Dr. Ahmed Al Banna

Dr. Al Banna is the CEO of Origin Group and one of the top HRD leaders in the region. Origin Group is an international leading company in Human Capital Development in the Middle East and Mena Region.

Dr. Al Banna is widely respected as a strategic thinker and management leadership practitioner. He is specialized in organizations’ capabilities focusing on key factors such as leadership, speed, learning, accountability, and talent through leveraging human resources.

During his career, he possessed different positions as follows in Public and Private sectors:

• Assistant Undersecretary for Training and Development at the Ministry of Labour
• Chief People Officer of Gulf Air
• Former President of the Bahrain Society for Human Capital Management (BSCM)
• Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Bahrain Training Institute (BTI)
• Former Member of the Board of Directors of the Bahrain Labour Fund (TAMKEEN)
• Former Chair & Board member of International Federation of Training and Development Organizations (IFTDO) in addition to many international and regional memberships

He has more than 35 years of experience in developing, interpreting and implementing HR and Management strategies.