A long-term resident of Qatar, Justin helped establish the Government Communications Office (GCO) for the Prime Minister’s Office. Working alongside senior Qatari officials, he was responsible for providing media training, developing communications campaigns around labour issues, foreign direct investment, international aid, counterterrorism, and the illegal blockade of Qatar. In addition to his responsibilities with the GCO, Justin managed accounts in key markets including Kuwait and Oman.

Before moving to Qatar, Justin was seconded to the Office of Tony Blair in Kazakhstan where he was Responsible for communications support around key events including the ‘P5+1’ talks on Iranian nuclear disarmament and the President’s nuclear disarmament initiative. He has acted as a senior advisor to key officials on policy topics including Kazakhstan’s rule of law programme, judicial review, anti-corruption measures and plans to combat religious extremism.

Prior to this, he was a senior advisor to the Labour and Coalition Governments in the United Kingdom and led several public sector advertising campaigns on behalf of the Australian Public Service.

Iman is a marketing and communications professional with more than 15 years of experience working for government, semi-government, insurance, and financial services institutions in Europe, Bermuda, and the Middle East.

As General Manager and Head of the Finance and Investments practice at BLJ Worldwide, she supports clients across Qatar and the region with strategic planning, crisis communications, stakeholder engagement, narrative development, and creative campaigns.

Prior to BLJ, Iman worked in various strategic communications capacities for the UK’s Department for International Trade which is responsible for developing trade agreements between the United Kingdom and foreign countries; National Savings and Investments, an agency of the UK Treasury; and M&G Investments, one of Europe’s leading asset management houses.

Iman currently resides in Doha, Qatar, and provides strategic comms and senior counsel to BLJ Worldwide’s Finance including the Investment Promotion Agency of Qatar, the Qatar Financial Centre, North Oil Company, Media City Qatar, MoFA Permanent Committee for Organizing Conferences, and some Qatari banks.

Iman has also led on the PR and communications for the ‘Qatar Economic Forum, Powered By Bloomberg’ event, since its inception, which has seen over 150 influential business leaders from across the world convene to discuss the most pressing business issues.

She completed her degree in Marketing and Promotion at the University of the Arts London.

Hadia is a highly experienced communications professional with over 14 years’ experience working for multinational corporates and consultancies around the world. She supports clients across Qatar and the region with strategic communications and public relations.

She gained her experience at PepsiCo, Egypt, where she managed strategic communications, culture-building, and internal engagement. Her roles also included shaping communication and CSR plans. Later, in Qatar at TripleTwo, she led marketing and advertising campaigns for renowned clients like Al Jazeera Media Network and the Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy.

Hadia currently resides in Doha, Qatar, and oversees the Foundations & Education Practice. She completed her Bachelor of Arts in Integrated Marketing Communication at the American University in Cairo, Egypt.

Anya is a global reputation management counselor with a proven track record in designing and executing corporate communications campaigns, thought leadership platforms and crisis management projects.

As a Senior Director in BLJ’s Doha office, Anya oversees the Years of Culture initiative under Qatar Museums – a bilateral cultural exchange responsible for setting up and maintaining robust dialogue between Qatar and a different nation each year. In her role, Anya oversees strategic narrative development and integrated communications, including international media outreach and marketing.

As an Associate Director at Teneo Blue Rubicon in Doha prior to joining BLJ, Anya worked across the country’s biggest education and non-profit organizations, telling the stories of families whose children have been helped by the talented doctors at Sidra Medicine and the country’s broader investment in socio-economic development to the world. Anya was also part of the core team designing and testing Qatar brand’s crisis communications response, including building out team capabilities and training staff.

Anya holds a Master of Science in Behavioral Communications from Northwestern University and a Bachelor of Art in Public Relations and Sociology from Syracuse University.

Roaa is a financial accountant handling the financial operations of BLJ Worldwide for several years.
Joined BLJ Worldwide in 2011, these many years in the agency helped her to strongly understand the financial operation side of business. Her role includes and not limited to preparing financial budgeting, auditing and cash flow management. As well as ensuring that financial transactions are accurately represented and monitor outgoing and incoming transactions, invoices, payments, and external and internal activities of the company across the agency.
Additionally, she worked as part of the senior management team to provide all necessary tasks, and reports preparation. She supports the business in ensuring the accuracy of all the financial documents provided to maintain transparency and accuracy.
Throughout her early employment, she provided the daily office financial operations and supported the operations, administration, and human resources requirements.
Roaa has completed her Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting) from Cairo University.