Our Mission
To raise the professional standard of human resources practice in the region by making globally recognised HR certification accessible, structured and genuinely achievable for working professionals.
About HR TOP Consulting
People Intelligence & Solutions — turning HR capability into measurable business results.
1,200+
Learners trained
10
Preparation courses
94%
Reported pass rate
10+
Years of experience
HR TOP Consulting
Who We Are
HR TOP Consulting is a specialised human resources consulting and professional development firm serving organisations and HR practitioners across the Middle East and North Africa. We were founded on a simple observation: most HR professionals in the region are highly capable but under-credentialed, and most training available to them is either academically detached or commercially superficial.
We built HR TOP to close that gap. Our consulting practice works directly with organisations on organisational design, performance management, reward structures and workforce planning. Our professional development practice takes the same frameworks we apply in client engagements and turns them into structured certification preparation for CIPD, SHRM and HRCI.
That dual identity is deliberate. Because we practise HR consulting daily, our training reflects what actually happens inside people functions — not what a textbook says should happen. And because we prepare candidates for globally recognised examinations, our consulting stays anchored to internationally validated standards.
We built HR TOP to close that gap. Our consulting practice works directly with organisations on organisational design, performance management, reward structures and workforce planning. Our professional development practice takes the same frameworks we apply in client engagements and turns them into structured certification preparation for CIPD, SHRM and HRCI.
That dual identity is deliberate. Because we practise HR consulting daily, our training reflects what actually happens inside people functions — not what a textbook says should happen. And because we prepare candidates for globally recognised examinations, our consulting stays anchored to internationally validated standards.
HR TOP Consulting
People Intelligence & Solutions
Certifications
Instructors
Arabic & English
Certificates
Our Vision
To be the reference point for HR certification preparation and people advisory in the Middle East and North Africa — the firm HR leaders turn to when capability has to translate into performance.
How We Work
Our preparation model runs in four deliberate stages. We begin with diagnostic positioning: understanding your experience level, your target credential and the competency areas where you are already strong. We then build knowledge systematically, module by module, using the official competency framework as the spine rather than an arbitrary syllabus.
The third stage is deliberate practice. This is where most preparation programmes fail — they teach content and then hope it transfers to an exam. We use a graded question bank and module quizzes to force retrieval, and every answer carries a written rationale so a wrong response becomes a learning event rather than a score.
The final stage is readiness confirmation. Before you sit the examination we want measurable evidence, from your quiz history and competency coverage, that you are prepared. Certification is the outcome; capability is the objective.
The third stage is deliberate practice. This is where most preparation programmes fail — they teach content and then hope it transfers to an exam. We use a graded question bank and module quizzes to force retrieval, and every answer carries a written rationale so a wrong response becomes a learning event rather than a score.
The final stage is readiness confirmation. Before you sit the examination we want measurable evidence, from your quiz history and competency coverage, that you are prepared. Certification is the outcome; capability is the objective.
Our Values
What We Stand For
Professional Integrity
We state pass expectations honestly, we do not sell shortcuts, and we never promise a credential we cannot help you earn.
Applied Rigour
Every framework we teach is one we apply in live client work, which keeps our content current, practical and defensible.
Learner Accountability
We track progress transparently and intervene early, because a learner who quietly falls behind is a failure of the system, not the person.
Bilingual Competence
We teach in the language you think in while keeping you fluent in the English terminology your examination requires.
Instructors
Meet Our Instructors
Certified practitioners who lead real HR functions and teach from experience, not from slides.
Dr. Amira Hassan
Lead Trainer — CIPD Programmes
Chartered HR practitioner with more than fifteen years of experience across organisational development and people strategy in multinational and regional organisations. She has led CIPD cohorts since 2018 and specialises in translating professional frameworks into assessment-ready written work.
3 Courses
Karim El-Sayed
Lead Trainer — SHRM Programmes
SHRM-SCP certified HR leader with a background in talent acquisition, performance management and HR transformation programmes across the Gulf and Egypt. He focuses on situational judgement reasoning, which is where most SHRM candidates lose marks.
3 Courses
Nadia Mansour
Lead Trainer — HRCI Programmes
PHRi and SPHRi certified consultant specialising in compensation structures, job evaluation and HR analytics. She has supported more than four hundred candidates through HRCI examinations and designs preparation around published examination weightings.
4 Courses
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