About Majlis Academy
Meet The Majlis Academy team.
Victoria Hopkin
Victoria Hopkin is an intercultural strategist and leadership consultant whose work transforms cultural diversity into a catalyst for collaboration, innovation, and high-performing teams. With over 20 years of experience across the United Kingdom, Singapore, Shanghai, and the Middle East, she has established a reputation for bridging research on culturally responsive teaching with the lived realities of leadership, producing change that is both human-centred and strategically effective.
Grounded in her PhD in Education and deep expertise in performance psychology, Victoria has supported thousands of educators and leaders in international schools and leading education groups worldwide. She works in class with teachers, coaching and supporting them as they refine their practice towards peak performance. She guides school improvement initiatives through cultural intelligence frameworks and bespoke leadership programmes, and delivers professional development and keynotes that equip leaders with immediate, practical strategies for sustainable impact.
Through her work at The Cambridge Consultancy Group, headquartered in Dubai and operating across Europe, Africa, and the Middle East, she consults, trains, and coaches leaders to navigate intercultural complexity with clarity and confidence. Her sessions blend storytelling, research, and humour, creating experiences that are engaging as well as transformative.
At the heart of her work lies a mission: to show that every teacher and leader’s unique cultural lens, shaped by cognitive, generational, linguistic, and socio-economic dimensions, can be harnessed to unlock collaboration and drive long-lasting success.
Mufida Al-Digeil
Mufida is an education and leadership consultant whose work bridges cultural authenticity with research driven practice to create learning that is both meaningful and transformative.
With over 22 years of experience in British, IB, and American curriculum schools across the UAE, she has established a reputation for leading change that is deeply human as well as strategically effective.
Drawing on her academic foundation in Islamic Studies and Educational Leadership, Mufida has spearheaded national projects in Arabic and Islamic curriculum transformation, guided school improvement initiatives aligned with ADEK and EYFS quality frameworks, and designed professional development pathways that reignite educators’ sense of purpose.
Her consultancy extends beyond schools to coaching programmes that empower women navigating burnout, transition, and personal growth.
At the heart of her work lies a mission: to build systems and individuals that thrive, to cultivate education that resonates across cultures, and to inspire leadership rooted in legacy, compassion, and excellence.
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