Entrusted with strategy and policy making for Region 8 comprising of Middle East except KSA and parts of the Indian subcontinent, Nepal, Bangladesh and Bhutan. As members of the Board, the International Directors are responsible for upholding the mission of Toastmasters International and serving as its ambassadors, developing organizational strategy and policies, and ensuring their implementation, approving and overseeing the budget and financial matters, incorporating member needs into organizational decisions and handling significant member disciplinary matters.

Teaching Business & Corporate Law, Global Marketing & Digital Business, among other subjects.

Promoted to the current position upon completing 5 years at the university. Also accorded duties of interim course leader for the Spring Semester of 2023

Teaching modules on the BA (Hons) Business Studies, BAAF and the MBA program

A boutique consulting firm mainly into the areas of training, coaching, content creation and advisory services. Running this firm as a culmination of my passion for training and human resource development over the past few years.HR Services:✔ Short-term HR assignments✔ HR Consultancy Projects✔ Niche recruitment requestsTraining Courses Offered (for Corporates): ✔ Presentation Skills✔ Advanced Presentation Skills✔ Business Communication✔ Writing for Business✔ Cross-Cultural Integration✔ Emotional Intelligence✔ Conflict Management✔ Stress Management and Work-life BalanceFor young adults:✔ Study Skills for Students✔ YouSpeak! – Youth speaking workshopsCoaching and Mentoring:✔ One-on-one Mentoring ✔ Speech Writing and CoachingGeneral Interest and Wellness Courses: ✔ Creativity and innovation in the classroom (for teachers)✔ Handwriting Analysis as a Personality Tool ✔ Positive Parenting✔ Mudras and Healing Content Writing:✔ Website Content✔ CV Writing ✔ Linkedin Profiles Composition✔ Proofreading✔ Drafting and Vetting of HR Contracts✔ Technical Writing

A purpose-driven podcast series aimed at creating financial awareness across various user groups in the UAE, primarily Millennials, but we are sure that all of you will find value in the episodes hosted. The episodes are hosted by Leona Quadros and Sujit Sukumaran and will feature a once-weekly podcast every Friday starting October 2020.Available on Spotify, Google Podcasts, Apple Podcasts, Anchor, Breaker, Youtube

Running a channel on holistic health and personal excellence.

Conducting classes on an adjunct basis for the institute. Courses covered include: ✔ Assertiveness skills & perception management✔ Managing different cultures & Geographies✔ General Awareness; Business Environment✔ Understanding one's Attitude, Gender sensitivity; Client Interfacing✔ Maintaining your online presence, networking and growing your careerHighlight:✔ Consistently achieved high student ratings for all classes conducted.

In a consultant capacity, RAs help districts fulfill the district mission. Their objective is to support district leaders' efforts to enhance the quality and performance of its clubs. In doing so, a greater number of people are afforded the opportunity to benefit from the Toastmasters educational program.

Providing HR consulting and business optimization expertise to many prominent companies including DULSCO, Bayt.com, All India Radio and many others.Key Projects:✔ Business turnaround and strategic advisory for an online recruitment portal.✔ Psychometric testing modules for a leading online recruiter.✔ Executive Profiling for UAE’s largest aluminium conglomerate.✔ Multiple linguistic training assignments for trainees from several governmental organizations.✔ Complete HR policy implementation and audit for a leading insurance intermediary.✔ Graphological analysis & advice to several large business houses in India.

Managing all District affairs with financial responsibilities as well for District 20 comprising UAE, Oman, Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait, Jordan and Lebanon

Managing education needs across UAE, Oman, Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait, Jordan and Lebanon

Managing the affairs of a Division of over 680 members

✔ Setup the HR department from scratch, recruited the team, setup policies and procedures, compensation and benefit structures and stemmed attrition for the group comprising of 4 schools across the UAE. ✔ Composed the blueprint and base policy documents for all HR functions✔ Led the change management initiative of transforming a family owned education group’s HR into a corporate HR function

✔ Led the training and development vertical and significantly growing the practice and bringing key brands onto the company’s clientele.✔ Successfully conducted motivational and leadership skills courses at Mashreq Bank, Union National Bank, HSBC, Al Ain Women’s College, Bayt.com and Millennium Insurance Brokers.✔ Frequently sought after trainer for leadership development, building high-performance teams, presentation skills, and positive thinking workshops.✔ Developed training material for different courses in corporate finance, credit management and financial mathematics.

✔ Managing a variety of broad spectrum HR activities from end to end across 4 countries - UAE, Oman, Bahrain and Qatar with a total employee strength of 500+✔ Streamlining policies and procedures across the organization so as to lead to more efficient operations.✔ Mitigated complex insurance claims and payouts to work to the benefit of the employees and ensured the same reaches them without any hassle in due time.✔ Recruited for highly complex and technical positions with low lead times within company budgets, thereby contributing to project profitability.

Managing Area 33 and all its targets and resources. Led the Area to becoming #1 in the District and #2 in the world

Managed various insurance accounts and services small and medium clients pertaining to various classes of general insurance with specific focus on motor and health insurance.Also contributed expertise on branding and marketing initiatives.

Managed several SME accounts with focus on motor and health insurance.

Catered to insurance servicing for several top conglomerates