PDI Ninth House Expands Presence in the Middle East, Focusing on Developing Talent From the Region

- Industry Veteran Dr. Deepak Gupta to Lead Growth Efforts

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates, May 8, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- PDI Ninth House, a global leadership solutions firm, marked its commitment to developing leaders in and from the Middle East region with the appointment of Dr. Deepak Gupta to managing director.

Gupta has decades of leadership development experience across the Middle East and India and is based in Abu Dhabi. He will be responsible for driving efforts to establish partnerships with government owned companies, multinational organizations, family-owned businesses, and government departments and agencies in United Arab Emirates and other countries within the Gulf Cooperation Council. He will also lead his team in helping companies craft leadership strategies and then create and implement talent development programs.

"PDI Ninth House has a proven ability to develop business leaders from the Middle East by leveraging both its global resources and specific cultural knowledge of this region," Gupta said. "My new role is part of an even stronger commitment to enhance the capabilities of leaders from the region who will make a positive impact on the area's growing economy."

PDI Ninth House Has Proven Success in the Region

For more than a decade, PDI Ninth House has helped Middle Eastern-based organizations — including SABIC, Saudi Aramco and Abu Dhabi Investment Authority — expand the capabilities of local leaders. PDI Ninth House works with organizations to help identify, develop and coach high-potential local talent at different leadership levels, and also creates sustainable succession plans for leadership continuity within these organizations.

About Dr. Deepak Gupta, D.Phil., CPP®:
Managing Director, Middle East
Abu Dhabi

For more than 17 years, Deepak has led advisory and large-scale organizational transformation projects in talent development and management. These projects include leadership assessment, development and coaching; organization design and restructuring; and strategy, people and performance alignment. He has worked extensively with clients both in the public and private sectors in the Middle East and India.

About PDI Ninth House:

PDI Ninth House is the world's premier global leadership solutions company. For more than four decades, we have provided integrated assessment, development and coaching solutions around critical leadership and business challenges that most directly impact each leader's success and the success of their organization. For more information, contact PDI Ninth House at +971-2-4146668 or visit its website at www.pdinh.com.