2024 Judge profile

Zufar Khabibullin
Regional Director, Learning and Development
Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group
As a Regional Director, Learning and Development, Zufar Khabibullin is currently supporting L&D Leaders across the APAC region as well as leading global leadership development programmes at Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group.
With over 20 years of experience in adult education, learning, coaching, and mentoring, Zufar has been able to apply this expertise and develop people across different industries: hospitality, educational establishments and learning consultancies.
Multi-cultural exposure in countries like United Arab Emirates, State of Qatar, Sultanate of Oman, Russia, and Mainland China allowed Zufar to adapt his approaches and create innovative culturally versed learning solutions to meet the business needs.
Zufar holds the City and Guilds International Certificate in Training Skills and is a certified NLP Practitioner.
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