Dubai, United Arab Emirates, December 2025 – Aseel Shahen has been appointed as Director, People & Organization at Majid Al Futtaim, taking charge of the people, culture, and organizational effectiveness agenda for the Group’s Development business across large-scale, multi-country portfolios.
In her new role, she leads organization design, talent strategy, workforce planning, and culture transformation initiatives, ensuring that people capability and structure remain continuously aligned with Majid Al Futtaim’s growth, delivery, and transformation objectives across complex project-based operations.
Prior to her elevation, Aseel Shahen served for nearly four years as Senior Manager – People & Organization at Majid Al Futtaim, where she led talent management, change leadership, and workforce transformation programs, strengthening enterprise capability and leadership effectiveness across business units.
Earlier, she was Head of Business Operations and Talent Effectiveness at Acino, driving business transformation, sales force capability development, and organizational performance initiatives across regional operations in the Middle East.
Before that, she spent over five years at Johnson & Johnson, holding leadership roles including Business Intelligence & Excellence Manager – EMEA and Business Analyst – MEA, Turkey & Pakistan, where she built analytics-driven performance frameworks and supported strategic growth programs.
She also built strong commercial and financial planning foundations through roles at Novartis Consumer Health and Amana Contracting & Steel Buildings, contributing to regional business intelligence, sales analytics, and financial performance management.
About Majid Al Futtaim
Founded in 1992, Majid Al Futtaim is an Emirati-owned diversified lifestyle conglomerate operating across the Middle East, Africa and Asia. The Group employs over 43,000 people, owns and operates 29 shopping malls, seven hotels and four mixed-use communities, and welcomes more than 600 million customers annually. It is one of the region’s most respected private enterprises with assets valued at approximately US$18 billion.
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