Vadia Rai

For over 15 years Vadia Rai has led programs and teams that deliver media and presentation coaching, and reputation management. She is a thought leader in strategic media relations for companies and governments in the Middle East and the North Africa regions.

Throughout Ms. Rai's career, she has worked with many clients that were going through a period of change. One of these clients are the Dubai Healthcare Authority when they were changing their messaging.

Ms. Rai's work includes shareholder activism such as advising Sembcorp Salalah on its investments in Muscat. She also advised Dubai Parks and Resorts on developing a Dhs10 billion mega theme park complex in Dubai.

Additionally, Ms. Rai's work includes DFM as well as Egypt's Orascom Construction dual listing on Nasdaq Dubai and Egyptian Exchange raising approximately $185.4 million.

Ms. Rai attended Prague's Bohemia Institute where she studied Commercial Management. She has also completed a Diploma in Public Relations from Fitzwilliam Institute in London as well as English for Business at the London School of Journalism. Additionally, she has completed an NLP and RSCI Coaching certification. She is fluent in Arabic, English and Czech.