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Mostafa Azzam is Founder and Executive Director of TALENT® (www.thehrtalent.com), with offices in both Canada, Dubai and Saudi Arabia. He boastsanimpressive professionaltrackrecord of over30 years leading HR, OD andL&Dfunctions, globally.

Mostafa has developed unique expertise asHead of Talent Management for PWA (Ashghal), Qatar; Learning & Organizational Development Manager for British Petroleum (BP), Egypt; Head of Training & Development for Kuwait Oil Company (KOC), Kuwait, and Head of Talent Development for Maërsk (A.P. Møller Group), Egypt. He was also Senior HR Advisor forChevron, Saudi Arabia; SeniorHR Advisor for Aramco, Saudi Arabia; Senior Career Ladder Advisor for Schlumberger, Kuwait; and a Certified Trainer/Assessor at the British Council in Egypt.Mostafa is an internationally acclaimed Master Facilitator, Keynote Speaker and Conference Chair. He is an international SHRM Facilitator and Consultant, an HCI Senior Instructor and Faculty, a Franklin CoveyAuthorized Trainer, and an InformaAssociate Consultant and Facilitator for the GCC and Middle East.Mostafa is also an Executive Facultyat the American University in Cairo (AUC) as well as a seasoned Leadership Coach, Management Consultant,Registered Auditor and prolific HR Writer and Researcher.

Mostafa is widely recognised as a thought leader and globally respected authority on HR Analytics, Digital HR, Talent Management and Strategic HR. He helps HR practitioners and organisations realize their full potential through leveraging datadriven HR and analytics, and has unique expertise setting up and managing sustainable leadership development programs for major industry players undergoing seismic organisational transformation shifts.

Mostafa was recently recognized as one of the ‘Top 70 Global HR Thought Leaders YouMust Follow in 2022,’oneof the ‘Top 60 Global Influencers in HR to Follow in 2021,’ one of the 'Top 5 HR Influencers Shaping the Future of HR in the UAE,’ one of the ‘Top 7 Global People Analytics ExpertsHRProfessionals Should Followthis Year,’ one of the ‘Top 100 Global HR Analytics Influencersto Watch this Year,’ and one of the ‘100 Most TalentedGlobal L&D Leadersin 2023.’ He was also awarded the ‘Global Learning & Development Leadership Award’ and the ‘HR Best Practice Award’ for his impact and contributions within the HR and L&D space. He was educated in the UK and holds a BSc. in Engineering and an MA in TEFL. He is bilingual and is fluent in both English and Arabic. Mostafacommands an impressive record of professional achievement and progressive expertise that is truly remarkable and invigorating.