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Emile leads global media relations and social media for two EY service lines: Assurance and Tax. In this role, he helps these businesses deliver differentiated messages in a highly regulated and competitive market.
Emile began his career in the UK civil service, advising a government department on media relations and marketing communications. He later joined one of the UK’s largest retail banks where he held several roles spanning corporate, consumer and B2B issues management and campaigning.
Before joining EY, Emile was the global lead, external communications, for a major international law firm.
How Emile is building a better working world
Emile is involved in a supplementary school project in a deprived part of west London, where he teaches GCSE English to students from mainly ethnic minority backgrounds.
He also works with a local charity which helps refugees to settle in the UK and rebuild their lives. He supports families with critical skills including IT, languages and job seeking, as well as day-to-day life admin.
Emile's latest thinking
Businesses’ slow crawl on climate action jeopardizing global environmental goals
LONDON, 12 NOVEMBER 2024. A worldwide failure of businesses to put action plans and financial commitments in place to tackle climate change risks has derailed progress on vital global environmental goals, according to the latest EY 2024 Global Climate Action Barometer (Barometer).
12 Nov 2024
Emile Abu-Shakra
Corporate integrity standards on the up, but headwinds remain strong
LONDON, 6 June 2024. Standards of corporate integrity in companies around the world appear to be on the rise – buoyed by better guidance from management and more robust regulation.
06 Jun 2024
Emile Abu-Shakra
LONDON, April 23, 2024 – Companies around the world could be at risk of losing out in the race for talent and driving business resilience because they are failing to mobilize their workforce effectively and create opportunities for flexible work experiences, according to the EY 2024 Mobility Reimagined Survey.
23 Apr 2024
Emile Abu-Shakra
Clifton Harrison appointed as EY Global Law Markets Leader, strengthening enterprise legal services
LONDON, 16 December 2022. The EY organization today announces the appointment of Clifton Harrison as EY Global Law Markets Leader, who will be responsible for building EY Law Enterprise Legal Services as the organization enters another year of growth.
16 Dec 2022
Emile Abu-Shakra
EY launches major new initiative to help plug widening global skills gap
LONDON, 29 November 2022: The EY organization has today announced the launch of a new initiative designed to help businesses around the world address the rapidly growing global skills gap, by continuously equipping their workforces with vital new skills.
29 Nov 2022
Emile Abu-Shakra
Businesses and investors at odds over sustainability efforts
LONDON, 11 NOVEMBER 2022. Businesses and many of their biggest investors across the globe are at odds over the action needed on sustainability – a clash of opinion that threatens to stifle access to capital for many organizations and could hinder progress on decarbonization, according to the latest EY Global Corporate Reporting Survey.
11 Nov 2022
Emile Abu-Shakra
Businesses and investors at odds over sustainability efforts
LONDON, 11 NOVEMBER 2022. Businesses and many of their biggest investors across the globe are at odds over the action needed on sustainability – a clash of opinion that threatens to stifle access to capital for many organizations and could hinder progress on decarbonization, according to the latest EY Global Corporate Reporting Survey.
11 Nov 2022
Emile Abu-Shakra
Challenging conditions put corporate integrity standards at risk in emerging markets
LONDON, 20 SEPTEMBER 2022. Corporate integrity standards in emerging markets are at risk from a series of new pressures on businesses, according to the 2022 EY Global Integrity Report - Emerging Markets Perspective: “Is your organization upholding its integrity standards?”
20 Sept 2022
Emile Abu-Shakra
LONDON, 16 JUNE 2022. EY today announces an investment of more than US$1b in a next generation assurance technology platform – part of a sustained focus on providing high quality audits and responding rapidly to changing expectations from regulators, governments, standard setters, audit committees and boards.
16 Jun 2022
Emile Abu-Shakra
