About Moustafa Hamwi
He advises boards and C-suite teams on executive presence — a learnable performance discipline for how senior leaders think under pressure, communicate with authority, and lead through disruption.
25+ years in communications, advising boards and C-suite teams for over a decade — across blue-chip multinationals and global enterprises.
Executive presence is a learnable performance discipline — not a personality trait — for how leaders think, communicate, and lead under pressure.
The full story
Built from the inside out
25+ years in communications — building and leading a live-communications agency, founding a specialist executive-publishing house, and high-stakes pitching that helped secure multi-million-dollar mandates against international firms — produces a very different kind of advisor. That experience is not background colour. It is the source of every framework, every engagement, and every commercial judgement he brings to the boardroom.
The move into advisory and speaking
The gap in the market
The approach
Every engagement starts with the same question: where is the gap between what this board or leadership team has decided and what is actually being executed? The answer determines the work.
The measure of success is always commercial.
If it cannot be linked to ROI, it is not the right solution.
Why boards and C-suites choose Moustafa Hamwi
Member of the Marshall Goldsmith 100 (MG100)
3x Published Author
Slingshot, Live Passionately, and The Guided Author — all Amazon #1 Bestsellers.
25+ years building and scaling organisations
Leadership development, executive advisory, and organisational transformation
Trusted by global organisations across sectors
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Frequently asked questions
Who is Moustafa Hamwi?
Moustafa Hamwi is an executive advisor, 3x Amazon #1bestselling author, and keynote speaker based in Dubai. He advises boards and C-suite teams on executive presence: the systematic discipline of how senior leaders think under pressure, communicate with authority, and lead through disruption. He is a member of the Marshall Goldsmith 100(MG100).
What does Moustafa Hamwi do?
He advises boards and C-suite teams across three disciplines: Executive Composure (decision quality under pressure), Executive Communications (message discipline and stakeholder confidence), and Leading Through Disruption (keeping organisations aligned through sustained uncertainty). He also delivers keynotes globally and has authored three books. For advisory enquiries, see /advisory. For keynotes, see/speaking.
What is Moustafa Hamwi known for?
He is known for his work at the intersection of board-level governance, executive communications, and leadership execution. He is recognised for the Slingshot Method, a proprietary framework for converting pressure into performance, and for his direct, commercially grounded approach to board and C-suite advisory.
What is executive presence, according to Moustafa Hamwi?
Executive presence is the systematic, learnable discipline of how a leader thinks, communicates, and leads under pressure, creating credibility under scrutiny and trust when the enterprise is watching. It is not image, charisma, or confidence. It is a boardroom-grade performance discipline built across three capabilities: Executive Composure, Executive Communications, and Leading Through Disruption.
Q. What books has Moustafa Hamwi written?
Three books, all Amazon #1 Bestsellers: Slingshot, Live Passionately, and The Guided Author. Slingshot introduces the Slingshot Method, a framework for converting pressure into performance. All three are available at /books.
What is the Slingshot Method?
The Slingshot Method is a proprietary framework that reframes pressure as a performance accelerant. Rather than treating adversity as something to recover from, it gives leaders a structured approach to converting pressure into momentum, clarity, and results. It powers the Executive Composure discipline and is covered in depth in the book Slingshot.
Where is Moustafa Hamwi based?
Based in Dubai, UAE. He works with clients across the GCC, Australia, and internationally.
What credentials does Moustafa Hamwi hold?
A member of the Marshall Goldsmith 100 (MG100) and a 3× Amazon #1 bestselling author, with 25+ years in communications and over a decade advising the C-suite.
