Chalhoub Group
Rijal Hikmatullah has a diverse work experience in various companies and roles. Starting in 2016, they worked as an Engineering Intern at Emirates, where they gained practical skills in workshops. In 2017, they became a Co-Founder and Chief Executive Engineer at The Concept, a product development company in the aviation industry. Rijal co-developed an IoT technology called NEOS Fly+ to track food consumption on aircraft. Rijal also joined the Intelak Hub as a Cohort Member in 2016, where they contributed to startups supporting Dubai's position in aviation, travel, and tourism. In 2018 and 2019, they joined Sheraa's Pre-Seed and Seed Stage programs, respectively, to continue their entrepreneurial journey. In 2020, Rijal became a Cohort Member in the Gothams x Hub71 Accelerator program, focused on aerospace and defense startups. Additionally, they joined Hub71 as a Startup Resident, benefiting from their tech ecosystem and partnerships with ADGM and Mubadala. In 2021, Rijal was selected as a Cohort Member in Flat6Labs, a leading seed and early stage venture capital firm in the MENA region. Rijal co-founded SOL3MATES in 2023, and in the same year, they joined Chalhoub Group as a Corporate Innovation Lead. Overall, Rijal has gained extensive experience in entrepreneurship, innovation, and the aviation industry.
Rijal Hikmatullah completed a Bachelor of Science in Aeronautical Engineering from Emirates Aviation University from 2013 to 2017. Prior to that, they attended the International School of Choueifat from 2001 to 2013, but no specific degree or field of study is mentioned. Rijal also obtained several certifications in areas such as Six Sigma, Lean Six Sigma, Process Improvement, Root Cause Analysis, and Statistics Foundations from LinkedIn, though the specific dates of completion are not provided.
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Chalhoub Group
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For over six decades, we have been a partner and creator of luxury experiences in the Middle East. The Group, in its endeavour to excel as a hybrid retailer, has reinforced its distribution and marketing services with a portfolio of eight owned brands and over 300 international brands in the luxury, beauty, fashion, and art de vivre categories. More recently, the Group expanded its expertise into new categories of luxury watches, jewellery, and eyewear. Every step at Chalhoub Group is taken with the customer at heart. Be it constantly reinventing itself or focusing on innovation to provide luxury experiences at over 750+ experiential retail stores, online and through mobile apps, each touch point leads to delighting the customer. Today, we stand for 14,000 skilled and talented professionals across seven countries, whose cohesive efforts have resulted in the Group being ranked third in the Middle East and first in Saudi Arabia as a Great Place to Work®. To keep the innovation journey going, the Group has set up “The Greenhouse”, which is not just an innovation hub, but also an incubator space and accelerator for start-ups and small businesses in the region and internationally. This is just one of the several initiatives taken by the Group to reinvent itself, catalysed by forward thinking and future proofing. The Group has also been embedding sustainability at the core of its business strategy with a clear commitment towards people, partners and the planet, and by being a member of the United Nations Global Compact Community and signatory of the Women's Empowerment Principles. Website: chalhoubgroup.com Careers site: chalhoub.me/jobs Instagram: instagram.com/chalhoubgroup