Director
VERITAS
مجموع سنوات الخبرة :8 years, 9 أشهر
2008---present
VERITAS
FILMS
DUBAI and
ABU
DHABI
Business
Director
Veritas
Films
is a
production
company
specializing in
creative
corporate and
documentary
films.
- Core
responsibilities:
§• Leadership of
strategic,
legal and
financial
affairs of the
company from
start---up to
present,
including
negotiation of
key
contracts and
management of
clients,
partners,
suppliers, and
staff.
§• Executive
production and
project
management of over
20
films.
- Achievements
/
§• Is an
integral
driver of
company
development: authored the
business
plan and
company
strategy,
designed
all
company
processes and
financial
planning and
tracking
systems.
§• Shapes
new
business
creation: established
main and
branch
companies, and
built a
business
development
database
encompassing
private and
public
sector
clients throughout the
GCC.
§• Named a
"Cultural
Leader and
Innovator" of the
Middle
East by the
British
Council in
2013, in
recognition of
my
position as a
thought
leader in the
regional
industry.
§• Achieved
unprecedented
local and
global
distribution of
documentaries from the
GCC
region,
forging
new
connections between
industry
players along the
value
chain in
multiple
geographies.
§• Brought the
UAE
(and the
GCC)
its
first
Oscar
qualification in the
documentary
category.
§• Orchestrated a
complex
multi---stakeholder
agreement across
3
years to
be the
first
team
ever
granted
permits to
film in the
UAE
labor
camps.
2010---2012
ABU
DHABI
TAWTEEN
COUNCIL
ABU
DHABI
Project
Management and
Strategy
Advisor
The
Tawteen
Council
is the
Abu
Dhabi
government
entity
responsible for the
planning and
implementation of
employment
initiatives for
UAE
citizens.
- Core
responsibilities:
§• Project
management for
special
projects and
advising
General
Manager on
corporate
strategy.
- Achievements
/
§• Led
project
management of an
initiative
which
increased
core
product
output
900% over
previous
year.
§• Nominated for a
pan---governmental
prize in
2010 for
best
project
management.
2006---2009
SAMA
DUBAI
DUBAI
Senior
Strategy
Manager
(2008---2009),
Strategy
Manager
(2006---2007)
Sama
Dubai
was the
international
real
estate
development and
investment
arm of
Dubai
Holding,
responsible for a
portfolio of
mixed---use
projects and
infrastructure across
MENA
& Asia.
- Core
responsibilities:
§• Corporate and
departmental
strategies,
including the
design of the
annual
strategic
planning
process,
leadership of
competitor and
benchmark