SAMERA ALI BABA

Coach Sameera Baba – MCC - ICF Sameera is an ambitious trainer who has developed her career in training, especially in projects aiming toward empowering professional development; she has managed major projects on the national and regional level in the last 10 years with a targeted number of beneficiaries exceeding 9000 trainees and 1000 training days in total. During her earlier career stages, she acted as a key account executive at Legend PAPI “March-1999” until her last official position as an employee at Bahrain Institute for Banking & Finance as Special Projects and Business Development Manager. Sameera has accumulated over 22 years of experience in Management, Training, and Development, Marketing, Sales, Business Development & Customer Service Field, today she is the owner and the “Chief Initiatives Officer” in her own company (Mubadara for Business Consultancy) and she provides consultations services and highly contextualized training workshops for many organizations both locally and regionally in both Arabic and English, developed to match the cultural and environmental background of her audiences. In addition, she has experience in facilitating Leadership and Management (ILM-UK) training, Sales and Marketing programs with the Institute of Sales Management (ISM-UK), and Coach Training Programs by the Association of Coaching-UK and facilitated training programs which are accredited by International Coach Federation (ICF). Field Experience Sameera presents over 180 practical, highly energetic training workshops and programs each year in many domains targeting over 2000 participants every year. Recognized locally as one of the aspiring thinkers in the field of training and development, coaching, marketing, and sales. She has been featured regionally in multiple programs to empower youth, entrepreneurs, young professionals, and other fields executives & professionals. She created and applied the concept of (Play Think Learn) strategy in facilitating her training, where trainees are required to perform 80% of the concepts learned during the sessions via highly interactive activities and role plays and then reflect on their learnings, such model enables trainees to better learn and have an in-depth underrating of the learning outcomes. She is also a creator for (i_reflect) product line which includes facilitation and coaching tools and reflective journals. Sameera was named one of the top 100 women influencers in Bahrain in the years 2017-2018-2019 by Business in Gulf and The Start-Up magazines for her contribution in the training field. Academic Qualifications: • Masters in Human Resource Management – Applied Science University (2021-Current) • BSc in Marketing & Management – University of Bahrain (2008) Professional Qualifications: • Master Certified Coach-MCC- International Coaching Federation-ICF. • Agile Certified Coach – ICP-ACC-IC Agile • Professional Product Owner I – Scrum.org • Certified Professional Scrum Master II – Scrum.org • Introduction to Innovation – Applied Innovation Institute • Certificate in Using Instructional Materials and Technology to Promote Learner Engagement – Quality Matters • Certified Professional Scrum Master I – Scrum.org • Certificate in Teaching Online – An Introduction to Online Delivery – Quality Matters • Certificate in Connecting Learning Outcomes and Assessment – Quality Matters • Certificate of Completion in Peer Review Course – Quality Matters • Certificate of Completion in Applying the Quality Matter Rubric-Quality Matters. • Agile Team Facilitation – IC Agile Professional Certification – IC Agile • SHRM Certified Professional - CP • HABC- Level Three – International award in Delivering Training • Diploma in Leadership & Management accredited by the Chartered Management Institute, UK, Bahrain Institute of Banking and Finance (BIBF), Bahrain. • Essential Training for Assessors and Quality Assurance – City and Guilds (ILM) – QFBA-Qatar. • Occupational testing course certified by SHL-Level One, Bahrain Institute of Banking and Finance (BIBF), Bahrain • Planning and Delivering Training Sessions to Groups – level 6- 8 credits - Scottish Qualification Fr Board Member in Bahrain Society for Training and Development, Director of Professional Development Programmes. (BSTD-2014-2022 – 8 years) • Served as board president of International Coach Federation (ICF-Bahrain Chapter – May 2018-May 2020 term).