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Role Players 2017


Sushma Panikker

Director - Leadership Development & Talent management
Emaar Hospitality Group

An agile and results oriented Learning & Development expert, Sushma has a global background that spans living, studying and working in India, the UK, the US and Dubai.

With over 15 years of work experience in L&D, Leadership Development and Talent Management, she has worked with multinational companies like Royal Caribbean Cruise lines, Wipro Technologies & the Emirates Group.

She is currently with the Emaar Hospitality Group as Assistant Director - Leadership Development & Talent management.

Being academically inclined, she has a Masters of Arts in Human Resource Management from Middlesex University. She is also certified in psychometric testing tools like DISC and to deliver internationally acclaimed training programs like Stephen Covey's 7 Habits of Highly effective people.

When she's not working, you can find her sharing giggles with her 1 year old son Zane, getting her zen on in a Buddhist meditation session or blissfully immersed in her kindle.