. Natasha is a Publicist, PR and Marketing Expert with 20+ years of experience. She is the Founder & CEO of  TishTash one of the most sought after and respected independent self funded agencies in the Middle East. In addition Tash is a passionate advocate for women in business and women's health, being one of the first...

We are honored to have Cosmin Manea as our guest on the show today. Cosmin is an AUD alumni, serial entrepreneur and angel investor focusing on investing in sustainable businesses. He was previously one of the founding partners of Instashop, renowned as one of the region's great success stories, before selling the company to delivery hero for $360 million back in 2020. Key Learnings The untol...

We are honored to have Christine Auclair as our guest on the show today. Christine is the Lead of Advocacy and Campaigns at UN-Habitat, the United Nations agency for human settlements and sustainable urbanization. With over 25 years of experience her mission is to promote urban sustainability, the implementation of the New Urban Agenda and the urban dimension of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Dev...

We are honored to have Joelle Mardinian as our guest on the show today. Joelle is a celebrity, entrepreneur, podcast host & brand ambassador with a global audience of over 20 Million people. She is one of the most influential fashion and make-up experts in the Middle East, and has an unbelievable drive and dedication to her mission to help transform people's lives and bring out the beauty...

We are honored to have Alexander van t’Riet as our guest on the show today. Alexander has over 30 years of experience in operations, sales, marketing, strategic consulting and general management. His international business experience spans (B2B) and (B2C) sectors across Asian, European and American markets. He was the CEO of Mai Dubai LLC, the fastest growing bottled water company in the GCC for 7...

We are honored to have Richard Fitzgerald. Richard is CEO and Founder of Augustus Media, an award winning modern media company in the UAE and KSA, publishers of Lovin Dubai, Lovin Saudi and Smashi. He has worked in the media advertising space for almost 20 years at agencies in Ireland, England and the UAE Key Learnings: How Tech Is Changing Media Advice for Young Students Entering the Media Field...

We are honored to have Khaled Kamel as our guest on the show today. Khaled has over 20 years of experience in business management & Cybersecurity having held various regional senior managerial roles in multinational fortune 100 organizations such as HP, Samsung, Lenovo and has his own Consulting firm. In addition he is now the Secretary and Treasurer of the AUD Alumni Association tasked with c...

We are honored to have Dr. Mahmoud Al Burai  as our guest on the show today. Dr. Mahmoud is a Senior Advisor at the Real Estate Regulatory Agency of Dubai mandated to work on a plan to make Dubai more competitive. Before this role he served as the CEO of Dubai Real Estate Institute for 10 years in which the institute graduated 80,000 real estate professionals from the region. He also has been the...

We are honored to have Ambareen Musa as our guest on the show today. Ambareen is the Founder & CEO of Yabi is the first financial education platform in the region and is on a mission to support people in their journey to financial freedom. She has been listed in the Top 50 most influential women in the Arab World by Arabian Business, Winner of the Woman Entrepreneur of the Year by The Entrepre...

We are honored to have Mishal Kanoo as our guest on the show today. Mishal Kanoo serves as the Chairman of The Kanoo Group, one of the largest, independent and longest running family owned groups of companies in the Gulf region. He is also one of the most iconic business figures in the Middle East, a frequent speaker at conferences and has a reputation of a futurist and strategist with a strong tr...

We are honored to have Zaure Rozmat as our guest on the show today. Zaure is the CEO of Kazakhstani media startup The Steppe, which was founded in 2016. Her goal has always been to focus on education, technology, cultural economics and tourism, while avoiding gossip, tabloids and clickbait. The Steppe was one of the first media outlets to utilize native advertising in Kazakhstan, and has successfu...

We are honored to have Dana Abu-Laban as our guest on the show today. Dana is a Journalist, TV presenter, Writer, & Podcast Host & a fellow AUD alumni. Over the past 10 years she has worked across all forms of media including producing multiple shows on MBC. She is someone who is incredibly passionate about storytelling and believes that no matter the medium we must always try and convey t...

We are honored to have Fadi El Khatib as our guest on the show today. Fadi is one of Lebanon’s legendary basketball players with a career spanning over 25 years. He is widely regarded as one of the elite players in the region with over 30+ championships to his name. Nowadays he is the Founder & CEO of Champs Sports Club a leading sports facility & academy where he aims to empower people to...

We are honored to have two of our esteemed Alumni Ms. Ayah Maklad & Mr. Raghdan Hassan as our guests on the show today. Ayah is the Founder & CEO of Maklad Design an Interior Designer Business. She is also a graphic designer, NFT artist, winner of AUD’s Interior Design Showcase 2020, Rotana Hotels F&B Competition & more. Raghdan is an AIA award-winning architect and multidisciplina...

We are honored to have Professor Dina Faour & Mr. Kamal Dimachkie as our guest on the show today. Professor Dina has over 11 years of experience serving the industry between Beirut, Brisbane and Dubai, and joined AUD as Assistant Professor in September 2008.  Kamal is a senior communication executive with +36-year experience in marketing & communications. Middle East, North American, and i...

In this episode we will be continuing our discussion with Roberto Croci. In part 2 we will be taking a deep dive into what it truly means to be an entrepreneur and how to develop a growth mindset. Roberto is the CEO & Founder of Creative Rebels a transformation company to help individuals and organizations break rules that hold them back. With over 20 years’ experience working for the likes of...

Roberto is the CEO & Founder of Constructive Rebels a transformation company to help individuals and organizations break rules that hold them back. With over 20 years’ experience working for the likes of Microsoft and Google, His passion lies in innovation, startups and PEOPLE. Relationship driven, he has bridged the gap between corporates and startups across more than 20 countries, helping th...

We are honored to have Dr. Rola Hammoud as our guest on the show today. Dr. Rola has over 25 years of experience as a medical doctor & is the Chief Medical Officer & Director of Anesthesia services at Clemenceau Medical Center-Dubai. She is also the Founder & Former President of the Lebanese Society For Quality & Safety in Healthcare and works to Ensure that patients are provided t...

We are honored to have Mr. Bassel Kakish as our guest on the show today. Over almost 20 years at Publicis Groupe, Bassel has held various strategic roles. He is now the CEO of Publicis Groupe, Middle East and Turkey and he is focused on strengthening and expanding the Groupe’s offering to help clients succeed through disruptive creative strategy, analytics and insights.  Key Learnings:  The Import...

Toufic is the Founding Partner & CEO of Brands For Less, the largest Off-Price retailer in the Middle East. From growing up in Civil War Lebanon with humble beginnings, to starting Brands for Less with no financial assistance in a parking lot, over the past 20 years along with his business partner & close friend Yasser Beydoun, they have built Brands For Less to become one of the region&ap...