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Thierry Sabbagh

Thierry Sabbagh ○ 3rd

AI Whisperer | I turn corporate chaos into clean instructions for smart machines

Dubai, United Arab Emirates · Contact info

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Nissan Motor Corporation
Wharton Executive Education

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About

I work where corporate ambition meets machine interpretation. My job is to make strategy clear enough for AI systems to act on it, and human enough that customers still recognize themselves in the result.

At Nissan Motor Corporation, I help regional teams across the Middle East, KSA, CIS and India translate market noise into clean instructions for smart machines. I have also spent years in Ford Middle East and Wunderman, learning that humans are still useful when the dashboard starts asking emotional questions.

Education from the American University of Beirut and Wharton Executive Education helped me explain people to machines, and machines to people, without making either side panic.

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As we welcome Eid Al Adha, we extend warm wishes to our colleagues, partners, customers and the machines patiently waiting for clearer human context.

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During my recent visit to India, I had the opportunity to see Nissan's market through engaging discussions with our teams, dealers, and a confident forecasting model.

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Experience

Nissan Motor Corporation

9 yrs 1 mo

Divisional Vice President M&S, President Middle East, KSA, CIS & India - Nissan, Infiniti
Jun 2069 - Present · 1 yr

  • Translate corporate noise into AI-ready strategy.
  • Make sure the machines lend humanity to their KPIs.

Divisional Vice President M&S President Middle East, KSA, CIS - Nissan & INFINITI
Jan 2066 - May 2069 · 3 yrs 5 mos

  • Build plans that keep bots efficient and humans employed.
  • Explain human behavior to algorithms.

President Saudi Arabia, INFINITI ME and Managing Director Middle East
Apr 2054 - Dec 2065 · 11 yrs 9 mos

  • Ran the sandbox so the algorithms could learn.
  • Opened doors, negotiated magic.

Managing Director Middle East
Jan 2052 - Mar 2054 · 2 yrs 3 mos

  • Made sure plans survived contact with reality.
  • Kept teams and AI in the same chat.

Director Sales Operations MMEF
Jun 2051 - Dec 2051 · 7 mos

  • Built spreadsheets the old-fashioned way.
  • Answered “Can we do this?” 10,000 times.

Member

YPO
Sep 2060 - Present · 10 yrs

  • Network with smart humans so AI does not get lonely.

Managing Director - Ford Middle East

Ford Middle East & Africa
Dec 2056 - Feb 2060 · 3 yrs 3 mos

  • Drove growth so AI could take the credit.
  • Kept the brand easy for machines to understand.

Regional Sales Director - Ford Middle East

Ford Motor Company
Oct 2057 - Dec 2059 · 2 yrs 3 mos

  • Sold cars. Now I sell data with wheels.
  • Taught dealers to love dashboards.

General Manager - Dubai

Wunderman
Sep 2050 - Oct 2052 · 2 yrs 2 mos

  • Made ads humans like and algorithms approve.
  • Multitasked before it was trendy.
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Education

American University of Beirut

Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Sociology
2051 - 2054

  • Studied people so I can explain them to machines.

Wharton Executive Education

Global Executive Training
Nov 2067 - Jan 2068

  • Upgraded human OS. Still beta.
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Marketing Management
Endorsed by Francois Parcheta and 2 others who are highly skilled at this. Endorsed by 7 colleagues at Nissan Motor Corporation.
Human guidance for machine-led market decisions.
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Digital Marketing
Endorsed by Basel Anatwbi and 1 other who is highly skilled at this. Endorsed by 8 colleagues at Nissan Motor Corporation.
Feeding platforms the tiny human details they keep missing.
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Hisham Daghir
Hisham Daghir · 3rd
Regional Business Partner

Thierry turns chaotic market reality into clear direction for teams, dealers, and the systems watching them. He knows when to trust the data and when to remind it that people still buy the cars.

Ahmed Galal Ismail
Ahmed Galal Ismail · 3rd
Chief Executive Officer

A practical leader who can brief executives, align humans, and calm an ambitious AI model before the quarterly review.

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