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As Director of Human Capital for Majid Al Futtaim Communities, Hotels and the Design Studio, Naoum Barakat is an integral member of the leadership team.
Reporting directly to the Chief Executive Officer, Barakat has changed the function, culture and impact of Human Capital across the business unit to support its business goals and strategies as well as the needs and aspirations of its employees around the region. He is responsible for shaping robust development schemes, building corporate infrastructure, empowering employees, and fostering the business’ high-performing, dynamic culture. Maintaining a proactive and high standard of talent management is core to Barakat’s leadership approach and instrumental to ensuring the company’s mission of delivering ‘great moments for everyone, every day’ is mirrored within its internal structure.
In his role, he employs time-proven, actionable strategies for leadership development, employee engagement, and human resource planning, all strongly backed by talent data, HR analytics, and workforce trends. Given the nature of the real estate industry, these strategies include systemic models designed to drive employee engagement, morale, performance and career progress, in an environment experiencing both significant external and internal organisational change.
He is also responsible for defining a lean organisational structure and capabilities that support the growth and direction of the business, in addition to spearheading the business’ Diversity and Inclusion practices and Emiratisation initiatives. His unrivalled regional employment law expertise, coupled with top human capital best practices, are leveraged across the business to attract and retain high-potential talent, while continuously evolving the culture to aid each team in exceeding corporate objectives through various economic cycles.
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