CAROLINE FATTAL FAKHOURY
“As Marcel Proust said, that the only voyage of discovery consists of not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.”
I am passionate about coaching and its ability to empower people and to make them move forward in their careers and in their lives.
Experience
Throughout her career in the fast moving consumer goods industry, Caroline has held management roles in Europe, Latin America & the Middle East—learning best practices from Unilever, Kraft, Johnson & Johnson and Gillette.
She started her marketing career in Unilever’s European Business Group based in Paris, then transferred to Buenos Aires where she became a Senior Brand Manager handling innovation, product launches, consumer research, advertising and brand development for a key brand.
Caroline later moved to Lebanon where she became the Sales Director of Unilever Levant’s newly established operation. She pioneered by being the only woman Sales Director in Unilever Asia Middle East & North Africa and the only woman Board Member of Unilever Levant. Two challenges she faced were building a sales organization from ground up, and transforming annual sales plans with channel strategies into reliable execution that exceeded expectations and targets.
Following her Unilever experience, Caroline joined her family’s business, Khalil Fattal & Fils, first as Assistant General Manager of the Food & Beverage division, and later as Chief Operating Officer of the entire group. More than 100 years old, the Lebabon-based business has subsidiaries in six countries across Middle East & North Africa distributing well-known internatonal brands. Responsible for 1200 employees across multiple geographies, Caroline’s executive responsibilities covered Human Resources, Audit, Financial Control as well as Sales & Marketing Development. She continues to serve as a board member today.
Caroline has lived and worked in France, Argentina & Lebanon and is now resident in Dubai. She coaches in English and French. She has a working knowledge of Arabic and Spanish as well.
Coaching Practice
Today, Caroline combines 14 years corporate business experience with the skills of a professional business coach. She branched out into coaching to share her ideas about cooperative leadership and organizational development.
Caroline’s experience as a Board Member of both Unilever & the family business make her aware of challenges facing shareholders, board chairs, board members and non-execs.
Based on her own experience and her work with many businesses, Caroline can appreciate the complex and powerful relationship dynamics of a top management team at Executive and Boardroom level..
Through her coaching, Caroline wishes to share her personal and professional insights with leaders. Her attention is concentrated on active listening and asking the right questions to move people and organizations forward. These two keys open the doors for confident, positive and open-minded work that is about putting individual potential into action..
Qualifications, Memberships
Board Member, Fattal Holding, Lebanon
Former Board Member, Unilever Levant, Lebanon
Co-active coaching certificate, Coaches Training Institute, USA
Organization & Relationship Systems Coaching Training , Center for Right Relationship, USA
Diploma in Business Management (Maitrise de Gestion), Université de Paris IX Dauphine, France.
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