Angels of Light
Children's Foundation

Terri Allen is UCLA trained Mindfulness Facilitator from The Semel Institute of Neuroscience and Human Behavior, Los Angeles, CA https://www.uclahealth.org/marc/tmf , Award winning Author, CTI Life Coach, Diploma in counseling children and Adolescents at Stonebridge College England, Certified Holistic Educational Therapy, England. Terri also studied a yearlong Mindfulness Intensive Practice Program at UCLA Intensive https://www.uclahealth.org/marc/intensive-practice-program. Terri Allen also received the Creative Child prestigious Book of The Year Award for her children’s mindfulness books “My Magical Garden” and “My Magical Tree”.

Buddy Abrahams is an accomplished multi-cultural professional speaking English, Dutch, and conversational Spanish, an Executive with demonstrated leadership talent, strategic skills, vision and an ability to execute all the time.

Buddy was born in South Africa and raised South Africa, Buddy holds an MBA from the London School of Commerce in Business Administration in England and holds several executive diplomas, including IESE Business school in Barcelona, Spain. Buddy has worked in the Beauty and Retail industry for over 15 years, gaining valuable experience at the Puig Group with responsibilities in the Middle Eastern and African region. He is also acquainted with the Retail industry, by understanding category management and business development in much details, unlike other Brand owners in the industry.

Buddy also worked for the LVMH Group, as Regional Director for the Middle East, Africa and India region, managing both Domestic and Travel retail business units.

Throughout the years, this well-rounded Executive known for his entrepreneurial agility, has been accountable for establishing, growing and managing businesses in South Africa, Asia, France, the America and the Middle Eastern, Africa area where he was based. He was privileged to meet many entrepreneurs and top executives from different industries. He also has embraced organizational transformation, by adapting a Go-to-Market, adding new talent and capabilities and defining processes to the business needs, within the Retail industry globally.

Maria Dowling is a Entrepreneur and Business Owner of an Award Winning Dubai based House of Maria Dowling, since 2022. Maria has gained Middle Eastern-wide recognition for her creative work.

William Robert was born and raised in the city of Paris, France. He has very strong roots in France with both his parents being French from the regions of Normandy and Versailles.

William’s passion for the English language and discovering new cultures, took him on a journey to Canada where he studied Business Administration at the University of Ottawa. This was part of a bilingual exchange program, therefore he returned two years later to Reims, France to complete his degree at the CESEM business school.

This is what brought William to the Middle East shortly after graduating with his Business degree. Once again, his passion for new cultures was the driving force behind his determination to start pursuing his career in the region.

William started his career in the Fragrance and Beauty Industry in 2000 working for an established leader in the industry, Coty, where he rapidly established himself as a strong leader in his field and quickly went on to senior management roles.

Today William, 44 years old, is the CEO of a Middle East regional distribution and retail company still in the field of luxury beauty.

William and his wife are very compassionate individuals and are both interested in exploring ways in which they can be a part of helping humanity raise its consciousness and simply being involved in contributing towards a greater good.

Georgina Delaney holds a Bachelors in Law from Portobello College, Dublin, Ireland and a Post-Graduate Diploma in Aviation Finance & Leasing from the Law Society of Ireland.

She moved to the Dubai, UAE in 2008 and was involved in overseeing cross-border contracts between large local banks and their multinational clients. Georgina subsequently moved into the aviation segment drawing up tripartite agreements between, OEM’s, banks and lessors.

Since joining Al Faisal Law as a Partner, Georgina specialises in Divorce & Custody cases, Succession Planning such as Wills, Trusts & Foundations alongside Commercial cases.

Alemu Girma Dadi is an Ethiopian legal and humanitarian professional with over 28 years of experience in the justice sector, NGO leadership, and organisational development. He holds an Advanced Diploma in Textile Technology, a Bachelor of Laws (LLB), and an MBA.

Alemu began his career as a District Court Judge and Court President, before spending 12 years in senior leadership at Abebech Gobena Charity, serving as Head of Income Generation, Top Management Member, and Legal Advisor to the Board.

He is a licensed Federal Lawyer and Legal Advisor and, from 2010-2016, served as the Country Representative and Adoption Lawyer for Adoption Avenues (USA).

Alemu currently serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors for Abebech Gobena Charity, while also managing his own private business and contributing extensively to humanitarian volunteer work.