Before moving to Qatar, Justin was seconded to the Office of Tony Blair in Kazakhstan where he was responsible for communications support around key events including the ‘P5+1’ talks on Iranian nuclear disarmament and the President’s nuclear disarmament initiative. He has acted as a senior advisor to key officials on policy topics including Kazakhstan’s rule of law programme, judicial review, anti-corruption measures and plans to combat religious extremism.
Prior to this, he was a senior advisor to the Labour and Coalition Governments in the United Kingdom and led several public sector advertising campaigns on behalf of the Australian Public Service.
As General Manager and Head of the Finance and Investments practice at BLJ Worldwide, she supports clients across Qatar and the region with strategic planning, crisis communications, stakeholder engagement, narrative development, and creative campaigns.
Prior to BLJ, Iman worked in various strategic communications capacities for the UK’s Department for International Trade which is responsible for developing trade agreements between the United Kingdom and foreign countries; National Savings and Investments, an agency of the UK Treasury; and M&G Investments, one of Europe’s leading asset management houses.
Iman currently resides in Doha, Qatar, and provides strategic communications and senior counsel to BLJ Worldwide’s Finance and Investment clients. As General Manager of BLJ Worldwide, she provides senior counsel to clients across the business.
She completed her degree in Marketing and Promotion at the University of the Arts London.
She gained her experience at PepsiCo, Egypt, where she managed strategic communications, culture-building, and internal engagement. Her roles also included shaping communication and CSR plans. Later, in Qatar at TripleTwo, she led marketing and advertising campaigns for renowned clients like Al Jazeera Media Network and the Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy.
Hadia currently resides in Doha, Qatar, and oversees the Foundations & Education Practice. She completed her Bachelor of Arts in Integrated Marketing Communication at the American University in Cairo, Egypt.
As a Senior Director in BLJ’s Doha office, Anya oversees the Arts and Culture Practice team and clients.
Prior to joining BLJ, Anya was an Associate Director at Teneo Blue Rubicon in Doha working across the country’s biggest education and non-profit organisations. Anya was also part of the core team designing and testing Qatar brand’s crisis communications response, including building out team capabilities and training staff.
Anya holds a Master of Science in Behavioural Communications from Northwestern University and a Bachelor of Art in Public Relations and Sociology from Syracuse University.
Katherine provides operational risk management solutions, frameworks and delivers strategic advice in the realm of business operations, human capital, and senior counsel to employees to provide effective solutions that can target efficiency, quality, and profitability in all areas of the business. She works hard to promote the overall health and success of the business, managing financial & commercial budgets of business operations and guiding work teams are running smoothly.
Katherine holds an airline certification license from (IATA) the International Air Transport Association in Doha State of Qatar. She completed her Bachelor of Science Degree in Information Technology at the Far Eastern University in the Philippines and is a certified computer specialist licensed by TESDA, a government agency.
Roaa is part of the senior management team, providing all necessary tasks, and reports. She supports the business in ensuring the accuracy of all financial documents to maintain transparency and accuracy.
Roaa has completed her Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting) from Cairo University.
Katya was previously a Deputy to the General Producer of Qatar Russia Year of Culture, and part of the team that delivered 70 events programs over a year with total budget of 11,5M dollars. She also worked for Deloitte as Consultant for justification of creative economies in The Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). Katya holds an MA degree in Art Industry Studies and an MA in Linguistics and International Communication.
