Meet the CEO#2

Meet the CEO is an initiative brought by the French Business Council. It is a great opportunity for SMEs and Entrepreneurs to meet with MNCs in individual meeting.

Because Business Matching is essential to our members, the French Business Council Dubai & Northern Emirates is pleased to organize "Meet the CEO" !

"Meet the CEO" is a great opportunity for SMEs and Entrepreneurs to meet with a CEO of a multi-national company. The aim is quite simple : each month, a CEO will meet individually during half an hour an entrepreneur or SME. The CEO will be available for a 3-hour period, and will meet up to 6 companies, selected according to their business relevance for his MNC.

This month, Hanan Darwish, Cluster President of Gulf Countries & Pakistan for Schneider Electric is "the CEO" ! 

About Hanan Darwish

Hanan Darwish is the Cluster President of Gulf Countries & Pakistan. Darwish oversees all of the company’s business operations within the region. Hanan Darwish brings outstanding leadership credentials with more than 17 years of experience in Schneider Electric. Prior to her appointment, Hanan Darwish was Senior Vice President, Corporate Strategy and  Human Resources for Energy Business in Schneider Electric; her scope covered over 29,000 employees worldwide. She was managing HR Business transformation and change management to support the Group’s profitable Growth ambition while implementing best-in-class and Innovative solutions.

Prior to this role, Hanan was Vice President HR for North America where she was based in Chicago. In that role, she played a key role in driving Schneider Electric’s organizational effectiveness priorities within US, Mexico and Canada through reinforcing leadership development and succession planning, learning, career development, workforce management and Executive recruitment functions.

Previously, she led Human Resources for Schneider Electric France from mid 2008 to early 2012 covering a scope of 22,000 employees.  Where she was responsible of diversified and mutual functions in parallel as Diversity, Health and Social Strategy. She also managed global Transformation Plan for French territory level by developing existing competencies to match future organization needs. Hanan also held executive positions within Learning and Development program of Schneider Electric University. Earlier in her career, Hanan had also served as HR Director for other Schneider Electric regions covering North East Africa as well as Gulf Countries.

Hanan started her career with PROCTER & GAMBLE for 7 years in several business roles as Marketing, Customer Business Development and Organization Development.

Important information 

• Prior registration is mandatory. 
• Entrepreneurs & SMEs will be shortlisted by the CEO. 
• For FBC Members only.