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Kindi Zakarni currently heads strategy & planning for new businesses and innovation at Du Telecom in Dubai, UAE. His role is focused on strategy development, and spearheading the strategy execution program, while offering advisory and change management support to the executive management. From 2013 to 2017, Kindi was the business excellence director at Du. During his tenure, he led CEO-sponsored initiatives related to organization transformation, mainly in the areas of organization design, efficiency improvements, and change management. He joined the company in 2011 as a consultant for matters in organization development. Prior to joining Du, Kindi was in the family business - Zakarni Group – supporting the transition from a ceramics manufacturing company in Jordan to an organization focused on real estate investments. From 2007 to 2011, his role was in business and corporate development. Kindi joined Zakarni Group in 2002, where he spent the first five years in operations management, leading plant modernization efforts. He holds a bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering from Purdue University, and master’s degree in business administration from London Business School. Kindi is a Fellow of the sixth class of the Middle East Leadership Initiative and a member of the Aspen Global Leadership Network.
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