Navin Valrani

Valrani is a key leader at Al Shirawi Group, a diversified Dubai-based conglomerate operating across engineering services, manufacturing, education and more. He also serves as CEO of Arcadia Education, the group’s K–12 schooling arm.

Valrani holds a bachelor’s degree from Wharton, University of Pennsylvania, and an MBA from London Business School.

He also earned a masters degree in education from Penn, and more recently a doctorate in education, focusing on how teachers’ cultural and educational backgrounds influence technology use. Within Al Shirawi, he oversees education, engineering and facilities clusters. He is also known for introducing a “junior MBA” curriculum at Arcadia for younger students.