#416: From Nissan to Louvre Abu Dhabi: Reda Raad on 27 Years of Making Brands Stand Out
Reda Raad has spent the last 20 years shaping how one of the world's biggest car brands is seen across this region, and picked up internatio...
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20 of 417 episodes#415: What Does It Actually Take to Build Landmarks Like Ain Dubai and the Royal Atlantis? | Dean McGrail, WSP
Dean McGrail has spent over two decades building his career in the Gulf, and today he leads WSP's operations across the Middle East and Asia...
#414: Jon Marchant: "The enemy isn't AI, it's mediocrity" | Ogilvy Middle East President
Jon Marchant is Group President at Memac Ogilvy, part of WPP, leading 450 people across one of the region's biggest advertising networks aft...
#413: Nick Watson built a special running chair and bike so his disabled son could race triathlons by his side.
Nick Watson is a former Royal Marine who moved to Dubai in the late 1990s and later founded Team Angel Wolf, a nonprofit built around his so...
#412: Why getting a health check once a year could save you a lot of money, and it might just even save your life | Dr. Hasan Alogaily
Dr. Hasan Alogaily is a global expert in longevity, and he's here to cut through the noise. Peptides, supplement stacks and expensive therap...
#411: She Rescued 682 Children | Hannah Badi, CEO of Himalayan Entrepreneur Resources
She grew up in a community that Nepal doesn't count. Below all 126 castes. Girls in her village had no access to education, healthcare, or t...
#410: She Survived a Liver Transplant. Then Questioned If She Deserved It. | Nadia Musiuk Liver transplant survivor
Her son was 12. While she was on the waiting list for a donor liver, he went home and Googled everything she was too scared to search. She c...
#409: The Truth About Medical Insurance in Dubai That Nobody Tells You Until It Is Too Late | Sam Douglas, Insurance Broker of Beneple
Most people in the UAE assume their company medical plan is there to look after them. Sam Douglas has spent 13 years on the other side of th...
#408: Your Employer is Gambling with Your Gratuity | Safa Bouzidi, Managing Director of Daman Investments
Most people in the UAE have spent years building a career and assuming their gratuity is sitting somewhere safe, waiting for them when they...
#407: THE CEO OF LEO BURNETT JUST CALLED OUT HIS OWN INDUSTRY | Nadim Ghrayeb, CEO of Leo Burnett
We talked about what the advertising industry actually gets wrong, and why most agencies won't tell you. We got into Jaguar, Ferrari, data,...
#406: Success Has Nothing to Do with What You Build | Paul Evans, CEO of Solutions Leisure
Paul Evans is the CEO of Solutions Leisure, one of the most recognised hospitality brands in the UAE with 23 venues across the region. But t...
#405: Sami Kayyali: Most CEOs Are Terrible Communicators and Nobody Tells Them
Sami Kayyali is the founder and managing director of Rekarda, one of the most specialist communications businesses in the UAE. But the work...
#404: Dennis McGettigan, From a House of Ten in Dublin to Dubai's Biggest Pub Empire
Dennis McGettigan is the founder and CEO of McGettigan's, one of the most recognisable hospitality brands in the UAE. But the story behind i...
#403 From Top of Her Class in America to Vice Chancellor | Dr. Amina Al Marzouqi, a Life Built on Discipline and Service
In 1981, a young Emirati woman convinced her father to let her travel to America to study. On her very first exam in a class of 75 Americans...
#402: Stop Feeling Guilty. It Is a Wasted Emotion. | Dame Heather McGregor on Reinvention, Breaking Barriers and Why It Is Never Too Late
Known to millions as Mrs. Moneypenny from her 16 year Financial Times column, Heather has been an investment banker, executive search entrep...
#401 "Dubai Is Not as Easy as You Think" | Jason Grundy, MD of Robert Walters on Hiring, Talent and the Truth About the UAE Job Market
Most people arrive in Dubai thinking the opportunities will find them. Jason Grundy has spent 25 years watching that assumption play out bad...
#400: 8 Years. 400 Episodes. The Guests Spencer Never Forgot | Ashley Cain, Paul Griffiths, Rachel Conlan & Daniel Priestley
Eight years. Four hundred episodes. And Spencer still can't quite believe it. For the 400th episode, Spencer sits down to reflect on the pod...
#399 "The Doctor Is Not Always Right" | Hein Van Eck, CEO of Mediclinic Middle East on AI, Future of Hospitals, and Why Dubai's Doctors Are World Class
"The Doctor Is Not Always Right" Hein Van Eck is a healthcare actuary by training , a breed of thinker who sits at the intersection of data,...
#398 Katy Keenan, CEO of BCCD, on Rebuilding and Why Success in the UAE Takes Longer Than You Think
Katy Keenan has turned the British Chamber of Commerce Dubai into one of the most respected business communities in the UAE 1,200 members ac...
#397: "It's Not If You'll Be Attacked, It's When" | Ossama, CEO of GBM on AI, Cyber War, and more
Ossama El Samadoni leads GBM, one of the most respected technology organisations in the region, with over 300 employees, triple-digit millio...