2026 Speakers & Thought Leaders

Estelle Dayin Li

Imperial Springs

Natalia is a leading voice in the evolution of luxury, with over 15 years of experience shaping Customer Experience for some of the world’s most iconic brands across hospitality, retail, and corporate sectors. Far from traditional, her approach challenges outdated CX models and redefines what luxury means in a world that increasingly values authenticity, empathy, and intention.

She is the creator of Humanistic Luxury™—a philosophy, methodology, and transformative framework that bridges operational excellence with emotional intelligence, storytelling with strategy, and intuition with insight, by placing people at the centre of organisational purpose and strategy.

Through this lens, Natalia helps brands reimagine customer journeys not as linear transactions, but as immersive rituals that foster loyalty, emotional connection, and sustainable commercial growth. Her expertise lies in embedding a customer-centric culture at every level of an organisation, from C-suite strategy to frontline rituals.

Her portfolio includes legacy maisons such as Cartier, Patek Philippe, Rolex, Hublot, Audemars Piguet, and Richard Mille, as well as experiential icons including Jumeirah Hotels, Emirates Palace, Conrad, Autograph Collection, and Galeries Lafayette. For these brands, she has designed and operationalised end-to-end physical and digital experiences, created service ceremonies, elevated clienteling strategies, authored SOPs aligned with modern luxury values, and delivered transformative training programmes for their teams.

Natalia is a Certified Customer Experience Professional (CCXP) and holds an Executive Master’s in Luxury Management & Guest Experience from Glion Institute of Higher Education, Switzerland. She currently serves as Chair of the CXPA Middle East Regional Leadership Council and is an international keynote speaker and educator, having trained and inspired over 10,000 professionals worldwide.