Speaking

Keynotes and Expert Sessions That Reframe How Leaders Think.

Available for keynotes, executive education programs, conferences, and panel discussions — on AI-integrated leadership, strategic leadership, and organizational capability.

Zahi Abdein delivering a keynote on stage

Rigorous substance. Honest conversation.

Zahi Abdein is a senior executive leadership advisor, facilitator, and educator with over 25 years of experience working with boards, C-suites, and senior leadership teams across the GCC, EMEA, and North America. He serves as associate faculty with the Center for Creative Leadership (CCL), Cranfield Executive Education, and the Association for Talent Development (ATD).

His sessions are known for combining rigorous substance with the kind of honest, psychologically safe conversation that senior audiences rarely experience in a room together.

Speaking Topics

Past Engagements

BATA Strategy Retreat · 2026
Crisil S&P Annual Leadership Meeting · 2026
Misk Foundation 2030 Leaders Program · 2021–2025
ATD Riyadh Conference · 2023
SABIC Annual Strategy Meeting · 2021

I take a limited number of speaking engagements each year and work best with organizations that give their speakers room to go beyond the surface.

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