Founder & CEO, Cosmic Centaurs
Marilyn Zakhour, is the founder and CEO of Cosmic Centaurs, an organizational development consultancy that’s redefining how leaders think about work and the workplace. Under her leadership, the firm has impacted over 90,000 individuals across 92 countries in just 5 years, delivering strategic alignment, culture transformation, and leadership development to organizations of all sizes.
Marilyn is former CMO of EMAAR and CEO of Dubai Opera, and she blends the agility of startups and the excellence of multinationals in every mission. She's also a university lecturer, a two-time Harvard Business Review author, and the host of two podcasts, including Centaur Stage, which explores the future of work and leadership.
Whether she's guiding leadership teams through strategic shifts or publishing open-source frameworks like the Omnichannel Organization®, Marilyn is on a mission to make work better.
