Currently the Co-Founder/CEO of Xponential & MAD Group, a “Future Readiness”, Advisory, Learning and Media platform which enables & executes transformational methodology & concepts, with a world class partner ecosystem, to create “exponential organizations” for the future.  www.xponential.world .

He has worked in top leadership roles for over 25 years in:

• Dow Jones Markets (Regional Director Europe/MEA), 12 years, heading a multibillion $ business, starting from less than 1 million.
• The Times and Sunday Times (CEO/Publisher Middle East Africa), Launched in 2007 and still fully functional.
• Bloomberg Media (Regional Representative/Advisor-MEA), helped launch Bloomberg TV in MEA & successful commercial expansion

Today he is a leading a breakthrough advisory business focused on organisational & business transformation, both business and leadership at board & strategy level for mid-large organisations. This is his top expertise.

He also supports young companies/start-ups on Fintech & related services, tech & AI & other major business platforms.  He is a respected communications expert & marketer.

As a global celebrity futurist speaker he has done over 400 keynotes & 1500 interviews, www.tariq.tv . He specialises in talks about the future, transformation, innovation & metamorphosis. Also has a podcast platform Voices of the Future , www.vof.world , featuring leading global voices.

He also speaks on finance 5.0, energy, technology v humanity, the brain, moon-shot thinking, AI for good & others with practical business solutions. Check his work on www.xponentialtalks.com

He has a degree in Economics and is a Harvard Business School 1998 alum. Also Board member and specialising in Future and Media/Content and Programming activities for HBS Club GCC.