Akanksha Goel is a Regional Lead Middle East & India at We Are Social Ltd based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Asia. Made in 🇮🇳 & 🇸🇬, living it up in the 🇦🇪 Akanksha Goel is a founder, builder, and strategic advisor with 15+ years at the forefront of content, culture, and technology. She launched Socialize, the Middle East’s first specialist social media agency, at 23—scaling it into one of the region’s largest independents and leading its successful acquisition by We Are Social in 2018. Today, she continues to support the group’s strategic growth as a board advisor, regional CEO, and active shareholder across Socialize and the wider Plus Company network. Akanksha began her career in Singapore as the youngest-ever Editor-in-Chief of STUFF Magazine, and helped organize Asia’s first podcamp during the Web2.0 wave. She’s since led award-winning innovation projects—from a Webby-winning gamified NFT learning experience to launching the industry’s first employee-owned blockchain DAO. Named one of the Top 25 Innovators in Asia Pacific by the Holmes Report and featured on AdAge’s Women to Watch, she’s as comfortable building AI agents as she is dodging small talk. Her work now spans global strategy, investing, and shaping the future of creative technology before it hits your Q4 decks. She’s currently exploring what it means to lead with insight over urgency—and build from soul, not just scale✨
Current Position: Regional Lead Middle East & India
Company: We Are Social Ltd
Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Asia
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Network: Extensive professional connections