Najila Al Midfa: Catalysing Entrepreneurial Success and Inspiring Tomorrow’s Leaders

Najila Al Midfa now serves as the CEO of Sheraa, Sharjah Entrepreneurship Center board member and Vice Chairman for Young Arab Leaders; her impact is vast and far-reaching to shape the future of the entrepreneurship and develop talents in the UAE. Apart from leadership, Al Midfa is the spirited founder of Khayarat which is a platform matching Emirati talents to organizations seeking to hire the best professionals.

 Accomplished Sheraa caretaker, Najila Al Midfa, concentrates her efforts in discovering and moulding the next generations of innovators. Through Sheraa’s leadership, Sheraa has expanded to become one of the most concentrated entrepreneurs of an innovative economy in Sharjah and other areas. It provides proper tools and support as well as connections that one needs in order to transform the business concepts into viable enterprises. Sheraa thereby plays a big role in nurturing the environment of entrepreneurship that contributes to the process of economic development of the region and the diversification process in particular. Being is the Vice Chairman of Young Arab Leaders, Al Midfa expands her reach more than being in the board of directors of the company. It was to ensure that the visions of positive change by the young leadership from the Arab world was enhanced by the needed skills and knowledge; the organization was to support these captains to be able to address the existing challenges. Regarding this, Al Midfa’s implication demonstrate her concern toward building leadership capacities and fostering organisational culture of collaboration and creativity among the youths.

Khayarat was launched by Najila Al Midfa and it has been having immense responsibilities of arranging the opportunities for Emirati talent in different fields and with different companies. It fits in with the very real demand emerging in the UAE job market – of finding people with the right skill sets and matching those with organizations that seek to tap into local intelligence and experience. Al Midfa is not only moving many steps forward in the ladder between employee and employer in the case of Khayarat but also progressing profoundly in transforming the talent development ladder in the whole region by empowering local professionals.

 Najila Al Midfa has till now developed an outstanding career and, therefore, her potential and experiences are vast and diverse. Her professional experience with organizations of this world’s fame like Google, Khalifa Fund for Enterprise Development, McKinsey & Company, PwC, and Shell makes her background very rich as related to business and entrepreneurship. Therefore, she had armed herself with the right knowledge and experience in bring positive change and implementing new ideas. We can use this example to see that her job at Google made her appreciate the field of technology and things which beasts change over time. Likewise, she has learnt enterprise development and support for start-ups during her time at Khalifa Fund. Moreover, she has gained good experience from dealing with McKinsey & Company, PwC and SHELL that has developed her ability on strategic thinking and problem solving.  Najila Al Midfa continues the forming of the proper entrepreneurial environment and qualified human resources in the UAE as the leader and an entrepreneur. Her goal is simple, to foster a world in which everyone, especially budding entrepreneurs get a platform to positively impact society in his or her own style. With her experience based on a broad diverse background, Al Midfa is ready and eager to unlock doors of creativity, cooperation and capacity that will ensure the growth of not only the local but also the global community.