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Ebrahim Al Haddar - Chairman
Nahtam Social Responsibility (NSR) is headed by Ebrahim Al Haddar, an Emirati with a dynamic personality filled with a philanthropic heart and vision. Educated in engineering in the UK, Ebrahim Al Haddar has extensive experience and has held various executive positions in national and multinational companies in the Middle East.

He was honoured to work for the Private Office H.H Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan and H.H. Dr. Sheikh Sultan Bin Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan in Abu Dhabi in the past. Being a sports lover, Mr Ebrahim organised and represented the UAE locally and internationally for Endurance Horse Rides, Formula One Power Boat Race and offshore power boat races for which he was awarded the Zero Accident Award. He had the privilege of serving as ‘GRAND JURY’ for the Endurance Horse Ride and as a Steward in the ‘FLAT RACING’ as well as in the DUBAI WORLD CUP (The first trainee uae national to hold this position).

 



George V Itty - C.E.O
George V. Itty, Head of Communication, and Executive Committee of Special Care Centre has been helping Special Care Centre (SCC) for many years. George has a B.F.A. in Advertising from India. After a successful career as Creative Director in an advertising agency, he voluntarily joined Good Heart in January 2006 and since then has been actively promoting SCC through major fundraising campaigns.

George set up Nahtam in 2008 to fulfill a desire to use his advertising and creative skills for promoting social good. He is actively involved in all humanitarian and environmental activities.




Isabelle Le Bon - Poonoosamy – Vice President
Passionate and dedicated to Special Care Centre (SCC) as a full time volunteer since she arrived in Abu Dhabi with her family in October 2005, Isabelle strongly believes that special needs children are little stars on earth and that they deserve the best. Isabelle founded Good Heart in January 2006 to save Special Care Centre from closure. SCC has been financially stable since 2008 and has gained visibility. SCC has also received funds and a large piece of land on which its state of the art centre will be built. Driven by the mission of supporting other deserving NGO’s just like SCC, Isabelle co-founded Nahtam Social Responsibility in mid-2008.

Isabelle holds an MBA as well as a M. Phil in Economics from the prestigious Dauphine University in Paris (France). Isabelle also has15 years experience in managerial and marketing positions in Paris (France) and in Mauritius, her home island.

In February 2010, Isabelle received from H.H the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the Abu Dhabi Award, for her selfless commitment to the less fortunate and for her work to building a greater sense of community and social welfare within Abu Dhabi. Isabelle also received the Abu Dhabi Medal, highest civilian honour of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi.




Julia Borg (Executive Volunteer)
Eager to help children with special needs and with a career that spans 15 years in marketing and publicity across global companies such as Warner Bros. and BBC Worldwide.  British born, Julia adds marketing experience and expertise to the Nahtam team.  Julia arrived in Abu Dhabi, from Sydney in January 2009 with her husband and two children and works across all aspects of the business on a part time basis.

 



Hasnaa Amrani – (Executive Volunteer)
Hasnaa studied biology at Fes university in Morocco and then went on to work for 7 years with Royal Air Moroc before arriving in the UAE in 1997 where she was honored to work as a flight attendant with Presidential Flight in Abu Dhabi, formally Amiri Flight.

Motivated by a humanitarian calling, Hasnaa helped the orphaned and disabled children at Al Mafraq hospital before joining the Nahtam team as a volunteer in January 2010.

Hasnaa is bilingual in French, Arabic and English languages.