Karim Boukarroum

CEO

Having graduated with a Science Baccalaureate from Lebanon in 1995, Karim directly began working with Publicis Riyadh. Handling the HSBC and FedEx account he also exceeded by winning awar ds for his work in FedEx.

Boukarroum went on to the USA to become a graduate of Trinity College in 2001. Returning, he joined Ogilvy & Mather Group Bahrain in 2002 handling high-end accounts such as American Express, Coca Cola, DHL, and Kimberly Clark for the entire ME region, also leading the launch of DHL and their new identity in 2004, in addition to Batelco's new identity in Bahrain.

In 2005 he moved to Muscat, Oman to join Alliance Housing Bank as Head of Marketing in 2005. Later in 2008 he worked on transforming it to become Ahli Bank and worked to their new identity to gr eat succdss.

He certifies as a Financial Marketer from AAFM in 2006 and started speaking publicly in universities, forums, and conferences in Marketing, Branding, and Career Development.

With an expansive history in thelfied of Marketing and Branding, Karim Boukarroum established Talks in the June of 2008.

Roopesh Bhatnagar

Chief Operating Officer

Roopesh Bhatnagar is the COO at Talks International, responsible for the overall operations of the agency and navigating key areas such as strategic planning, new business development, advisory and on-boarding, integrating communications across 360 touch points, key account brand custodianship and team mentoring.

A brand and marketing communications professional with over 20 years experience, he has helped build strong brands in Oman, KSA, India and international markets while working with McCann Erickson, Intermarkets, NPA, Oxygen, Y&R, Wunderman and Hadath-Apco. In addition, he has also worked with agency partners like BBDO, Mindshare, Ogilvy and Saatchi.

Besides the various brand categories that he has worked on, he has specifically had a close association with the banking, telecom, automotive, real estate, airline and oil & gas sector.

Roopesh is a Post Graduate Diploma in Advertising & PR from KC College - Bombay University, and an MBA with specialisation in Strategy from Strathclyde University - UK.

A Jeep guy at heart, Roopesh just needs an excuse to get his camping gear and head off-road to a mountain, desert or beach.

Luiza Fernandes

Director- Digital

Luiza comes with 15 years of overall experience, 10 of which are in Digital Media. She joined us after a successful stint with Yahoo in their Mumbai office, as Marketplace Manager, where she led the strategy team specializing in Performance Display, Programmatic buying, and Real-time bidding. She has worked with clients across Asia Pacific in areas of digital strategy, project management, content marketing solutions, media planning, and execution.

She holds an Executive MBA from Indian Institute of Management, Kolkata (IIMC).

Luiza is responsible for key client partnerships and providing best-in-class solutions to our clients to strengthen their digital presence.

Christiane Salem

Project Manager & PR Director

Ruby Rodrigues

Business Manager

Ruby is one of the jewels at Talks. She was born and brought up in Oman and completed her schooling at The Indian Shool, Al Ghubra.

She is a creative professional with expertise in all aspects of successful marketing, advertising, event planning, and management. Excellent in managing multiple projects concurrently with strong detail, problem-solving, and follow-through capabilities.

Superb written communications, interpersonal and organizational skills. Excellent client relations and teaming skills.

Currently at Talks in charge of Business Planning, Media Buying and Finance.

Julien Semaan Hakim

Creative Director

A Strong believer in subtle leadership through positive thinking, excessive team support, and swift constructive crisis management. Excellent communication skills.

Expertise: 

• Strong self-initiative- handled responsibility and delivered on expectations and deadlines.
•  Solid interpersonal skills- pleasant personality, easy to work with, and can work well individually and with teams.
• Content Writing
• Creative Direction

Farah Hamdan

Senior Art Director

Design addict, passionate about her work and continuously self-improving. She comes with extensive international agency experience in the region. MA in Advertising & Marketing - Media Studies.  Specialties: Advertising Branding, Graphics, Publication,  Social Media, Packaging and Labeling, Video-editing, Illustration, Web design. 

Safa Al Jabri

Graphic Designer

Creative graphic designer with innovative ideas and a unique approach to visuals and has great understanding of marketing principles and advertising techniques in Oman. Bringing in attention to detail and a talent for creating memorable visual designs for all our clients, she is an enthusiastic team player who is committed to delivering top results. 

Makram Bou Mejahed

Web designer

Talented Web Designer with outstanding experience and demonstrated expertise managing high-end projects in deadline-oriented environments.

Makram has been passionate about design and creating visuals since a young age, which eventually led him to attend the School of Graphic Design in the American University of Science and Technology in Beirut, Lebanon. Striving to excel in his work, he focuses on simplicity and clarity, which he believes great design is made of.
In addition to his design work, he spends his time creating stop motion videos. 

Ami Nichani

Senior Social Media Manager

Core competence in social media management, advertising, promotional strategies, executing social media & digital media marketing, project conceptualization, brainstorming and team management. In addition to being an effective team player with exemplary multi-tasking abilities, she has extensive communications experience in multiple domains such as digital media, print media, events & celebrity management across Dubai and Mumbai.

Ruqaya Al Sinani

Communications Specialist

Twinkle Bhatia

Senior Communication Executive

Advertising professional with 4 years of experience in offline and online marketing, demonstrating strong communication skills with an ability to provide innovative strategies to brands. Instilled with a creative mindset to utilize every possible resource to maintain productivity and excelling in managing projects with strong detail and problem solving capabilities.

Maryam Al Siyabi

Media Executive

Sanita Pillai

Digital Manager

Digital Media Marketing enthusiast with over 3 years of experience in the digital space, keen on bringing measurable results to clients within a technology oriented ad agency. Currently working as Digital Media Manager at Talks International LLC providing Social and Digital media solutions.

Previously worked as Digital Media Strategist at Webenza India Pvt Ltd. handling clients such as Ezetap, Ecko India and Health Library.  Previously worked as a Social Media Planner in Adjetter Media Network Pvt Ltd for clients such as Manipal hospitals and Nance. 

Hadeer Al Balushi

Communications Executive

The youngest of our team members, Hadeer brings a fresh approach to liaising with the media on a daily basis and building strong relationships with them and other stakeholders. Her monitoring skills go beyond generating coverage reports on a daily, weekly and monthly basis, to spotting opportunities for clients, market changes and competition activities. Hadeer holds a Bachelor’s degree in Public Relations from Al Bayan College, Oman.

The youngest of our team members, Hadeer brings a fresh approach to liaising with the media on a daily basis and building strong relationships with them and other stakeholders. Her monitoring skills go beyond generating coverage reports on a daily, weekly and monthly basis, to spotting opportunities for clients, market changes and competition activities. Hadeer holds a Bachelor’s degree in Public Relations from Al Bayan College, Oman.

Fadwa Majid

Graphic Designer

Malik Al Jawahari

Social Media Executive

Hassan Ali Al Jardani

PRO

Hassan is a key contributing member, he has been an asset to Talks since joining as PRO. He is friendly, resourceful and once assigned a job, he definitely gets it done.