Karak Chats
Karak Chats
Podcast Description
Karak Chats is a FTI Consulting podcast focusing on women in construction in the Middle East. Each week our hosts from FTI Consulting will be joined by various women from the construction industry in the region, who will all discuss how they are challenging the status quo in the construction industry. Expect career stories, light hearted anecdotes as well as discussion on female empowerment and how they are all building a stronger bridge for other aspiring women in construction to cross from a diversity and equity perspective. Each episode is hosted by our FTI Consulting Middle East construction experts: Natalia Barroso, Nisreen Bitar Wall and Kate Blotskaya, https://www.fticonsulting.com/united-arab-emirates/industries/construction-projects-and-assets
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Content Themes
The podcast covers main topics such as female representation in construction, overcoming industry challenges, and personal career journeys. Episodes include discussions on gender diversity, with examples like Alison Eslick’s advocacy for women in arbitration, Khushboo Shadadpuri’s insights on expert appointments, and Shona McCusker’s focus on energy transition and its impact on young women aspiring to enter the field.
Karak Chats is a FTI Consulting podcast focusing on women in construction in the Middle East. Each week our hosts from FTI Consulting will be joined by various women from the construction industry in the region, who will all discuss how they are challenging the status quo in the construction industry. Expect career stories, light hearted anecdotes as well as discussion on female empowerment and how they are all building a stronger bridge for other aspiring women in construction to cross from a diversity and equity perspective. Each episode is hosted by our FTI Consulting Middle East construction experts: Natalia Barroso, Nisreen Bitar Wall and Kate Blotskaya,
https://www.fticonsulting.com/united-arab-emirates/industries/construction-projects-and-assets
In this latest episode of Karak Chats, the FTI Consulting Team of Nisreen Bitar Wall and Natalia Barraso discuss construction dispute resolution with Cheryl Cairns of Trowers and Hamlins, Middle East.
Cheryl outlines her impressive career, what brought her to the region, and the disputes, litigation and particularly arbitration strategies that are being used in the region. Cheryl also talks about the importance of diversity in the expert field and how to best build your profile in the industry,
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