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George Kotsolios

Managing Partner, MENA, based in Dubai

George is Leidar’s Managing Director in Dubai.

Working in conjunction with our company’s senior consultants, he provides expert counselling to clients in the Middle East across a number of areas including communications and social media strategy development, thought leadership, advocacy, sustainability, content creation, media training, crisis preparedness, issues management and media relations.

Prior to joining Leidar, George was Head of PR, Corporate Communications and Social Media for Dubai-headquartered diversified conglomerate Al-Futtaim. George has also held senior in-house and agency roles with Abu Dhabi’s sovereign wealth fund Mubadala and international public relations firm Golin. Embracing internationality, George has held different assignments for international PR network Action Global Communications in Greece, Cyprus and Dubai. He started his career as a London-based sports writer for The European.

George Kotsolios holds a Higher National Diploma in Journalism from London College of Communications.

George’s articles

Here is a brief look into his latest articles.

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    News content seems to next big thing for Generative AI

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    ESG trends in the Middle East

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    PR tech investment heralds demand in PR services

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    Start-up founders need the right pitch

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    From Cradle To Exit

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    Big Tech gets an acquired taste for old media

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    The blurring of lines in corporate functions

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    Mainstream media can still carry quite a punch

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George’s office teammates

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    Andreas Keller

    Managing Director & Partner MENA

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    Ashish Saraf

    Consultant, Media and Content

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    Jaitika Dhir

    Consultant, Engagement

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    Lejo Johnny

    Senior Consultant, Media and Content

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    Maria dela Peña

    Executive Assistant/HR Administrative

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