Hala Merhi is a Senior Partner with EMA Partners Saudi Arabia. She has more than two decades of experience with leading executive search firms and professional services firms across diversified sectors. Prior to EMA Partners International, she worked at King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The start of her career was with International Health Resources Corp. as a Recruitment Manager in Lebanon, overseeing the recruitment of medical and support staff for healthcare institutions in the Gulf region. During the course of her career, she gained significant expertise in executive search encompassing a gamut of sectors such as Banking & Finance, Healthcare, Education, Hospitality, Insurance, Oil & Gas, Consumer Goods & Services, Logistics, HR, Operations and Manufacturing across the Middle East and Gulf Region. She has received her Master’s Degree in Business Administration from the University of Maryland University College along with a Bachelor’s Degree in International Affairs from the Lebanese American University. She is a Certified Intelligent Leadership Executive Coach, Business Coach and Certified Psychometric Assessment Analyst.