Dino Varkey
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Dino VarkeySenior Director - Business Development, GEMS Education |
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An Honours graduate with a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics from University of Sheffield, Dino Varkey is the Senior Director of Operations at GEMS Education, one of the world’s foremost providers of quality K-12 education and the world’s singular multi-curricular provider. He also serves on the Board of Emirates Healthcare Holdings. As Senior Director, Operations, Dino Varkey spearheads the strategic global business development of GEMS driving the organisation’s development and aligning the overall corporate vision, and strategic growth objectives. He is active in the ongoing development of strategic relationships across a broad spectrum----government and regulatory, sector specialists and strategic business partners to ensure that the organisation’s goals, continued leadership in the sector and aggressive yet sustainable growth on an international scale are achieved. An accomplished public speaker, he is responsible for providing vision, leadership and direction across GEMS divisions and the growing international network of 65 GEMS Schools. Instrumental in providing stability and strategic direction to the organisational change management process he ensures compliance and the efficient implementation of policies and processes. As Strategic Director, he is responsible for risk management and assessing the sustainability of investments to ensure that projects meet all predetermined criteria and the organisations long term development goals. In a sector poised for tremendous regional and global growth that continues to attract new comers, Dino Varkey is instrumental in shaping and sustaining an organization, structure and vision that celebrates innovation and rewards performance among a highly motivated team of 5800 education professionals. “We are the thought leaders in the education sector; we have the responsibility of educating hundreds of thousands of children who will carry the fate of the world in their hands. We have the unique opportunity to effect change, to positively influence the lives of young people, a tremendous, yet exceptionally rewarding opportunity.” |
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