Marina Ibrahim, MA Creative & Digital Media Enterprise, IQF Expert
Marina Ibrahim is an award-winning intercultural intelligence expert and strategic advisor, recognised for transforming culture from a hidden risk into a strategic advantage.
With over 30 years of international experience across Europe, the Middle East, and the UK, she operates at the intersection of leadership, culture, and organisational performance. Her work focuses on advising senior leaders and organisations navigating complex global environments, including cross-border expansion, mergers and acquisitions, and multinational team alignment.
As Founder of Globility Insights, Marina partners with executive teams and global stakeholders to strengthen leadership effectiveness, mitigate cultural risk, and unlock performance across diverse markets. Her approach combines strategic insight with proprietary frameworks and diagnostics, enabling organisations to make better decisions, build trust faster, and deliver sustainable results in culturally complex contexts.
Her advisory work extends to shaping future workforce capability and influencing global talent mobility strategy. She brings particular expertise in bridging academia and industry, supporting the development of international talent pipelines, corporate learning ecosystems, and cross-sector R&D collaboration. By enabling closer alignment between academic excellence and commercial innovation, she contributes to the development of globally agile talent and sustainable innovation ecosystems across borders.
Marina has contributed to executive education and leadership development for over a decade, including guest lecturing at leading universities such as Coventry University, Birmingham City University, Nottingham Trent University, and Staffordshire University. She has also collaborated with business schools and higher education institutions internationally, supporting the development of globally relevant leadership and cross-cultural capability. Earlier in her career, she worked within a multicultural business incubator environment at the University of Wolverhampton Science Park, where she supported innovation, entrepreneurship, and the growth of internationally focused start-ups.
A dual British-German citizen of Egyptian heritage, Marina brings both intellectual rigour and lived experience to her work and is regarded as a trusted advisor to leaders shaping the future of global organisations, talent, and innovation.