Mr Srirama Srinivasan Jayaraman

Srirama Srinivasan Jayaraman is a Chartered Accountant from India and Australia & New Zealand, Certified Practicing Accountant, Cost and Works Accountant, PE specialist, Six Sigma Black Belt and a Certified Leader from St Johns SA, and has held several senior positions in multinational firms across several countries. 

Srirama has 25 years of finance experience in Chennai, Mumbai, Jakarta, New York, Singapore, London, and Dubai across platforms and roles – manufacturing, telecom, banking, corporate banking (deal origination and financial closures), portfolio management, strategic tie-ups, and private equity. This includes 10 years of Private Equity experience in deal negotiation, transaction execution, and financial closure across private equity and debt fundraising. In his previous role at Dubai International Capital, he established the Global Strategic Equity Fund under the Dubai Financial Services Authority and worked on various committees on large LBO transactions. In addition, Srirama worked with Standard Chartered Banking Group in strategic outsourcing of Finance functions from Jakarta, Singapore, and New York. Prior to relocating to Australia, Srirama had been instrumental in setting up a mid-cap growth capital private equity fund in Dubai, where he served as the Chief Financial Officer. He has a strong network and relationships with banks, audit firms, and law firms in the Middle East, India, and Australia. Srirama currently works in the Portfolio Management team in BankSA, Adelaide.

In his roles in Dubai, UAE, Srirama has recruited and managed several teams and has built several finance teams from scratch. This includes a good mix of male and female employees. Srirama has also been actively involved in various activities in Dubai with several NGOs to provide services to communities. Some include Flea Markets, Medicine Drive, Dubai Players (a not-for-profit theatre club), TLA (women’s linguistic association). 

Mr Daniel Philip

Daniel Philip is a seasoned Recruitment Professional with 15 years of progressive experience in Hiring and Resource Management. He has a Bachelor Degree in Science, a Master of Business Administration specializing in Human Resource Management, and an Advance Diploma in Management (HR). His recruiting career started in India and later moved to Saudi Arabia, where he worked for Saudi Business Machines, an IBM company, for ten years, hiring Professionals/Consultants Locally and from across the globe for projects in a variety of industries, including Government, Education, Oil and Gas, Utility, Telco & Banking. Currently, Daniel is working as a Candidate Resourcing Manager in Finite Group APAC in Adelaide, providing resources to Clients and projects based on their requirements.


Ms Reem Alothmany

Reem Alothmany is a lecturer at King Abdul Aziz University, Saudi Arabia. She is a PhD student in the College of Business Government and Law at Flinders University. Her thesis integrates cultural and contextual aspects of the Middle East and human resource management. More specifically, her research provides insights into the complexity of transferring Western high-performance work system relationships to Saudi Arabia’s healthcare. Her findings offer new knowledge about the complex relationships between HPWS, thriving, and employee outcomes via the role of wasta. Reem’s research generates the earliest empirical evidence on HPWS in Saudi Arabia. Understanding the interplay of such relationships can produce theoretical contributions and practical implications for the Middle East’s managers, practitioners, policymakers, and region investors.


Dr Mona Al Ali

An experienced professional in the field of education and museum studies, Dr Mona Al Ali was driven by her passion for empowering women and achieving excellence to take up a leadership role at the Badiri Education and Development Academy, the education and capacity building arm of NAMA Women Advancement Establishment (NAMA). As Manager of Badiri, Mona Al Ali oversees the execution of a range of programmes and initiatives including workshops, entrepreneurship and soft skills training, online e-learning platforms designed to enhance the theoretical and professional acumen of female entrepreneurs and harness their full potential. Mona’s vision is to act as a catalyst for Badiri’s growth into a leading and easily accessible global resource centre imparting knowledge, skills and training programmes geared towards empowering women and youth. 


Ms Aysha S. Al Aydaroos

Ms Aysha S. Al Aydaroos is the Head, Business Support - Clean Energy Directorate at MASDAR. Her main objectives are providing business support to the Clean Energy (CE) division, encompassing support in strategic planning, financial planning, performance management, business / stakeholders’ relationship management, continuous identification of improvement opportunities relating to internal CE business governance & risk management to support management in enhancing business performance. She also represents the company in conferences, delegations and official visits (both locally and internationally), and pursues business development activities, opportunities and opening new markets.


Ms Shaika Al Attas

Shaikha is a proud result-oriented Emirati holding a Master of International and Civil Security, a prestigious scholarship program she received in 2017 from Khalifa University, United Arab Emirates and her Bachelor Art of International Affairs she pursued in Zayed University, Abu Dhabi in 2013. Shaikha has more than 12 years of work experience mainly in Human Resources (Recruitment, Emiratization and Learning and Development) as well as in Knowledge Management. Utilizing her leadership skills, Shaikha enjoys working with people from different cultures. Shaikha believes that a  society which is composed of people from all over the world with different backgrounds and cultures has access to an enormous range of skills and capacities.