Full Name
Sabrine Makkes
Job Title
Regional Head of Compliance Founder and Chair
Company
Women In Mentoring
Speaker Bio
Value driven General Counsel with more than 18 years of blended private practice and in-house experience in Fortune 500 Tech and automotive MNCs holding senior legal and compliance roles covering the MEA region.

Based in Dubai since 2013, Sabrine has advised leadership teams, led complex commercial transactions and built legal and compliance functions regionally. Sabrine is also an accredited leadership coach and a tech entrepreneur, founder of Envizion Consulting LLC, a boutique consultancy offering bespoke trainings for Legal, HR and Compliance solutions using high tech such as Mixed Reality, AR and VR.

Sabrine's interests go beyond law and compliance, she is a DE&I advocate and a mentor. She was honored to receive the Global Women Leaderships Award 2024, under the patronage of H.H. Sheikh Sultan Bin Saqr Al Qasimi under the category “Most Inspiring DEI Ambassador”. In December 2024, Sabrine launched Women in Mentoring, a community aiming at transforming the legal and compliance industries by building the next generation of legal and compliance female leaders, brining the gap between Academia and legal practice. The community brings in female mentors and mentees together revolutionizing legal education by creating a safe space of growth. Women in Mentoring has launched several chapters across MEA and has newly launched "WIM for HIM" chapter enabling male leaders and future ones to join the movement of building tomorrow's legal and compliance profession.
Sabrine Makkes