Leila Hoteit

Leila Hoteit
Country: 
Lebanon
Associated organisations: 
Company
Professions: 
Managing Director
Partner
Field(s) of expertise: 
Education
Gender
Labour Market Women Empowerment
Areas of Impact: 
Gender Equality

Personal information

Leila Hoteit
Partner and Managing Director

Contact information (Work)

Boston Consulting Group International Inc
.+971 5 0121 9041
Hoteit.Leila@bcg.com
https://www.bcg.com/

Community/Lebanon Impact

Leila has over many years now promoted a positive role model for Lebanese and Arab women in business, through holding executive positions in leading multinational companies, driving human capital development in the region, and advocating for women economic empowerment.

Social Media

LinkedIn Page

Work history

Previous Professions: 
  • Leila started her career in the United Kingdom in 1999 as a senior research scientist in the Schlumberger Cambridge Research.
  • She then continued working at the Cambridge Centre for International Research in 2001 as Program Manager.
  • She worked for Oilfield Services in Paris, France in 2003.
  • In 2006, Leila was a senior associate in Booz & Company at Abu Dhabi, UAE.
  • She then became a senior member of Booz & Company in 2009.
  • In 2013, she was promoted to partner and vice president at Booz and Company and was responsible for the Human Capital development platform.
  • In 2014, Hoteit joined the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) and led the human capital development sector in the Middle East. Today, she is a member of the global leadership teams of both the public sector and social impact practices of BCG.
  • Partner and Managing Director, May 2014-present, The Boston Consulting Group.
  • Vice-President and Partner, 2013-April 2014, Booz & Company Middle East.
  • Associate, Senior Associate and Principal, 2004-2013, Booz & Company.
  • Research and Development Manager, 2001-2002, Schlumberger.
  • Senior Research Scientist, 1999-2001, Schlumberger.

Major Achievements

Publications (Books, Articles, Reports, etc.): 
Exhibitions, lectures & performances: 
Inventions and Patents: 
  • 1) Seismic acquisition and filtering; Patent date Issued Sept. 1, 2009 Patent issuer and number us 7584057.
  • 2) Methods and systems for averting or mitigating undesirable drilling events; Patent date Issued March 22, 2005 Patent issuer and number us 6868920.

Accomplishments

Diplomas: 
  • PhD in Communication and Signal Processing from Impeial College London.
  • Master's Degree in Business Administration in 2003 at INSEAD.
  • Bachelor degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Imperial College London.
Distinctions: 
  • Named as one of 100 Most Influential Arab Women by Forbes Middle East 2018
  • Named as one of 200 Most Powerful Arab Women by Forbes Middle East 2014
  • Selected by the World Economic Forum as a Young Global Leader (Middle East), 2014. http://widgets.weforum.org/ygl-2014/
Awards: 

 

Leila has multiple awards, you may check the extensive list on her Wikipedia page : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leila_Hoteit

Competences & Skills

Field(s) of Expertise: 

 

  • Leila is specialized in human capital topics, and is the global lead of BCG's Education, Employment and Welfare sector. She is the author of multiple publications on the topic and is often requested expert by the media on topics of education and women economic empowerment in the GCC. She leads the UAE public sector work for BCG and has worked on strategy, restructuring and transformation projects across public sector
  • Education
  • Gender (women economic empowerment)
  • Labor Market
Languages: 
  • Arabic
  • English
  • French