Insights from Microsoft's Work
Trend Index: How companies in
Middle East & Africa can make
Hybrid Work, Work.

Insights from Microsoft's Work Trend Index: How companies in Middle East and Africa can make Hybrid Work, Work.

Microsoft’s latest Work Trend Index report uncovered key insights about today’s workplace. Employees have a new “worth it” equation. Now more than ever, employees are more likely to prioritize health and wellbeing over work. They are acting on the need to achieve better work-life balance. Meanwhile, Managers feel wedged between leadership and employee expectations. What does this mean to you and organizations in the Middle East & Africa region?

In this video, we are deep diving into:

Microsoft’s Perspective on Hybrid Work with Paula Leech, Senior Director Human Resources Microsoft Middle East and Africa
The Evolution of HR Tech with Jay Clem, Employee Experience Partner and General Manager at Microsoft
Fireside Chat with Zubin Chagpar, Modern Work and Security Business Group Leader at Microsoft Middle East and Africa

Speakers

Zubin Chagpar

MEA Business Group Leader, Modern Work and Security
Microsoft Middle East and Africa

Zubin Chagpar is the Business Group Leader for Modern Work and Security at Microsoft in the Middle East and Africa. He has strong cloud, product, leadership, and management expertise from his 20+ years of experience at various companies including Amazon, Google, VeriSign, and Savvis.

Zubin holds a BA in Economics from the University of Western Ontario and an MBA in International Business from IE Business School. He is a former faculty advisor for Wharton Business School’s Global Consulting Practicum and a former adjunct professor at IE Business School where he taught rapid prototyping.

To support his passion of developing people, Zubin also served as a board member at ISACA, the world’s largest global professional organization focused on Cybersecurity and IT corporate governance. Recently, he edited and reviewed a book titled Workquake, which focuses on improving our society work model considering the changes brought on by COVID.

Paula Leech

Senior Director Human Resources Microsoft Middle East and Africa

Paula Leech is Senior Human Resources Director for Microsoft across the Middle East and Africa. As part of the EMEA Human Resources leadership team she is responsible for developing and overseeing the people strategy and execution in the Region by working closely with the Area President, Corporate functions, local human resources and country leaders, to accelerate business outcomes through talent. After joining Microsoft almost 17 years ago, Paula has held senior Human Resources roles in the United Kingdom, United Arab Emirates, Singapore, and India. Paula has 25+ years of experience working within human resources across multiple industries and disciplines. She has spent most of her career managing teams and coaching leadership teams to empower their people to achieve more and to realize their full potential.
Paula holds a Business Studies degree and is a member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development in the United Kingdom where she is originally from.

Jay Clem

Employee Experience Partner and General Manager
Microsoft

A hybrid workplace has further accentuated the importance of employee experience platforms for organizations to ensure a great and probably the only way of delivering employee experience. But what do the new employee experience platforms look like and how can organizations leverage them effectively? Jay Clem is leading the digital employee experience strategy for one of the organizations at the forefront of hybrid work as General Manager, Employee Experience and Platforms, Microsoft.
Prior to his role at Microsoft, Jay served as Senior Vice President of Global Information Technology at Razorfish, Vice President of Information Technology at aQuantive, and Manager of Corporate Electronic Messaging at Amazon.com

Insights from Microsoft's Work
Trend Index: How companies in
Middle East & Africa can make
Hybrid Work, Work.

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Trend Index: How companies in
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Hybrid Work, Work.

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Insights from Microsoft's Work Trend Index: How companies in Middle East & Africa can make Hybrid Work, Work.

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Insights from Microsoft's Work
Trend Index: How companies in
Middle East & Africa can make
Hybrid Work, Work.

Insights from Microsoft's Work
Trend Index: How companies in
Middle East & Africa can make
Hybrid Work, Work.