The Matrix Green Pill

Founded by Sinitta Balchandani, Mama Care is the outcome of her own personal journey. While having a baby is an amazing experience it is also very demanding on every level — physically, mentally, and emotionally. As a young mom, she did not know what to expect after the birth of her child. While everyone advised on the needs of the baby, she was ill-equipped to deal with her baby blues and physica...

Karalynn Thomson, a British expat, who has lived in the UAE for the last 20 years. A lover of animals, she saw first hand the issues the UAE experienced with animal welfare and dumping.  In 2015, she launched the Animal Agency which is the region's only agency providing animal actors and models to the UAE's film and media industry.  It was always her plan to add an educational initiative...

Soham Shah is the CEO and co-founder of Selfdrive.ae, the largest authorized car dealer subscription platform in the UAE. In 2010, when Soham and his co-founder conceived the concept of Selfdrive, they had no idea that an offline, chauffeur-driven concept would turn into a disruptive digital platform.  About this episode In this episode, we find out about the inspiration behind the brand created b...

This is the third episode of a series of conversations with PR Guru and founder of Matrix Public Relations, Jack Pearce. In this episode, Jack shares some more stories from the early days of Matrix. Tune for some stories from Uncle Jack! About Jack Pearce Jack Pearce is the founder of Matrix Public Relations, a company he established in 1999. He has over 30 years PR and journalism experience in th...

Priti was born and raised in NYC to Indian-born parents. Growing up it was a balanced mix of Bollywood films and the Backstreet Boys. She originally wanted to be a lawyer. But one fine day when she was in high school, Priti decided to pay a visit to the MTV studios to watch a taping of Total Request Live. While watching VJ Hilarie Burton do a few links she realized this was definitely more her vib...

About Priti Malik  Priti was born and raised in NYC to Indian-born parents. Growing up it was a balanced mix of Bollywood films and the Backstreet Boys. She originally wanted to be a lawyer. But one fine day when she was in high school, Priti decided to pay a visit to the MTV studios to watch a taping of Total Request Live. While watching VJ Hilarie Burton do a few links she realized this was defi...

Jack Pearce is the founder of Matrix Public Relations, a company he established in 1999.  He has over 30 years PR and journalism experience in the Middle East. He was a co-founder and former chairman of the Middle East PR Association (MEPRA) and regularly spoke at forums and is quoted in the media on public affairs issues. Prior to setting up Matrix PR he was Senior Director of Client Servicing fo...

Basil Bassam is a former pilot for one of the Middle East's largest airline companies. He was made redundant from his position due to the unfortunate downsizing within the company due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Instead of being miserable, Basil picked himself up and decided to create his own company from scratch along with his childhood friend. The company is called ‘Fix a Home’ and it  specia...

Born in Sharjah, UAE, Madhav Dhar has had over fifteen years of experience in a multitude of industries. Moving to the prestigious Doon boarding School in India in 1991, Dhar looks upon this experience as one that helped develop him to who he is today. Upon graduating in 1998, Dhar continued his A-level studies in the United Kingdom and from there, he relocated to Canada, at the age of 19, to stud...

Sarah Tabet is an advocate for Diversity and Inclusion (D&I). She is a frequent speaker at regional and local conferences on the topic of diversity and inclusion and she has recently published the book “Inclusion Starts with U”. She is an HR professional with more than a decade of well-rounded multinational experience in human resources. She is currently based in Dubai and provides global stra...

Aakanksha is a producer and a writer, who has worked for the world's top publications and production houses. An advocate for mental health and the founder of Re:Set. Aakanksha was also featured in the Forbes 30 under 30 last year and she is only getting started! About this episode In this episode, we talk about Aakanksha’s exciting career working with different publications and production hou...

Leena is a UAE National who leads an active, vegan, and eco-friendly lifestyle. She enjoys scuba diving and yoga, as well as traveling the globe when she has the time. She is also a sustainability expert, a certified energy healer, Angel Intuitive, Angel Therapy healer, Law of Attraction &  Life Purpose Coach, and has helped many fabulous single women find their life partner, through her much-...

Gaurav Gera is an Indian comedian and actor who works in Hindi language films and television series. He also worked in Bollywood musical Jhumroo. He is well known for playing the role of Nandu in Jassi Jaisi Koi Nahin. Gaurav has been granted exclusive Snapchat filters on multiple occasions to meet his fans’ demands. Gera started his career with Life Nahin Hai Laddoo on Star Plus and then he playe...

