Ranya Nehmeh

Dr. Ranya Nehmeh is a senior HR strategist with expertise in people strategy, HR policy, leadership development, and talent management. She has held key HR roles at the OPEC Fund for International Development in Vienna and the European Central Bank in Frankfurt. Ranya also serves as an adjunct professor at the University of Applied Sciences for Management & Communication in Vienna where she teaches on HR and leadership in the modern workplace.

She is the author of The Chameleon Leader: Connecting with Millennials (2019) and co-author of the forthcoming book In Praise of the Office: The Limits to Hybrid and Remote Work (Wharton School Press, 2025).

Ranya holds a master’s in human resource management from the London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) and a Doctor of Business Administration from the Swiss Management Center in Zug.

Her recent articles, co-authored with Wharton professor Peter Cappelli, include “Hybrid Still Isn’t Working” (Harvard Business Review July/August 2025), “Sustainable Agility: How HR Can Survive the Rapid Pace of Change” (People + Strategy Journal, SHRM, July 2024), “It’s Time to Do Away with ‘Dry Promotions,’” (Harvard Business Review, July 2024) and “HR’s New Role” (Harvard Business Review, May/June 2024 magazine).

For more information, visit Ranya on www.ranyanehmeh.com or connect with her on LinkedIn.