Gihan is the award-winning CEO & Founder of CommUnique, one of the UK’s fastest-growing ESG Strategic Communications and Training Advisory Firms. CommUnique is B.Corp certified making it the first Arab, female-founded organization to be certified in Europe.

She is the recipient of the UK’s “CEO of the Year” award, recipient of “The top black leaders in the UK to watch” award, and one of the most influential “40 over 40” communications professionals in the world according to Campaign Magazine and is LinkedIn Top ESG Voice 2023.

She is an Equitable Growth Board advisor to B.Corp UK and Money 20/20, mentor on Accenture’s Fintech Lab Innovation and is the Chartered Institute of Public Relations Director of ESG Communications Training.

Prior to founding “Communique” Gihan led some of the largest ESG diversity and employee change communications departments including BP Workplace Sustainability, Barclays Internal audit, HSBC Asset Management, M&S HR, and the Riyadh Metro Project.

Her work impacted more than 150,000 employees, and 200,000 customers and closed $300m worth of sales deals.