Sholto Douglas-Home

As Chief Sales, Marketing and Communications Officer at Expo 2020 Dubai, Sholto was responsible for a 400-strong team promoting Expo 2020 to the world ‚Äì a global triumph that welcomed 24.1 million visitors in just six months. Sholto is now the Chief Sales, Marketing and Communications Officer at Expo City Dubai ‚ a sustainably-designed, innovation-driven new district of Dubai, packed with residential, educational, cultural and entertainment offerings. Sholto joined Expo 2020 in January 2021 after 12 years as the Board-level Chief Marketing Officer of Hays Plc., a global staffing company with a market cap of $2 billion and 12,000 employees. Prior to Hays, Sholto was the Global Head of Brand & Marketing Communications at Reuters, the world's leading news and financial information firm.