Experience

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  Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi

  • Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

  • Senior Manager

    • Sep 2013 - Present
    • Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

    Global Mobility:Designed, developed and established the Global Mobility function for the CompanyPlayed an instrumental role in expanding from a 200 employee company to over 3000+ employees over a period of 2 yearsAdvised and consulted Executive Leadership on HR and global mobility strategyServe as the owner of the global mobility programs (relocation, internal transfers, international assignments) focusing on efficiency and employee experienceManage productive relationships with internal and external services relating to mobility ensuring high performance globally according to key indicators such as client satisfaction and costLeadership Management/Organization Development:Involved in planning HR organizational business strategies and implementing change management, including participating in transitional projectsAnalyzed, developed and implemented improved HR strategies specifically with regards to process improvementsTraining/Development & People Management:Coached and developed UAE Nationals Involved with coaching and training of interns and graduate traineesHR Project Management:Developed and launched the Mass On boarding project for the companyEstablished and launched the HR Helpdesk Designed the HR Operating Manual for the organizationEstablished the orientation program for the UAE Nationals and actively participated in the UAE National Hiring Program Employee Relations:Works collaboratively with the business to lead implementation of the people strategy for the assigned business unitsProvides counsel or advice relating to work improvement/disciplinary action, interpersonal/work team issues or HC policy interpretationLeads on appropriate HR projects and taskforces as assignedEnsures all terminations, resignations are compliant with internal (CCAD) and external requirements/legislationsEnsures compliance with regulatory requirements, as well as HC requirements that impact the Company

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  BP

  • United Arab Emirates and Oman

  • International Mobility Team Lead/Senior Advisor

    • Aug 2003 - Aug 2013
    • United Arab Emirates and Oman

    BP plc, formerly British Petroleum and BP Amoco, is a British multinational oil and gas company headquartered in London, England. It is one of the world's seven oil and gas "super majors", whose performance in 2012 made it the world's sixth-largest oil and gas company, the sixth-largest energy company by market capitalization and the company with the world's 12th-largest revenue (turnover). It is a vertically integrated company operating in all areas of the oil and gas industry, including exploration and production, refining, distribution and marketing, petrochemicals, power generation and trading. It also has renewable energy interests in biofuels and wind power.• Develop and establish the HR Expatriate Function in the Middle East region• HR Policy administration with special reference to international assignments• Handled reconnaissance, relocation and repatriation of all international assignees and families • Handled 3000+ employees in the region• Active participation in the development of the National Training Programs• HR System Management, data analysis and reporting to the Management and Executives• Liaised with business leaders to educate and interpret Global HR policies and processes• Coordinated with the local labour counsel to ensure compliance with labour laws• Handled the payroll for 1000+ employees (local and international)• Handled reward and performance management cycles

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  Higher Colleges of Technology

  • United Arab Emirates

  • Public Relations Officer

    • Feb 2000 - Aug 2003
    • United Arab Emirates

    The system of the Higher Colleges of Technology (HCT) is a community of close to 23,000 students and 2,000 staff based on 16 modern, technology-enhanced campuses in Abu Dhabi, Al Ain, Dubai, Fujairah, Madinat Zayed, Ras Al Khaimah, Ruwais and Sharjah, making it the largest higher education institution in the UAE. • In charge of company media and press releases

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  Al Nasser Holdings

  • Abu Dhabi, UAE

  • Office Manager

    • Jun 1999 - Jan 2000
    • Abu Dhabi, UAE

    ANH was the brain-child of Abdulla Nasser Huwaileel who foresaw the need for a soundly based local holding company to serve as a vehicle to develop new schemes and to handle all his diversified investments and interests at home and abroad. ANH was therefore established to participate in the local development program and also to take advantage of the associated business opportunities• In charge of office administration• Managed the secretary pool

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  ExxonMobil

  • Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

  • Business Support Manager

    • May 1990 - Jun 1999
    • Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

    ExxonMobil, is an American multinational oil and gas corporation headquartered in Irving, Texas. It is the largest direct descendant of John D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil Company, and was formed on November 30, 1999 by the merger of Exxon (formerly the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey) and Mobil (formerly the Standard Oil Company of New York). The world's 10th largest company by revenue, ExxonMobil from 1996 to 2017 varied from the first to sixth largest publicly traded company by market capitalization. The company was ranked ninth globally in the Forbes Global 2000 list in 2016. ExxonMobil was the second most profitable company in the Fortune 500 in 2014. • Handled the business and administrative support duties for the International Supply and Trading Division