• Advised public-listed and large private corporations in UAE's real estate, infrastructure and banking sectors with Sustainability & ESG strategy development, implementation plans, reporting in alignment with Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), UN Global Compact (UNGC) Principles and UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), IPO readiness assessment on sustainability and audited ESG and sustainability data.• Leveraging prior industry experience of implementing sustainability initiatives, I was able to provide clients value adding and bespoke initiatives and supporting them with practical solutions to drive ESG implementation within the organisation.Specialties: ESG Strategy, ESG reporting, ESG metric identification and monitoring, gap analysis with ESG reporting standards, assurance over ESG disclosures, stakeholder engagement, ESG communications and training, materiality assessment, peer benchmarking, project management & public speaking.

Achievements: - National CSR Fund Impact Seal - Platinum Tier - Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum (MRM) Business Award 2021 & 2019- ESG strategy and report 2021- Dubai EXPO 2020 collaboration (Skechers * Dubai Cares pavilion) - Dubai Chamber Advanced CSR Label 2019, 2020- Retail ME Most admired Retailer 2020 - Skechers UAE- Gulf Sustainability & CSR Awards 2020 (Best Workplace & HR Practices; Environmental Sustainability Programmes)- Dubai Economy (DED) Consumer Friendly Standards Award 2020 for Tommy Hilfiger UAE, Aldo UAESustainability & CSR:• Led implementation of Group's sustainability, community impact & circular economy initiatives & drove improvement in sustainability performance across the business.• Monitored & reported Group's sustainability (Environment & social) performance and progress against the sustainability strategy to both internal and external stakeholders.• Appraised fundraising requests, corporate giving, managed in-kind donations, employee volunteering programmes & cause-related marketing• Represented Group at external CSR & sustainability networks, including UN Global Compact, Dubai Chamber Sustainability Network • Developed ESG communications & conduct trainings on sustainability topics• Supported launch of sustainable fashion brand F5 with sustainability credentials verification & community impact projectBusiness Excellence•Raised awareness on European Fundamentals of Quality Management (EFQM) model and conducted self-assessment using 'RADAR' for departments & businesses across fashion retail, F&B, medical, real estate, financial services sectors• Dubai Quality Award assessor experienced in Dubai Quality Award (DQA), Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum (MRM) Business Award, DED Consumer Friendliness Standards, Dubai Chamber CSR Label, Arabia CSR award, Gulf CSR & Sustainability Award, National CSR Fund Impact • Identified opportunities for continuous improvement & implemented systems, processes and practices.

Key responsibilities: Corporate content management, internal communications,corporate social media content manager. CSR strategy and implementation; Sustainability reporting; Responsible for corporate compliance and liaising with NGOs, charitable organisations and press, company representative for United Nations Global Compact and Responsible Jewellery Council.

Covered:Real Estate & Infrastructure sectorsMaharashtra State & Indian Central Government AgenciesBSE

Covered:Maharashtra State Environment & Forest ministriesMumbai civic issues and culture beats for one of India's leading newspaper organisations

Covered:Education beat - trends in school and colleges across Mumbai and focused on highlighting innovative teaching methods adopted by teachers, and contributed regularly to running series such as ‘Classrooms of Change’.• Mumbai’s civic and cultural issues such as the city’s public transportation system, the Ganesh festival and Mumbai Marathon, among others.•Planned, researched and edited an infographics section called ‘News you can use’