Currently serving as the Head of Academy & Learning Design at ATÖLYE in Dubai, Nadia leads high-impact learning initiatives across the Middle East, focusing primarily on government sector clients such as Dubai Design Lab, World Government Summit, and more. In her role, she and her team design and deliver experiential, custom programs that empower leaders to cultivate cultures of design-led innovation and leadership. Nadia oversees the entire program operations—from strategic planning and content development to execution and evaluation—ensuring each initiative drives meaningful and lasting impact.

Prior to joining ATÖLYE, Nadia founded Alphard Consulting, a people-centered consultancy dedicated to organizational culture, wellbeing, and social impact. Through Alphard, Nadia partnered with organizations like the Global Entrepreneurship Week, the UNDP, Aion Digital, and the Norwegian Refugee Council, designing and leading workshops on emotional intelligence, diversity and inclusion, high-performance cultures, and design thinking. Her work at Alphard spanned corporate, nonprofit, and public sectors, tackling people-centered challenges that drive positive change. Nadia also served as a lecturer in Business and Systems Thinking at Arab Open University in Bahrain.

Earlier in her career, Nadia worked as an organizational change consultant with SHM Productions in London, where she contributed to cultural transformation projects and behavioral change initiatives for global clients. Her early career included roles in investment banking and business advisory at Ernst & Young, Bank ABC, and Samena Capital, where she honed her skills in planning, stakeholder management, and business development. 

Beyond her professional work, Nadia is deeply committed to social impact initiatives. She launched Exploring What Matters, a community wellbeing course with Action for Happiness, bringing this program to Bahrain for the first time in 2019. She also co-curated The Waaw in Between, an initiative that fosters meaningful conversations in Middle Eastern communities, launched at the Nuqat Conference in Kuwait. And in 2020, she was a Resident of the House of Beautiful Business, a global think tank and community founded to explore the human future of work, and served as Host for their Arab Gulf Chamber in 2020.

Through all her endeavors, Nadia is driven by a genuine desire to contribute to a more healthy, inclusive and resilient world. Her work is a reflection of her belief in the power of human potential and her commitment to creating environments where individuals, teams, and organizations can thrive.