Bizpreneur Middle East March 2021 | Page 43

EXPO 2020: Can Dubai Fill The Skills Gap?

Naheed Chowdhry is a multi-award winning global executive with 2 decades of experience in Marketing, Strategy, Innovation and General Management across FMCG/ Consumer Goods, Pharma and Tobacco.

She has held various leadership roles with companies such as Unilever, Mondelez and the Hershey Company, in a career that spans the Middle East, Asia, Europe, the US and Australia. Here, she was responsible for leading giant global brands such as Lux, Dove, Hershey, Lipton & Tang in her area of responsibility.

Since 2016, Naheed runs a consulting business, iWill Global Consulting, out of the UAE. iWill helps clients tell the right story right through three verticals: Change Leadership and Market-entry strategy, Inclusive growth (workplace gender and culture bias roadmapping) and Brand Architecture and Communications. Working with a global suite of collaborative partners, Naheed has advised clients from SME’s to companies such as Bausch & Lomb, Bacardi, and the Richemont Group. An MBA with a Change leadership certification from Cornell, Naheed is also an accredited coach, SME mentor, UN Taskforce Member, bestselling author and a mother of 4 global nomads who teach her new stuff about Gen Z everyday.

Learn more about Naheed at https://www.iwill.global/

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