Leila Hoteit

Working in the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) since 2014, Hoteit focuses on developing education in the Middle East, for primary and secondary students. She is the globe leader for the employment and Welfare practices in BCG. Hoteit works for Human Capital development and improvement of employment and culture. She is also a member of the Public Service Practice with over 20 years of strategy and operations experience acquired through projects in the Middle East and Europe.

In 2013, she was the partner and vice president of Booz and Company and responsible for the Human Capital development platform. She worked for a GCC Country and wanted to increase national's participation and employment in strategic sectors of the economy. Hoteit also lead a project for a GCC Country looking at possibilities to increase national employment for females in the creative and digital industries.

Hoteit then became a senior member of Booz & Company in 2009.She was positioned around the Human Capital Agenda Responsible for winning and delivering over $10M worth of projects annually.

In 2006, Hoteit was a senior associate in Booz& Company at Abu Dhabi, UAE. She participated in various strategy development projects related to operating model design, Financial modeling, transformation programs, and implementation programs. In her projects, Hoteit helped in the organization transformation for Regional Oil And Gas Co. Company but also developed a socio economic impact assessment in Abu Dhabi Saadiyat Cultural District.

Later on, she worked for Oilfield Services in Paris, France in 2003 where she introduced new technologies and services for Open Hole Wireline and managed its business development.

Hoteit started her career in the United Kingdom in 1999 as a senior research scientist in the Schlumberger Cambridge Research. She developed an approach in Borehole Telemetry that contributed to 30% reduction in telemetry downtime. She then continued working at the Cambridge research centre in 2001 as Program Manager. She led a team of six research scientists and developed strong external network of expertise with universities ( Oxford, Imperial College and Cambridge) and helped in the development of strategic planning for long term technology developments in the field of Drilling Interpretation and Control.

Hoteit worked as a senior research scientist at Schlumberger Cambridge research center from January 1999 till February 2001, and received an inventor award for improving borehole telemetry downtime. Hoteit was awarded the Global Teacher Prize by Varkey Foundation in May 2015 for being an exceptional teacher for her outstanding performance in teaching and inspiring her students. She was also chosen as a Young Global Leader in 2014 for her work on human capital development by the World Economic Forum. Hoteit was also selected as an expert member in the UNESCO Inclusive Policy Lab in 2019. Later in 2020, she was recognized by Forbes Middle East as one of the top Power Businesswomen.

Hoteit is a French educated student. She graduated high school in 1992 with a French Baccalaureate in Lebanon. Leila then continued her Bachelor studies in London, United Kingdom, in the Imperial College, where she majored in Electrical and Computer Engineering followed by a PhD in Communication and Signal Processing. Hoteit later earned a Master's Degree in Business Administration in 2002 at INSEAD, France.