Ghida
Barakat
Senior Executive Coach
Dubai, UAE
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🇬🇧English
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🇦🇪Arabic
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🇱🇧Lebanese
Coaching Experience
- Certified Professional Co-Active Coach (CPCC), (2018)
- PCC Credentialed Coach – ICF
- Certified Leadership Circle Profile Practitioner, (2018)
Professional background
- Group Director – Customer Experience & Marketing, LSH
- Group Deputy Director – Customer Care, Alshaya Group
- Head of Service Quality, NBK
Education
- MSc in Psychology & Neuroscience, Kings College London
- BSc in Business Administration, UOB
Ghida is a certified executive and systemic coach, consultant, and facilitator with a sharp commercial sense and strategic mindset. She supports leaders and teams in navigating complexity, building trust, and driving meaningful change. With 20+ years of cross-industry experience, she creates transformative spaces that spark growth and alignment
Someone’s sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.
Warren Buffett
Professional background
Before transitioning into full-time coaching, Ghida held senior leadership roles across banking and retail. She served as Group Director of Customer Experience & Marketing at LSH, Group Deputy Director of Customer Care at Alshaya Group, and Head of Service Quality at the National Bank of Kuwait (NBK). After moving into the coaching profession, she also served as Regional Director for MENA at The Leadership Circle, helping expand the organization’s presence and impact across the region.
Coaching expertise
Ghida brings over 3,000 hours of coaching and facilitation across the Middle East, Europe, and Asia, combining corporate leadership experience with research-backed, globally recognized methodologies. She draws on Co-Active Coaching, ORSC, The Leadership Circle, and other systemic and development frameworks to help senior leaders and teams navigate complexity, build trust, and lead purposeful change. Her work spans key leadership areas such as emotional intelligence, resilience, psychological safety, inclusive communication, and strategic thinking.
Ghida is dedicated to expanding conscious leadership and enabling meaningful transformation in teams and organizations. She serves on the global faculty of CRR Global and The Leadership Circle, training and certifying coaches and leaders in systems and developmental approaches.
She has partnered with clients across industries including tech, energy, finance, government, and retail, to name a few.
What we say about Ghida Barakat at Turningpoint
Ghida is calm, insightful, and deeply grounded — someone who brings both warmth and clarity to complex spaces. She is known for creating a sense of safety and depth, while also challenging people to grow and lead with intention.