Tariq Qureishy

Currently, CEO Xponential & MAD Group. Board Member (including HBS for GCC), Global Speaker, Transformation Advisor & Expert, Author, Podcast "Voices of the Future" and Founder of the Future Readiness Institute. www.tariq.tv

Tariq held top leadership positions in Dow Jones Markets (12 years), The Times & Sunday Times (2.5 years) Bloomberg Media (5 years). As a Futurist & Transformation professional (www.xponential.world ), specializing in Media, Tech & Finance, he is a sought after board & c-level advisor, keynote speaker, presenter & leadership professional. He is acknowledged as an authentic & candid presenter, with an open & entertaining style.

Tariq connects the dots between the present & future. He uses practical, on the ground experience, with knowledge & research from global masters. This led to the creation of Xponential World, under MAD Group DWC LLC, a future foresight platform providing advisory/coaching, L&D and media/content..

Now he is working towards empowering boards & companies to thrive in the future, rather than be worried about it. www.xponential.world.

Tariq is Founder and CEO of MAD Talks. He has worked with many major brands in region either through the media platforms. He has specialized knowledge about innovation, the impact of the brain & thinking, focused on the future.

He is also MAD about “Making A Difference” in everything. Work, social impact, life, everything. That is what inspires him today.

Tariq set up MAD Talks, a digital content channel and platform. www.madtalks.com.

Throughout his career he achieved his best results when he has challenged the status quo and was creatively disruptive. With major corporations and brands he set up their regional presence and built multi million $ businesses.

During the 1990’s in his Dow Jones Markets days, set up the entire regional infrastructure, which enabled the whole team to trail-blaze in the financial services & tech space in emerging markets, producing exceptional results.

In 2007 when the whole world was going online and digital with newspapers, he set up and led the successful launch of The Times & Sunday Times in the Gulf. Almost everybody, including media felt we were making a mistake.

Then 2012-16, helped set up Bloomberg TV successfully & building revenues

He had an inner calling to connect all the dots & experiences in his life and do something truly meaningful. He launched 100% MAD and change the world of philanthropy by democratizing it through digital technology.

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