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Amani Al Sheikh, Regional People Leader- Middle East & Africa (MEA Region)

Amani Al Sheikh

Regional People Leader- Middle East & Africa (MEA Region)·Kroll

United Arab Emirates

Master's degree, Administration And Business Administration

Work experience

Total years of experience: 13 years, 11 months

Regional People Leader- Middle East & Africa (MEA Region)

November 2022 - Present

Kroll

Dubai, United Arab Emirates Hybrid

November 2022 - Present

 Leading the HR team, fostering a professional development culture, and ensuring high levels of team
performance.

 Developing and implementing learning and development programs to address workforce skills gaps.
 Ensuring succession planning and talent management to prepare the organization for future growth or
changes.
 Spearheaded the integration of HRoperations post-merger, consolidating systems and policies across entities
and achieving a seamless transition.

Company industry:
Business Consultancy Services
Job role:
Consulting

Regional Head of Human Resources- Middle East

December 2020 - November 2022

NASCO Group

Dubai, United Arab Emirates Hybrid

December 2020 - November 2022

 Provide reports on all areas of HR, Payroll and Learning and Development, including the
application of Employment Law, HR policy, best practice, and workforce development.
 Advise and strategize on the development of effective employment policies across the company.
 Provide professional leadership, support, and development to HR staff, in order to increase
knowledge, share best practice and to ensure that relevant professional standards are met.
 Ensure that the company complies with current regulations, accepts professional standards,
policies, and procedures.
 Manage the execution of the HR Strategy and core areas of the HR department including
Recruitment, Employee Relations, Workforce Administration, Employee Engagement, Payroll,
Reward and Recognition, as well as maintaining and improving HR systems and management
of the HR budget.
 Drive the continuous improvement agenda with focus on engagement & welfare activities,
maximizing productivity, devolving HR responsibilities to line managers, and building
leadership capability.
 Take a leading role in transforming and strengthening the organizational culture, ensuring that
the company values and approach are displayed.
 Execute a plan for diversity, equality, and inclusion that aligns with company values, business
strategy and commitments.
 Regularly coach, mentor, and support senior and high potential colleagues to identify
individual strengths and development needs, develop and maintain effective relationships and
encourage retention.
 Ensure managers are sufficiently skilled and enabled to access appropriate guidance and
information to manage workforce issues.

Company industry:
Financial Services
Job role:
Human Resources and Recruitment

Regional Talent Acquisition Leader and Regional Human Resources Business Partner- MENA

August 2015 - December 2020

Marsh & McLennan Companies

Dubai, United Arab Emirates Hybrid

August 2015 - December 2020

 Managing monthly payroll process, liaising and working closely with regional finance teams.
 Provide strategic leadership for HR programs and services, (e.g. Performance Management,
Recruitment and Retention, Compensation, Learning and Development, Employee Health, Wellbeing and
Safety, Employee and Labor Relations, Leave Management, etc.).
 Develop and monitor overall HR strategies, systems, tactics, and procedures across the organization
& the MENA region.
 Partner with business leadership team and human resources to understand strategic business
objectives and develop successful recruiting strategies to meet current and future staffing needs for
assigned line of business(s) or groups; ensure that the Talent Acquisition team is providing the appropriate
level of recruiting service to leadership through follow up meetings.
 Creating a progressive HR experience for the new hires, develop and implement various employee
recognition, reward, and retention schemes to motivate and retain employees.
 Championed employee engagement initiatives to promote a positive working culture through
analysis of engagement surveys to identify improvement opportunities.
 Managed employee welfare cases, secondments, redeployments, and redundancies.

Company industry:
Insurance & TPA
Job role:
Human Resources and Recruitment

HR Manager (GCC Region)

February 2015 - August 2015

Al Ghurair Group

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

February 2015 - August 2015

 Partner with Leaders/Managers to leverage talent resources, recruiting processes and best
practices; utilize the Centres of Excellence within MMC for guidance and consistency on
staffing issues.

Company industry:
Industrial Production
Job role:
Human Resources and Recruitment

Human Capital Officer Trainee Human Capital

August 2012 - February 2015

Easa Saleh Al Gurg Group

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

August 2012 - February 2015

 Sourcing & screening candidates profile.
 Coordinating prospective candidates, interviewing them through phone.
 Conduct face-to-face interviews with candidates.

 Assisting departments with their recruitment needs through liaison with universities/
advertisers (websites). Participate in recruitment knowledge sharing & best practices.
 Recommend and implement improvements in work processes and procedures within area of
responsibility.
 Control, maintains and updates manpower plan and prepares related monthly and weekly
reports.
 Coordinate with local and overseas recruitment agencies to fill vacancies.
 Coordinate manpower planning process and maintain manpower records.
 Maintains medical, insurance, and other personnel records and forms
 Gathers information on workers feedback, concerns & complaints about insurance.
 Manage the Emiratization strategy to ensure that we comply with government requirements of
employment of UAE nationals.
 Ensure that work placement programs are running well for Emiratis and identify potential pool of
future hires from these placements.
 Make sure that the company has partnership with government organizations / universities for
sourcing & selecting Emiratis and training programs i.e. Tanmia

Company industry:
Retail & Wholesale

Education

Swiss Business School

September 2017

September 2017

Master's degree, Administration And Business Administration

Switzerland

American University of Sharjah

December 2011

December 2011

Bachelor's degree, Marketing & Management

United Arab Emirates

Skills

Leadership
Expert
Leadership
Expert
Employment Law
Expert
Employment Law
Expert
HR Strategy
Expert
HR Strategy
Expert
Human Resources
Expert
Human Resources
Expert
Talent Management
Expert
Talent Management
Expert
Teamwork
Expert
Teamwork
Expert
MicroSoft Office
Expert
MicroSoft Office
Expert
Communication
Expert
Communication
Expert
Leadership
Expert
Leadership
Expert
HR Management
Expert
HR Management
Expert
Customer Service
Expert
Customer Service
Expert
CONTINUOUS QUALITY IMPROVEMENT CQI
Intermediate
CONTINUOUS QUALITY IMPROVEMENT CQI
Intermediate
ECOLOGY
Intermediate
ECOLOGY
Intermediate
EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT
Intermediate
EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT
Intermediate
EMPLOYER BRANDING
Intermediate
EMPLOYER BRANDING
Intermediate
GRAPHIC DESIGN
Intermediate
GRAPHIC DESIGN
Intermediate
LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT
Intermediate
LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT
Intermediate
MANAGEMENT
Intermediate
MANAGEMENT
Intermediate
RESTRUCTURING BUSINESS
Intermediate
RESTRUCTURING BUSINESS
Intermediate
SUCCESSION PLANNING
Intermediate
SUCCESSION PLANNING
Intermediate
Employment Law
Expert
Employment Law
Expert
HR Strategy
Expert
HR Strategy
Expert
Human Resources
Expert
Human Resources
Expert
Talent Management
Expert
Talent Management
Expert

Languages

Arabic

Expert

English

Expert

Memberships

SHRM

Membership

January 2016

CIPD

Membership

January 2015

Training and Certifications

Certifications
Human Resources Management Certification (HRM)
ExecuTrain Customized Service Skills
CIPD UK Professional HR Membership
US Professional HR Membership
CIPD Certificate in Human Resources - Level 7 (Advanced)
Certified Human Resources Professional (CHRP)
CIPD Level 7 (Advanced)
Mar 2022

Hobbies and interests

Photography.
Music,
Reading,
Travel,
Sports,