Hadi Brenjekjy
Business Psychologist | Organisational Culture, Cultural Intelligence & Leadership
Strategic Lead, London Intercultural Academy | Board Member, London Intercultural Centre
Hadi Brenjekjy is a business psychologist and strategic adviser specialising in organisational behaviour, cultural intelligence (CQ), emotional intelligence (EQ), leadership and the human dynamics that shape organisational performance.
His work focuses on a deceptively simple problem: why do strategies that make perfect sense on paper so often fail when they meet real people?
Hadi works with leaders, teams and institutions to understand the behavioural and cultural factors behind communication breakdowns, resistance to change, ineffective leadership, workplace conflict and underperforming multicultural teams. His approach brings together organisational psychology, cultural intelligence and behavioural insight to help organisations translate strategy into behaviour — and behaviour into performance.
His perspective was shaped by more than a decade working across the Gulf’s institutional and commercial landscape. He began in Asset Management at Dubai Holding before moving into property operations as Director of Operations at The Ambassador Properties and later into the regional events and delegation sector with Octagon Events. Working across capital, assets, operations and people exposed him to the same organisational challenge from different angles: technically sound decisions can produce very different outcomes depending on culture, psychology, communication and the people responsible for carrying them out.
Today, Hadi is Strategic Lead of the London Intercultural Academy and a Board Member of the London Intercultural Centre. He designs and leads executive learning, advisory and organisational development programmes for governments, ministries, institutions and businesses operating across cultures.
His areas of work include Cultural Intelligence (CQ), Emotional Intelligence (EQ), organisational culture, leadership psychology, intercultural communication, multigenerational workplaces, behavioural change, psychological safety, conflict and feedback, inclusive leadership, and the management of multicultural and geographically dispersed teams.
Rather than treating culture as nationality or reducing human behaviour to personality labels, Hadi’s work examines how context shapes the way people interpret authority, trust, disagreement, risk, feedback, relationships and decision-making. This allows leaders to understand not simply what people do differently, but why — and what to do about it.
Through the London Intercultural Academy, he develops executive programmes and organisational interventions designed to turn these insights into practical leadership behaviours. He has worked across the United Kingdom, Europe, the Gulf, Asia and Africa, bringing a cross-cultural perspective to organisations navigating increasingly diverse workforces and international operations.
Hadi also convenes the AIMS London Global Trade and Investment Summit at Kensington Town Hall and led the London Intercultural Academy’s partnership with OpenLearning to extend access to UK-accredited professional programmes across Asia.
His wider international work includes participation in the 2024 World Changers Balkan Summit in Skopje, organised by the Institute for Advanced Studies and Cooperation with the support of the Red Cross of North Macedonia and government ministries. He received the Golden Emblem of the Red Cross of North Macedonia in recognition of his support for the organisation’s activities.
Beyond his organisational work, Hadi is a White Ribbon UK Ambassador, engaging men in the prevention of violence against women, and contributes to policy discussions through UNESCO. He has also supported the Royal British Legion and volunteered with Dubai Cares and the UAE Red Crescent.
