Hala Kabbara is a senior HR and people transformation leader with over 18 years of experience across the full HR lifecycle, including HR strategy, organizational design, workforce planning, talent and succession, performance, culture, employee engagement, leadership development, Emiratisation, wellbeing, and change management.
In her leadership role at AW Rostamani Group, Hala leads and influences enterprise-wide people priorities across a diversified portfolio of businesses. Her scope extends well beyond learning and development, covering talent and succession, performance management, leadership and capability building, culture, employee experience, wellbeing, Emiratisation, early careers, and future workforce capabilities.
She works closely with senior leadership to translate business priorities into people strategies, identify organizational and capability gaps, build leadership pipelines, strengthen performance and talent practices, and drive transformation across the employee lifecycle.
Hala is an alumna of the Stanford LEAD Executive Program at Stanford Graduate School of Business and was selected for the Stanford Women on Boards program.
She is also a regional HR voice, speaker, awards jury member, content creator, and co-host of the LEAD Talks Podcast. Her contributions have earned recognition including Top 40 HR Leaders in the GCC by Khaleej Times and the HR Trailblazer Leader award.
Hala believes HR should operate as a strategic business function, connecting people, organization, and business priorities to build the leadership, culture, and workforce capabilities required for sustainable growth and transformation.
