Nisreen Shocair
| Nisreen Shocair | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1973 |
| 🏫 Education | MBA from London Business School, MBA from Columbia University in New York |
| 💼 Occupation | |
| 🏢 Organization | Virgin Megastore |
| Title | President |
Nisreen Shocair (born 1973) is the President of Virgin Megastore Middle East and North Africa[1] as well as a TV personality.
Early life
Born in 1973 in Lagos, Nigeria,[2][3] Shocair is an MBA graduate from London Business School and Columbia University in New York with global study programs in Chile and Argentina.[4]
Career
Shocair has held various positions within the music publishing, licensing, digital entertainment and retail industries at Sony Music, Bertelsmann AG and Hearst Entertainment in United States, UK and Germany. She is a co-founder of Collage Foundation, the brainchild of model Angela Lindvall, aimed at enabling youth’s participation in sustainability projects within their communities and schools, providing them with a platform to share ideas.
In 2006, Shocair joined Virgin Megastore Middle East And North Africa, a division of Azadea Group Holding.[5] Under her new direction, the corporation has grown both vertically and horizontality throughout the Arab World.[6]
In 2012, Shocair appeared in The Entrepreneur,[7] a reality TV show produced by Du as the judge. Shocair is on the advisory board of several digital and environmental start-ups. She is a YPO and YAL member and is a frequent Guest lecturer on retail excellence, customer experience, innovation, entrepreneurship at universities and corporate retreats such as Nestle, GM, London Business School, Columbia University, Retail Week and Women in Leadership.
Awards and recognition
- 2014 Blue Ocean Retail Brilliance Awards[8]
References
- ↑ "Virgin MENA's Nisreen Shocair: Transforming a record store into an…". wamda. Retrieved 2016-01-26.
- ↑ "Nisreen Shocair: Chief knows that's entertainment | The National". www.thenational.ae. Retrieved 2016-01-26.
- ↑ "Virgin MENA's Nisreen Shocair: Transforming a Record Store into an Entertainment Destination - Knowledge@Wharton". Knowledge@Wharton. Retrieved 2016-01-28.
- ↑ "Online shopping could be a 'megatrend' in the UAE". 5 April 2014. Retrieved 2016-01-26.
- ↑ "How Middle Eastern Women Have Made an Imprint in the Business World | World Woman Foundation". www.worldwomanfoundation.com. Retrieved 2016-01-28.[permanent dead link]
- ↑ "Virgin Megastore to expand in the Gulf". gulfnews.com. Retrieved 2016-01-26.
- ↑ "Du extends deadline for Entrepreneur TV show". Arabian Business. 2 April 2012. Retrieved 2016-01-26.
- ↑ nazerry. "Nisreen Shocair - Enterprise Asia". Enterprise Asia. Retrieved 2016-01-26.
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