Mohammed Al-Riyami
Omantel
General Manager Talent Management
Future Ready Talent: How Omantel is upskilling for the tech-driven future.
- The skills shift; why upskilling is no longer optional.
- Omantel's capabilities transformation
- Upskilling as a competitive advantage
Shradha A.H. Ahuja
Gulf Marine Services W.L.L
Chief Shared Services / Human Resources Officer (CHRO)
The Silence Crisis: Why Your Best EX Initiatives Are Failing
- The hidden crisis: Employee experience doesn’t fail from lack of vision but from silent breakdowns in systems
- Where EX fails quietly: Payroll delays, IT bottlenecks, and clunky approvals.
- The back-end-forward EX model: A practical framework that flips the traditional script
Chhavee Bahri
Qatar Airways
Vice President HR Strategy, Transformation & Digital
Relevance by Design: How can HR Become Indispensable for Business
- Cut through the complexity of HR transformation to drive fast, tangible business impact
- Challenge legacy thinking: what does HR's relevance depend on?
- Practical real-world tactics to align business and HR leaders to create a movement for change
Peter Kelly
National Bank of Kuwait
EVP - Deputy Head, Group Human Resources
Agile HR
- In the world of future work, we are told that everything will change and keep on changing.
- How is HR going to keep ahead? What will go away, and what just won't?
- What is 'good, better, best' shaping up to be for HR in leading organisations?
- How will we steer an agile path to helping our firms, and our HR people, succeed?
Dr. Don Vimal
American Express
Head of Human Resources - MENA
AI Revolution Unveiled: Redefining HR in the MENA region
- Explore AI-driven recruitment tools enhancing talent acquisition accuracy.
- Discuss predictive analytics for forecasting workforce trends and needs.
- Highlight ethical challenges in adopting AI for HR decision-making.
- Showcase regional success stories of tech-integrated HR transformations.
Maurice Collis
Agility
VP - Leadership & Organisation Development
Leadership in subtle transformation
- How leadership has evolved
- COVID changed everything
- Leadership is a movement
- Priorities in style
The role of HR is undergoing a powerful transformation. As MENA organisations adapt to rapid technological shifts, evolving workforce expectations, and the rise of AI-driven decision-making, HR leaders are becoming architects of agility, resilience, and culture. HR Excellence in MENA 2026 brings together senior HR professionals, industry pioneers, and change-makers to explore how strategic talent management is unlocking enterprise-wide growth. From future-ready workforce planning to inclusive leadership, wellbeing, and the reinvention of performance frameworks—this event is your platform to gain fresh insights, benchmark with peers, and lead the transformation within your own organisation. Join us as we uncover what it truly means to build intelligent, human-centric workplaces in an era of continuous disruption.