Industry: Human Capital, HR Tech & Talent Analytics
Designation: Co-Founder & Executive Partner, RightFoot | Co-Founder & CEO, Opus Talent Analytics
Country: UAE
Company: RightFoot & Opus Talent Analytics
Impact: With 25+ years across 80 countries, she has pioneered predictive people analytics, empowering organizations to future-proof workforce strategies while championing women’s leadership through Vital Voices.

Somaya El Sherbini | Innovative Human Resource Solutions for Businesses

A visionary leader and experienced professional, Somaya El Sherbini is the Co-Founder and Executive Partner of RightFoot and a Vital Voices Women Business Leaders Fellow. With extensive expertise in the domain of Human Capital and a keen understanding of what the future holds for it from a technology perspective, Somaya pioneers the Human Capital Future of Work philosophy. This framework blends innovation, digital transformation, and people-first strategies. Her work focuses on positioning Human Capital not only as a support function but as a central driver of sustainable growth, business continuity, and competitive advantage.

With a vision to deliver best-in-class Human Capital practices and bring innovation to the field, RightFoot is shaping the future by introducing predictive people analysis — tools and strategies that help organisations anticipate workforce needs, identify risks, and align human capabilities with organizational goals. Under her leadership, RightFoot has become synonymous with forward-thinking HR solutions, enabling businesses to future-proof their workforce strategies while keeping people engagement at the core.

Parallel to this, Somaya is the Co-Founder and CEO of Opus Talent Analytics, where she leads an expert team of software developers, data scientists, and HR Practitioners in building cutting-edge HR analytics software. With Opus, businesses are equipped with next-generation tools that provide deeper insights into their workforce, ensure smarter decision-making, and boost organizational efficiency. The platform’s unique features, from Talent Intelligence to Skills Insights and Organizational KPIs, empower companies to understand their workforce dynamics, address skill gaps, drive employee engagement, and design more resilient operating models. In today’s data-driven economy, Opus stands out as a transformative solution for leaders who want to make their people strategies more predictive, measurable, and impactful.

As a passionate advocate for innovation, Somaya has consistently emphasized the importance of keeping the lines of Human Capital ‘human’. While she embraces technology as a powerful enabler, she ensures that the essence of human connection, empathy, and inclusivity remain at the heart of organizational strategies. This principle is deeply embedded within both RightFoot and Opus, guiding the way these ventures design solutions, deliver value, and impact workplaces globally.

With over 25 years of professional experience in corporate and international institutions, Somaya brings a global perspective on how the subject of ‘people’ is pivotal to business continuity and long-term success. Her extensive career spans multiple industries and geographies, giving her the unique ability to adapt and design workforce strategies that work across cultural and organizational contexts.

Throughout her professional journey, Somaya has worked with and transformed startups, entrepreneurs, SMEs, and large multinational enterprises in more than 80 countries across the Middle East, Africa, Turkey, India, and Pakistan. She has played a critical role in enabling business success through innovative talent strategies that optimize operations, drive diversity and inclusion, scale businesses sustainably, and equip organisations with capability and skill-building frameworks. Her approach is rooted in creating measurable impact — ensuring businesses are not just agile and efficient but also positioned for long-term resilience in a rapidly changing world of work.

Beyond her corporate and entrepreneurial leadership, Somaya actively contributes as a Vital Voices Women Business Leaders Fellow, where she champions the empowerment of women leaders and entrepreneurs across global markets. She stated, “A key strength of women in leadership is leading with empathy; a quality proven by data to reflect strength, resilience, and inclusivity.” She believes strongly in the transformative power of women in leadership and advocates for advancing women as a key economic growth driver.

Through her roles, influence, and vision, Somaya El Sherbini continues to shape the way businesses define their human capital, proving that when innovation and people strategies come together, organisations are empowered to achieve extraordinary success.