From arriving in Dubai in the early 1990s to building businesses across multiple industries, what shaped your entrepreneurial journey and approach to women’s leadership?

My understanding of independence began with my father, the Turkmen artist Durdy Bayramov, who grew up as an orphan. His journey taught me how profoundly opportunity, encouragement and personal determination can change a life. It instilled in me a responsibility to help others build secure, independent futures.

When I arrived in Dubai from Turkmenistan in the early 1990s, I wanted to establish my own professional identity. I built businesses across recruitment, building maintenance, trading, catering, real estate and family support services, responding to genuine needs with commercial discipline and care.

Leading in traditionally male-dominated industries meant earning trust through knowledge, judgement and delivery.…