Dr Soha Chahine
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Organisational psychologist; Founder, Forward Training & Consulting FZE
Organisational psychologist and founder of Forward Training & Consulting FZE, advising CEOs, board members and C-suite executives across government, semi-government, multinational and family-held organisations in all six GCC states. Doctorate in Organizational Psychology; MSc in HR Management and Training; Harvard Business School executive programme in Leading Change and Organizational Renewal.
Why this placement
She has the strongest publication record in this region by some distance, and it is the reason she is ranked despite the flags below. She writes for Harvard Business Review Arabia with her own author page, was featured in Forbes Bahrain in June 2026, has appeared in Economy Middle East, and delivered a TEDx talk. Writing substantively in Arabic for HBR is teaching in public at a level almost nobody else here reaches.
Practising across all six GCC states as an organisational psychologist rather than a certified-programme deliverer gives her a different and useful vantage on regional leadership.
Editorial notes and exclusions
- Her headline recognition is excluded. Thinkers360 "Top 25 Global Thought Leaders" and "Top 50 in Coaching" rankings are membership and self-nomination driven and are not independent awards. They are not counted here, and no ranking that counts them is measuring what it claims to.
- A "2026 Global Recognition Award" was announced through a paid press-release wire feed rather than editorial coverage, and is excluded.
- A "UN Arab Women Ambassador for Human Sustainability" title is self-stated and could not be verified against any UN source. Her ICF PCC is self-claimed and not corroborated on an ICF property. The HBR Arabia and Forbes Bahrain items are the only recognition treated as genuine.
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