Upcoming Events
Recent EventsCompanies with data-savvy boards have higher revenue growth. Hear from our expert speaker Patrick Dunne on being data savvy and how it helps to remove biases from decision making especially while making decisions for businesses. He shares that while using data gathering and analysis tools, boards not only have more data and evidence to drive decisions at their disposal but that they need to be able to understand them and therefore being data-savvy is essential.
To register for the event, please reach out to – mrajan@pearlinitiative.org or vmathew@pearlinitiative.org
Dina Sherif
Designation: CEO, Ahead of the Curve, & Director, Centre of Entreprenuership, AUC
Dina Sherif is committed to building sustainable societies through the application of a more ‘conscious’ form of capitalism. She cofounded ATC together with Mohamed El-Kalla in 2012 to further that goal. As CEO of ATC, Dina is responsible for business strategy and business development, as well as overseeing all research-related activities within the firm. Dina also serves as an Advisor to the President of Egypt on economic development and is currently an Associate Professor of Practice, holding the endowed Willard Brown Chair for International Business at The American University in Cairo, where she is also Director of the Center for Entrepreneurship. Dina comes from a background in economic development, strategic philanthropy and civil society development. She is the lead author of several key publications such as the book ‘From Charity to Social Change: Trends in Arab Philanthropy’, as well as several seminal reports, including a 7-country study on trends in responsible business practice in the Arab region and the 2016 UNDP Business Solutions Report. Dina is also an angel investor with a specific focus on healthcare businesses and is an avid supporter of civil society, previously serving as the Chair of the Board for the Arab Foundations Forum and currently a member of the board of EducateMe and Ruwwad, both based in Egypt, in addition to Jordan-based Nakhweh. Moreover, she was recently recognized as a UN Global Compact Local SDG Pioneer for her work on social entrepreneurship, as part of an inaugural class of only 10 sustainable development leaders from across the globe. Dina further is an Eisenhower Fellow as part of the 2015 Women’s Leadership Program, in 2016 was awarded Egypt’s ‘Best Woman Entrepreneur’ by the American Chamber of Commerce in Egypt, and was named one of Trust America’s top 100 thought leaders on responsible business practice in Europe and the Middle East.
Patrick Dunne
Designation: Experienced Chair - Boardelta, EY Foundation, ESSA, Oversight Board for the Chartered Management Consultant
Chair of board consultancy Boardelta, the charities The EY Foundation and ESSA- Education Sub Saharan Africa as well as Chair of the Oversight Board for the Chartered Management Consultant and trustee of the Chartered Management Institute.
Executive experience with Air Products and FTSE 100 3i Group plc where he was Communications Director, a member of its Operating committee and Chair of its Operational Risk forum.
Author of the award winning “Boards” and member of the Higgs Review. He has a passion for education and is a former member of the General Council of the University of Warwick, a Visiting Professor at Cranfield School of Management, and an Associate Fellow at Warwick Business School.
