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Jan 2025
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"35% of your life will be spent here!" -...

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Maha Taibah is the Founder of RUMMAN, a human-centric design firm focused on workplace wellbeing, and an independent board member of PwC MENA. With 20+ years in human capital development across government, private, and academic sectors, she is a strategic advisor, investor, speaker, and wellbeing advocate. A former government leader driving national initiatives for the Saudi labor market, Maha also serves on several global boards and was the only “sharkette” on Shark Tank Arabia. An alumna of DePaul, Harvard Business School, and Singularity University, she has been featured in outlets like The New York Times, Forbes, and Fortune.

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