Lana Qtaishat
INSEAD-Certified Coach | Leadership Development & Employee Training | Talent Management | Enabling Human Potential
The move
MoveDigital14 → EDGE
TitleSenior Learning & Development Manager - Digital Transformation Specialist → Human Capital Business Partner - Technology & Industrialization Cluster
LocationUnited Arab Emirates → Abu Dhabi
Career arcLong-term resident
Cross-border moveNo — same country
Years in UAE13.8
Total experience17.0 years
EDGE headcount10,001+ employees
EDGE industryDefense and Space Manufacturing
EDGE HQAbu Dhabi
EDGE typeGovernment Agency
Career arc
- Human Capital Business Partner - Technology & Industrialization ClusterJan 2026 — Present
EDGE· Abu Dhabi Emirate, United Arab Emirates· Full-time - Senior Manager - Talent Development and HRBP for Finance FunctionApr 2023 — Dec 2025
EDGE· United Arab Emirates· Full-time - Talent Development ManagerMar 2021 — May 2023
EDGE· Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates· Full-time - Senior Learning & Development Manager - Digital Transformation SpecialistJul 2020 — Mar 2021
Digital14· Full-time
- Learning and Development Manager - Digital TransformationJan 2020 — Jul 2020
Digital14· United Arab Emirates· Full-time
- Learning and Development Manager - Digital TransformationJun 2019 — Jan 2020
DarkMatter LLC· United Arab Emirates
- Academic Advisor and Learning Development SpecialistJul 2017 — Jan 2020
DarkMatter LLC· United Arab Emirates
- Director & Co-founderAug 2016 — Aug 2021
SwitchSeven· Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Senior Training AdvisorJan 2016 — Aug 2017
BP· Iraq - Assistant ManagerApr 2013 — Jan 2016
PwC· Jordan - Senior Consultant - Trainer at Middle East Public Sector Institute (PwC MEPSI)Apr 2013 — Jun 2014
PwC - Free Lance TrainerSep 2011 — Apr 2013IInternational Youth Foundation· Jordan
- Senior Maharat CoordinatorJan 2009 — Jun 2011
USAID· Amman
Education
- Amman academy school2004
- University of LeicesterPsychology at Work · Industrial and Organizational Psychology2015 — 2017
- INSEADINSEAD Coaching Certificate · Leadership DevelopmentSep 2024 — Jun 2025
- University of JordanBachelor's degree2004 — 2008
Languages
- Arabic
- English
Top skills
Performance AppraisalOrganizational DevelopmentEmployee Learning & DevelopmentProject PlanningInterpersonal SkillsArtificial Intelligence (AI)