Senior Content Specialist
Supreme Committee For Delivery & Legacy
Doha, Qatar
Isn't that an awful name for a place to work? Despite it, I worked there, as a consultant to the group charged with bringing the 2022 FIFA World Cup to that tiny Arab nation. It was an experience of a lifetime, living in a place where gas is cheaper than water and soldiers on camels parade around Qatar's version of the U.S. Capitol.The group there was looking to start a magazine, which I helped them gear up for. They were looking for content for their various platforms - website; inhouse newsletter; direct contacts with partners, outside governments and stakeholders, templates for which I provided. As I look back what I did best was help bring together talented people from all over the globe (the U.S. Britain, Austrailia, Mauritania, Egypt, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, India) and set them on a path for the successful staging of the world's most popular sporting event.