SPEAKING

A transformative voice from the “Global South”, Leena has delivered over 300 talks globally addressing audiences like the World Economic Forum, and the United Nations. Her keynotes, panels, workshops and masterclasses weave ecological intelligence and systems thinking across themes like nature-conscious finance and technology, planetary governance, interspecies diplomacy, nonviolent counterterrorism, and interfaith peacebuilding—awakening new ways of thinking across climate, biodiversity, politics, and business.

Her multi-disciplinary background has led her to speak to a range of global audiences, including investors, futurists, corporates, think tanks, multilaterals, entrepreneurs, changemakers, scientists, and governments— helping audiences reframe nature—not just as a victim of the polycrisis, but as a powerful solution to it.

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TESTIMONIALS

  • “Enlightening and inspiring. Given the shift in geopolitics, the world requires more innovative thinkers like Leena to help create solutions, using methods that differ from some of the orthodox practices that may have led to some of the global issues we are challenged with today.”

    — Jamal Fakhro, Managing Partner, KPMG

  • “Consistently thoughtful, considered and powerful. Despite the gravity of the topics she addresses, Leena always offers hope and a lightheartedness that leaves you feeling uplifted and inspired.”

    — Luma Shihabeldin, Founder, MNDBAR

  • "Leena was a natural as chair of the roundtable with HRH Prince Charles and she did a masterful job of guiding the conversation without ever intruding.”

    — Hamad AlMahmeed, Director, Prime Minister’s Office, Bahrain

  • "Amazing and inspiring! Her workshop was one of the most popular during our event—despite being the last session on the last day of the conference! ”  

    — Wafa AlObaidat, CEO, Obai and Hill, & Founder, Women Power Summit

  • Leena Olaimy with King Charles & Bahrain Minister of Foreign Affairs

    Chairing a roundtable on 'Empowering Communities for Positive Change' during the then Prince Charles’s official state visit to Bahrain, alongside Bahrain’s former Minister of Foreign Affairs.

  • TEDxCarthage talk on our ‘Global Crisis of Values' as the root cause of most global issues we face—from conflict to climate change.

  • Philanthropy panel at the Dubai International Financial Center (DIFC) alongside Acumen founder and CEO, Jacqueline Novogratz.

  • Leena Olaimy at World Economic Forum

    Sharing compassionate counterterrorism approaches at a World Economic Forum panel on ‘Reconciliation & Reconstruction in Iraq and Syria’.

  • On Public-Planet Partnerships

    Keynote in Kuwait on public-planet partnerships and how to design win-win collaborations with nature.

Some of the organizations Leena has engaged include…