Sep 2021 – Oct 2024 · 3 yrs 1 mo · Dubai, United Arab Emirates

• ▪ Managing the recruitment process in the Middle East and Africa regions, designing innovative sourcing methods,
• owning the candidate experience, and maintain candidate engagement throughout the hiring process and beyond.
• ▪ Working with hiring managers to determine the best assessment and selection approach for each role, carrying out
• applicant down select, telephone screening, interview co-ordination and testing, and leading the offer process.
• ▪ Responsible for the social media hiring content and posting to help articulate value proposition to external talent.
• ▪ Liaised with various stakeholders across the HR team including but not limited to HR Shared Services, onboarding, Global Mobility, HR Business Partners across EMEA geographies to ensure smooth hiring process
• ▪ Launched the first Emiratization internship programme in UAE and first Engineering internship programme in
• Turkey
• ▪ Led the employer branding social media project for the region and worked closely with the internal
• communications team to develop a social media strategy including employer branding material and images
• ▪ Trained recruiters around the globe on how to use LI Recruiter sourcing and hiring managers on utilizing the
• platform
• ▪ Partnered closely with D&I global team to push the diversity hiring agenda across the region
• ▪ Managed the annual work force plan and forecast aligning with the recruitment strategy.
• ▪ Achieved second highest percentage of female hiring outside Boeing US
• ▪ Board member on the Employee Engagement Business Resource group
• ▪ Enlisted in the Empower 100 Future Leaders Role Model list in 2023 for Diversity and
• Inclusion. https://empower.involverolemodels.org/search-people/?keyword=Nora

Jul 2019 – Aug 2021 · 2 yrs 1 mo · Dubai, United Arab Emirates

• ▪ Managing the end-to-end recruitment process for leadership roles with a focus on the Middle East and Africa
• regions, including sourcing, screening, candidate assessment, behaviour based interviewing, and facilitating
• offers.
• ▪ Working closely with hiring managers to source, interview the right talent for the assigned divisions, developing
• long and short-term recruitment strategies, driving recruitment acquisition cycle in line with future growth plans.
• ▪ Taking responsibility for the evaluation and selection process, facilitating conversion offers and orientation days.
• ▪ Led the hiring process enhancement project and successfully revamped every step of the process
• ▪ Reviewed the current technology tools and successfully implemented a new AI tool to reduce CV screening time
• ▪ Partnered with MAF holding on scaling the early careers programme “Tumuhi” beyond UAE and into new
• markets; KSA and Egypt
• ▪ Led a volume hiring recruitment drive (50 employees) when launching the technology office in Bangalore, India
• within the span of 6 months.

Jul 2018 – Jul 2019 · 1 yr · London, United Kingdom

• ▪ Managing the high-volume Full-Time Analyst and Summer Analyst and programmes intake (circa 190+) for the
• Capital Markets Division with a focus on students with science, technology, engineering, and maths backgrounds.
• ▪ Developing recruitment strategies and representing Citi on campuses in top ranked universities in the UK and
• Europe by presenting students on careers opportunities with a strong focus on diversity and inclusion initiatives.

Nov 2017 – Jun 2018 · 7 mos · London, United Kingdom

• ▪ dunnhumby is a Tesco owned UK-based data analytics company that provides business intelligence software that helps retailers with price optimisation, promotions planning, revenue management and market basket analytics.
• ▪ Managing the full campus recruitment cycle including pre-screening and interviewing candidates, evaluating hiring needs, supervising recruitment coordinators and organising Women in Tech days and UK campus events.

Oct 2016 – Oct 2017 · 1 yr · London, United Kingdom

• ▪ A private tech company based in Palo Alto that specialises in big data analysis and artificial intelligence software.
• ▪ Representing Palantir in all campus recruitment events at universities within the UK, Germany, Finland, Denmark
• France, Sweden, Turkey and Norway and travelled regularly to Palo Alto, New York and Washington to discuss recruitment results with hiring managers and develop campus strategies to improve Palantir’s name recognition.

Jan 2015 – Sep 2016 · 1 yr 8 mos · London, United Kingdom

• ▪ Managing the end-to-end campus recruitment cycle for the Operations Division (circa 190+) for the Full-time Analyst Programme, Off-Cycle Hiring Programme and Spring, Summer and Work Placement Programmes.
• ▪ Attending campus recruitment events and career fairs as a Goldman Sachs recruitment representative and acting as the main point of contact for hiring managers and students throughout the attraction and selection process.

Jun 2014 – Dec 2014 · 6 mos · London, United Kingdom

• ▪ Supporting the HR Recruitment & On-boarding team in sourcing, interviewing and on-boarding new candidates.
• ▪ Responsible for inputting and updating recruitment and on-boarding information onto KPMG’s SAP HR system.

Sep 2012 – Oct 2012 · 1 mo · Paris Area, France

May 2012 – Jun 2012 · 1 mo · Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Feb 2012 – May 2014 · 2 yrs 3 mos · London, United Kingdom

• ▪ Assisted in staffing talent for large scale events including the London Olympics 2012, The Queen’s Summer Garden Parties at Buckingham Palace, BAFTA Awards, Bloomberg Corporate Events and World Travel Market.

Aug 2011 – Sep 2011 · 1 mo · Dubai, United Arab Emirates