Nazleen Madraswal, better known as Naaz Shah, is the recipient of the Shri Chhatrapati Award and has represented India at the Olympics, World Championship and Asian games. She has won Gold Medals at the Asian Games and Asian Championships and has previously held the post of President of the Women’s Hockey Association of Maharashtra.  She has worn many hats including entrepreneur, sportswoman, volu...

Bianca Riley is an Account Director at Atteline, a fashion, beauty, design, and consumer corporate PR agency headquartered in Dubai, UAE. With both boutique and international agency experience, Bianca brings global best practice to brands in the region to bolster communications and protect brand reputation. Bianca was recently awarded the Rising Star award with the PRCA MENA and was shortly therea...

Akanksha Menezes Nair is the founder of Tickle Tickle Organic Essentials. She is a strong believer in sustainable living and she decided to use her passion for eco-friendly clothing along with her experience in sales to start her own 100% organic clothing brand for infants and toddlers. About this episode In this episode, we talk about the radical shift in her life and career to pursue her passion...

Rajeev started his career with less than $100 savings at a very young age, has been privileged to travel across the Globe with 30 years of international experience providing career opportunities to thousands of workers year after year and empowering Globally.  About this episode In this episode, we chat with Rajeev about his inspiring journey as an entrepreneur and his inner calling to pen down se...

Jack Pearce is the founder of Matrix Public Relations, a company he established in 1999.  He has over 30 years of PR and journalism experience in the Middle East. He was a co-founder and former chairman of the Middle East PR Association (MEPRA) and regularly spoke at forums and is quoted in the media on public affairs issues. Prior to setting up Matrix PR, he was Senior Director of Client Servicin...

Anjali Nerlekar is an Associate Professor in the Department of African, Middle Eastern and South Asian Language and Literatures. She has authored the book, Bombay Modern: Arun Kolatkar and Bilingual Literary Culture (Northwestern University Press, 2016; Speaking Tiger, 2017). She has co-edited a special double issue of Journal of Postcolonial Writing (“The Worlds of Bombay Poetry,” Spring 2017) an...

Anjali Nerlekar is an Associate Professor in the Department of African, Middle Eastern, and South Asian Language and Literatures. She has authored the book, Bombay Modern: Arun Kolatkar and Bilingual Literary Culture (Northwestern University Press, 2016; Speaking Tiger, 2017). She has co-edited a special double issue of Journal of Postcolonial Writing (“The Worlds of Bombay Poetry,” Spring 2017) a...

Sophie Simpson is the Managing Director and Founder of Atteline, a fashion, beauty/wellness, design, and consumer corporate PR agency headquartered in Dubai, UAE. Sophie, alongside her team, leverages global experience, regional insight, and local expertise to package, protect and propel the brands she believes in across the consumer and corporate landscape.  About this episode We talk to Sophie a...

Maryam Yusuf is a Bahraini national, who has lived most of her life here in the UAE. At the age of 22, she decided to start a digital marketing company, which she named Pixel Digital Marketing. She has also  Co-founded another company along with her partner Mohammed Al Attar, called Flashback Photo & Video Digitizing Services, which is a digitizing service company for print photos and camera r...

Malavika Varadan first discovered her love for theatre when she was 13, with the Artists Repertory Theatre in Bangalore. She went on to act in several productions in the city with various theatre groups before she moved to Dubai to pursue her career in radio. She continued to act and be on stage both through her job and outside of it. She was featured as one of Masala's 100 most influential p...

Back in 2018, Najia laid the steppingstone for Sustainable Narrative after studying Sustainable and Ethical Fashion at the Central Saint Martins, London, UK. Najia worked as a fashion designer with various brands which led her to question how the entire design system works. She decided to find a solution for glaring issues such as the unfair pay gap, high rate of production leading to overconsumpt...

Rana Akkad Atassi is a mother of 3 and the founder of Jad's Inclusion School.  had a full life and career shift to become a Social Entrepreneur with a mission to change her community for a cause close to her heart. With her middle son Jad being diagnosed with autism at the age of 2, Rana single-handedly took upon herself the mission to create a platform for special needs inclusion. Rana start...