
Dr. Dilchad Dharsey
Transformational Leader | Enterprise Transformation Director | Leading Retail IT, PMO & TMO | Driving Scalable Change & Business Value
The move
MoveXylem → Al Tayer Insignia
TitleDirector of Information Technology → Enterprise Transformation Director
LocationDubai → Dubai
Career arcRecent arrival
Cross-border moveNo — same country
Years in UAE7.5
Total experience23.2 years
Al Tayer Insignia headcount1,001-5,000 employees
Al Tayer Insignia industryRetail
Al Tayer Insignia typePrivately Held
Career arc
- Enterprise Transformation DirectorApr 2026 — Present
Al Tayer Insignia· Dubai, United Arab Emirates· Full-time
- Head of Transformation and PMOSep 2025 — Apr 2026
Al Tayer Insignia· Dubai, United Arab Emirates· Full-time
- Director of Information TechnologyApr 2025 — Oct 2025
Xylem· Full-time - Global Segment Director - ITJan 2025 — Oct 2025
Xylem· Dubai, United Arab Emirates· Full-time - IT Director: Africa, Australia, NZ, China, Asia, India, META, and Southeast Asia.Mar 2023 — Jan 2025
Xylem· Dubai, United Arab Emirates· Full-time - Board Member - EmeritusJan 2023 — PresentBBusiness Relationship Management Institute (BRM Institute)· United States· Freelance
- Senior Information Technology Business Partner (Head of)Oct 2021 — Mar 2023
Retail Dubai· Dubai, United Arab Emirates· Full-time
- Head of IT Business Relationship ManagementMay 2020 — Sep 2021
Government· Abu Dhabi Emirate, United Arab Emirates· Full-time
- Board MemberDec 2019 — Dec 2022BBusiness Relationship Management Institute (BRM Institute)· United States· Freelance
- Head of IT Business Relationship ManagementDec 2018 — May 2020
Luxury Retail· Dubai, United Arab Emirates· Full-time
- Senior Business Relationship ManagerMar 2015 — Dec 2018
TFG (The Foschini Group)· Parow
- Snr Business Analyst ITNov 2006 — Feb 2015
Woolworths· Woolworths Head Office
- Global Project ManagerDec 2005 — Nov 2006
State Street Bank· Cape Town Area, South Africa
- Deloitte Consulting and GHR&DDec 2002 — Oct 2005
Deloitte
Education
- Eaton Business SchoolEMBA - Triple Certification Programme · Human Resources and Organizational Behavior Studies2020 — 2021
- Università degli Studi Guglielmo MarconiMaster's degree · Business Administration, Management and Operations2020 — 2021
- UCTPost Graduate Diploma · Project ManagementPresent
- Chartered Management InstituteCertified Manager · Business Administration and Management, General2020 — 2021
- Università degli Studi Guglielmo MarconiDoctor's Degree · Business Administration, Management and OperationsMay 2023 — Jul 2025
- Università degli Studi Guglielmo MarconiMaster's degree · Research and PhilosophyApr 2025
- Cambridge International QualificationPG Advanced Diploma - HR & Org Behaviour · Organizational Behavior Studies2020 — 2021
- UNISABachelor of Commerce (BCom) · Law2012 — 2015
Languages
- Afrikaans