Rania Abdalla
Rania has more than 25 years of Human Resources experience, through which she has held senior managerial positions in PepsiCo UK, UAE and Egypt, prior to founding Aspire HR Consultants. Over the years she has worked closely with top leaders and executives of hundreds of global, regional and local organizations.
In 2020 she launched a tailored programme for mentoring and placing women on boards and in leadership roles.
Rania has been awarded several global, regional and local awards:
In 2020, she was selected as one of the Top 50 Most Influential Women in Egypt.
She was the “overall winner” of the Emirates Businesswoman Award (www.ewa.ae) – a prestigious award from HH Sheikh Ahmed Bin Saeed Al Maktoom. She also won the PepsiCo Chairman’s Award; granted by PepsiCo CEO in New York. She was awarded by Director General of the UAE National HR Development Authority the “Appreciation Award”. Other awards include the “Inclusion Award”, from PepsiCo Regions.
Recently, she successfully completed Board “Corporate Director Certification Program” authorized by the American University in Cairo “AUC”, United Nations Women Programme “UN Women”, “International Financial Corporation” IFC, Egyptian Institute of Directors “EIOD” and Financial Regulatory Authority “FRA”.
In October 2020, she became a certified EBRD (European Bank for Reconstruction & Development) Skills in Business Consultant for Small & Medium Businesses.