Online - 14:30-16:00 GMT
In person in Dubai 18:30–20:00 GST. (Guests attending in-person are invited to come from 18:00 for a 18:30 start. Seats will be allocated on a first come, first served basis.)
Seen from the lens of diverse women, this in-person discussion at the Bayes Dubai Centre will address the dilemma of work-life-balance in the lives of professional women. Our panel will look at the concept of balance and how it has evolved pre and post pandemic. Please join Global Women’s Leadership Programme Scholar Jumana Abu-Hannoud and our panel for a conversation around these issues:
- How can we juggle personal and work priorities? What life hacks can help?
- How has the pandemic affected our work life balance?
- How do biases affect our growth?
- What can we learn from facing big challenges? What support should we seek?
Our impressive panel of women from the Dubai region features:
- Caroline Faraj (MA International Journalism, 2000), VP Arabic Services (CNN) and member of the GWLP Advisory Council
- Rana Ghandour Salhab, Partner, Exco member (Deloitte ME)
More about our speakers:
Caroline Faraj, VP Arabic Services, joined CNN in 2001. Since then she has overseen the content and management of the CNN Arabic site, which she launched in 2002. In 2014, she led the site’s comprehensive re-launch to embrace rapidly evolving consumer needs. Based in Dubai, she has overseen CNN Arabic during a time of great regional upheaval, over a period which has encompassed the US-led invasion of Iraq, the Arab spring and the rise of Islamist militant group ISIS.
Before joining CNN, Faraj’s previous roles included senior political reporter for Al Rai - the leading Arabic daily newspaper in Jordan, managing editor for English-language newspaper the Jordan Times and regional correspondent for the US Defense News. She has held positions in London for Dubai TV and in Jordan for Bahrain TV. She also conceived and hosted Jordan’s first morning television talk show Youm Jadid.
Faraj was born in Amman, Jordan. She has a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism and Mass Communications – radio and television from Yarmouk University in Jordan and a Master of Arts in International Journalism from City University in London. Faraj is fluent in both Arabic and English.
Rana Ghandour Salhab is the People & Purpose Partner and member of the regional Executive Committee at Deloitte in the Middle East. She also served as an elected member of its Board of Directors. Rana has over 25 years’ experience in talent and human resources management, corporate responsibility, diversity and inclusion as well leading purpose programs, corporate branding, digital presence, communications, and media programs.
Rana is an advocate of economic empowerment, political participation and advancement of women to leadership roles. She advised and worked on gender inclusion and economic empowerment projects with global UN organizations and also serves on the advisory boards of multiple organizations in the GCC and wider Middle East, which support women in Business and increasing the number of women on corporate boards.
In 2017 and 2018, Rana was ranked amongst the top “Global Champions of Women in Business” lists by the Financial Times and HERoes in the UK.
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