Joni Cholwich

Senior Advisor and Deputy Chief of Staff to the President

Joni Cholwich serves as Senior Advisor and Deputy Chief of Staff to the President at Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence. She currently leads several strategic initiatives and works closely with the Human Resources team to drive the people agenda.

An experienced Human Capital and Consulting professional with specific expertise in future workforce and capability development across a broad range of industries. For over 12 years, she has worked closely with various clients across the Abu Dhabi and UAE Federal Governments to ideate, develop, and execute large-scale strategic Human Capital development programs aligned to a broader shared vision of the industry ecosystem’s future demands. 
Originally started her career in the Global Consulting space, where she spent seven years between PricewaterhouseCoopers in South Africa and KPMG in the UAE.  During this period, she advised various clients’ organizations on critical Human Capital initiatives, such as Diversity, Localization, Inclusion, Women in Business, Global Mobility, and other such strategic initiatives. Joni earned her bachelor's in marketing and business management from Oxford Brookes University.