Karine Obegi

Chief Executive Officer @ OBEGI Home

About

A pioneer of the UAE luxury interior industry, Karine Obegi is one of the most prominent profiles of the design space. Having helmed OBEGI Home since 2006, Karine built the company to be one of the most influential brands in the industry. She was responsible for the introduction of numerous European and global brands to the country that had previously not had the opportunity to operate in the region. Under her leadership, OBEGI Home has significantly contributed to shaping the UAE interiors landscape into the mature global hub that it is today. Today the company represents a vast portfolio of formidable brands from around the world such as Poliform, Flexform, antoniolupi, Porada, Lualdi, Tribù, Bulthaup and much more.

Country

City

United Arab Emirates

Industry

Architecture & Planning

Skill

Management, Retail Sales, Systems Furniture, Concept Design, Social Media Marketing, Furniture, Interior Architecture, Design Research, Interior Design, Space planning, Photoshop, Microsoft Office

Experience

Chief Executive Officer

OBEGI Home

2006 - Present · 20 yrs

Dubai, UAE & Beirut, Lebanon

Obegi is home to sprawling ideas, signature brands and lifestyle creations. Ever since it’s establishment in 1973, the company has been catering to the most refined tastes in home fashions. Obegi offers an unparalleled range of indoor and outdoor furniture, table and glassware, lighting, decorative pieces and furniture. I am responsible and accountable to the Board of Directors for the operations of the company; day-to-day management of the business, identifying the strategic direction and realizing the long-term goals, maintaining the highest professional standards, giving guidance and direction, developing sales plans to boost efficiency in order to best serve clients and suppliers.

Secretaire Generale

Banque Saradar (now Audi Saradar)

2002 - 2005 · 3 yrs

Beirut, Lebanon

The Bank is a full fledged regional bank with a presence in 13 countries, it operates principally in Lebanon, the Middle East, North Africa and Turkey offering a full range of products and services that cover principally commercial and corporate banking, retail and individual banking, on-line brokerage, private banking and investment banking.

Organisational Consultant

Banque Saradar (now Audi Saradar)

1998 - 2002 · 4 yrs

Beirut, Lebanon

Analyst & Junior Engagement Manager

Mckinsey Consulting Firm

1995 - 1998 · 3 yrs

Paris, France

McKinsey & Company is a global management consulting firm that advises the world's leading businesses, governments and institutions. Involved in all aspects of the engagement: identifying issues, forming hypotheses, designing and conducting analyses, synthesizing conclusions into recommendations and helping to implement change.