Leila Khatai

Leila Khatai has a diverse work experience in various roles and industries. Leila is currently the Marketing Director EMEA at X-Rite since July 2022. Prior to that, they worked at allnex from 2014 to 2022, where they held positions such as Head Of Digital Transformation, Head Of Digital, Manager organizational change & process improvement, Global Marketing Manager Protective, and Global Marketing Manager Architectural. Before allnex, Leila worked at Huntsman as the Technical Manager Elastomers EMEA and India from 2011 to 2013. Leila also has experience at Cytec as a Technical group leader and technical customer support from 2007 to 2011, and at Fresenius Kabi as a Product manager in 2006. Leila began their career as a Research assistant at Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz from 2002 to 2005.

Leila Khatai's education history includes a B.Sc. in Chemical Engineering-Food Industry from Azad University Tehran/Iran, an M.Sc. (Diplomingeniur) in Technical Chemistry-Biochemistry, Biotechnology, and Food Chemistry from Technische Universität Graz, a PhD in Chemistry, Biochemistry, and Biotechnology from Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz, and a Post Graduate Diploma in Digital Business from Emeritus. Leila also holds a Certificate in Generative Consulting from Dilts strategy group. In addition to their formal education, Leila Khatai has obtained several certifications, including Design Thinking and Innovation for Business from the National University of Singapore, Certified professional GBS (Global Business Services) from The Hackett Group, and Licenced cross cultural facilitator, cross cultural training & communication from Richard Lewis Communications. Leila also holds a certification as an NLP Professional Master Practitioner from Österreichisches Trainingszentrum für Neuro-Linguistisches Programmieren und Neuro-Linguistische Psychotherapie.