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Author Archives: Hanadi Khalife
Hanadi is Head of Middle East at ICAEW, a world-leading professional membership organisation that trains, develops, and supports over 189,500 chartered accountants worldwide. Leading the regional office in Dubai, Hanadi is responsible for managing ICAEW’s operations in the Middle East and creating opportunities for young professionals to become chartered accountants while raising awareness of accountancy as a career choice.
Prior to joining ICAEW, Hanadi was senior director, MEA and India operations at IMA (Institute of Management Accountants) where she led the efforts to establish and grow its operations and footprint in the region and successfully designed and managed the execution of programs and initiatives engaging key stakeholders in higher education, industry and government sectors.
Through her longstanding career, Hanadi has gained a profound knowledge of the region, having worked in the UAE, Saudi Arabia and Lebanon and has held accounting and finance and consultancy positions in organisations such as the Central Bank of Lebanon, The British Council, Nakheel and MCI Group.
Hanadi is passionate about continuous learning and development and strongly advocates for gender equality within the workplace and the advancement of women in leadership.
Hanadi holds a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from the American University of Beirut, an Executive MBA from the University of Manchester, and is a certified NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming) Master Practitioner and a Certified Association Executive (CAE).
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