Niki Kerimova
Director, Head of Marketing for MEA region at Kearney
The move
MoveMcKinsey & Company → Kearney
TitleDirector of Communications, Middle East, Egypt and Pakistan → Director, Head of Marketing MEA
LocationRiyadh → Dubai
Career arcRecent arrival
Cross-border moveYes · Saudi Arabia → United Arab Emirates
Native languageRussian, English
Years in UAE0.5
Total experience15.9 years
Kearney headcount5,001-10,000 employees
Kearney industryBusiness Consulting and Services
Kearney HQChicago, Illinois
Kearney founded1926
Kearney typePartnership
Career arc
- Director, Head of Marketing MEANov 2025 — Present
Kearney· Dubai, United Arab Emirates· Full-time
- Director of Communications, Middle East, Egypt and PakistanNov 2021 — Oct 2025
McKinsey & Company· Riyadh, Saudi Arabia· Full-time
- Marketing and Communications Strategy LeadJun 2021 — Nov 2021
NEOM· Tabuk, Saudi Arabia· Contract
- Communications Lead, Corporate and Retail IntegrationJul 2020 — Apr 2021
SABB· Riyadh, Saudi Arabia· Contract
- Senior Manager, Change Management and Communications, Office of Chief Technology OfficerFeb 2019 — Jul 2020
Scotiabank· Toronto, Canada Area· Full-time
- Manager, Strategic Communications and Event Planning, IT&S, Office of Chief Technology OfficerJan 2018 — Feb 2019
- Media Relations and Events CoordinatorJun 2016 — Jan 2018OOttawa Community Housing Corporation (OCH)· Ottawa, Canada Area
- Account DirectorApr 2010 — Jun 2016
PR Post· Toronto, Canada Area· Full-time
- Communications ConsultantApr 2010 — Jun 2013
Education
- Weston Collegiate Institute2002 — 2006
- Carleton UniversityBachelor · Journalism2006 — 2008
- Centre for Excellence in CommunicationsPresent
- York UniversityBachelor of Arts · English Major2008 — 2011
- Centennial CollegeGraduate · Corporate Communications and Public Relations2008 — 2010
- Harvard UniversityGraduate Certificate · Business/Corporate Communications2020 — 2021
Languages
- Azerbaijani · Limited working
- French · Limited working
- Russian · Native or bilingual
- Turkish · Elementary
- English · Native or bilingual
Top skills
Project CoordinationWeb ContentStrategic CommunicationsSpeech WritingPress ReleasesCopywriting