24 years of experience designing, launching, and scaling complex, multi-stakeholder initiatives across higher education, institutional operations, corporate training, and strategic partnerships in the UAE, South Africa, and India. Currently serving as Director of University Relations & Strategic Alliances at the University of Stirling UAE campus, reporting directly to the CEO, with accountability for regulatory compliance, cross-functional coordination, budget oversight, and executive reporting. Previously held full programme, fiscal, and regulatory accountability as Academic Dean across 12 campuses and five faculties in South Africa, including audit, inspection, and accreditation-readiness delivery comparable in scale to a multi-site institutional launch.

Proven ability to structure integrated programme plans, build governance frameworks, manage full budgets, and lead senior stakeholder engagement with C-suite executives, corporate partners, government regulators, and academic institutions. Highly experienced in large-scale event execution, vendor and partner coordination, quality assurance and compliance audits, executive dashboards and reporting, and driving institutional growth from scoping through to operational readiness.