Name: Navin Valrani
Designation: Vice Chairman & Managing Director
Company: Al Shirawi Group of Companies
Navin Valrani is an Indian businessman and education executive based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. He is best known as Vice Chairman and Managing Director of the Al Shirawi Group, a family-owned conglomerate founded in 1972, with operations spanning manufacturing, engineering services, oil and gas, logistics, and related industrial sectors. The group employs more than 10,000 people across its diversified portfolio. Valrani is CEO of Arcadia Education, overseeing Arcadia School, a British curriculum institution, and founding the Junior MBA programme for primary students.
Born and raised in Dubai, he has built his career within the Al Shirawi Group, leading its engineering services cluster of 11 companies, seven joint ventures, and over 5,000 employees, and previously driving growth as CEO of the Engineering Services division. A strong advocate of continuous learning, he fosters a ‘knowledge culture’ across the group and holds a BSc from Wharton, an MBA from London Business School, an MSc and a Doctorate in Education, while serving as Chairman of YPO Emirates and on the University of Pennsylvania board of directors.
