Dino Varkey

Dino Varkey serves as Chief Executive Officer & Board Member at GEMS Education. He is an Angel Investor. As the Chief Executive Officer, Dino Varkey spearheads the strategic global business development of GEMS Education. He is the third generation of an education family that has been driven by providing access to quality education for over 55 years. Dino Varkey is active in the on-going development of strategic relationships across a broad spectrum-government and regulatory, sector specialists and strategic business partners, to ensure that the organization's goals, continued leadership in the sector and aggressive growth targets are achieved globally. An accomplished public speaker, he is responsible for providing vision, leadership and direction across all GEMS divisions and the growing international network of GEMS Schools. He is responsible for risk management and assessing the sustainability of investments to ensure that projects meet all predetermined criteria and the organization's long term development goals. In a sector poised for tremendous regional and global growth, Dino Varkey is instrumental in shaping and sustaining an organizational culture, structure and vision that celebrates innovation and rewards performance among a highly motivated team of professionals. Dino Varkey is an Honors graduate with a Bachelor's Degree in Business Studies from the University of Sheffield, United Kingdom, a Young Presidents' Organization (YPO) member, and Education Co - chair of the YPO's Dubai Chapter.