{"id":3240,"date":"2024-09-23T16:00:27","date_gmt":"2024-09-23T12:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/govhr-summit.com\/?p=3240"},"modified":"2024-10-02T17:56:55","modified_gmt":"2024-10-02T13:56:55","slug":"cheryl-thornton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/govhr-summit.com\/ar\/cheryl-thornton\/","title":{"rendered":"Cheryl Thornton"},"content":{"rendered":"
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International Board Member & Executive HR Leader, UAE<\/b><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Cheryl is a C-Suite leader with multi-sector experience and more than 25 years working in the education, not-for-profit, retail, real estate, banking, investment and aviation sectors. She has worked across several jurisdictions including the UK, Asia, Oceania, the Middle East and Africa.<\/p>

Presently, Cheryl is working in the banking sector leading people strategies for growth, change management, culture, and technology transformations.<\/p>

Cheryl has an MBA and Bachelor of Education from the University of New England, Australia. Her professional qualifications include Fellows with the Chartered Management Institute; CIPD UK; Institute of Management & Leaders UK; Learning and Performance Institute UK; and Australian Human Resource Institute.<\/p>

Cheryl is active in the international and local communities. She is a reputed Adjunct Lecturer and Assessor with the PwC Academy Middle East, an Assessor with the Dubai Quality Group and a Mentor with the Cherie Blair Foundation and Al Ghurair Foundation for Education. Cheryl is also a Panel Judge for the prestigious Emirates Women\u2019s Awards; MEED Gulf Awards; and CIPD Middle East People Awards.<\/p>

Cheryl is an experienced international Board member with several not-for-profit organizations in the sectors of education, people of determination, technology, and social impact initiatives.<\/p>

Cheryl comes from Australia, is married, and has one son. She has lived in the UAE since 2005 and is a passionate advocate for equity, diversity and inclusion.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

International Board Member & Executive HR Leader, UAE<\/b><\/p>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":3242,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"elementor_header_footer","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3240","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-speakers"],"yoast_head":"\nCheryl Thornton - GOV HR Summit<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"For over a decade, GOV HR Summit has been at the forefront of sharing best practices from GCC\u2019s Government and Public sector Entities on Connecting People with Performance!\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/govhr-summit.com\/ar\/cheryl-thornton\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"ar_AR\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Cheryl Thornton - 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