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
Episode 9 of Karak Chats, hosts Natalia Barroso and Kate Blotskaya are joined by Aarta Alkarimi of Chrysalis to talk about the process of becoming a chartered arbitrator and why experts are important to a case.

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