Shabib Bin Shabib
UAE
UAE
Shabib is a futurist, consultant and lobbyist focusing on cultivating synergies between the public and private sectors in order to deliver on long term state strategies. He specializes in culture engineering, policy development, and social mobility through integrated future mapping.
Dr. Nadia El Baroudi
Morocco, Cyprus
Morocco, Cyprus
Dr. Nadia El Baroudi-Kostrikis holds dual citizenship from Cyprus and Morocco. She is an Attorney at Law with the Paris Bar Association. She holds a doctorate degree in Law from the Faculty of Law of Montpellier I in France and a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators in London (FCIArb). She is also a member of the CIArb Cyprus Branch Committee in Nicosia (Cyprus) and the ICC Commission of Arbitration and ADR in Paris (France). She is listed in the roaster of arbitrators of several arbitration institutions.
She is the founder of Menalink Ltd., a business consulting firm, in Nicosia (Cyprus), which main goal is to be at the service of the Mediterranean’s dynamism and influence by contributing to the development of regional economic and cultural cooperation, to the dialogue between regional and international stakeholders and to the development and implementation of strategic partnerships.
She has over 20 years’ experience on international business law matters with a focus on Europe and North Africa. She also has over 15 years of extensive experience in art collection and charitable foundation management, including extensive involvement with museums, private and public foundations, auction houses, art dealers and experts. For the past 15 years, Dr. El Baroudi-Kostrikis has been a member of the Board of Directors and Vice President of the Patti and Everett. B. Birch Foundation, a charitable Foundation based in New York, for which she has been principally responsible for the management and disposition of the Foundation’s significant assets in Europe and North Africa.
Abbas Kazmi
UAE
UAE
Abbas Kazmi is a multi award winning serial entrepreneur and investor who founded his first of several successful companies at 16. Abbas has been chosen as a Forbes 30 Under 30 Standout, as a Maserati 100, as one of the Great British Entrepreneur Awards Entrepreneurs’ Champions of the Year, and as one of startups.co.uk’s Young Entrepreneurs of the Year and Business Growth Enablers of the Year, to name just a few amongst many other awards. Abbas has been appointed as a United Nations Alliance of Civilizations Fellow, focussing on youth entrepreneurship and empowerment, peacebuilding and encouraging intercultural dialogue in MENA. and as a World Economic Forum Global Shaper. He has been chosen as a World Economic Forum Global Shaper and was selected to become part of the prestigious Helena Group Class of 2018 alongside the likes of Snap Inc CEO Evan Spiegel.
Dr. Gedaliah Afterman
Israel
Israel
Dr. Gedaliah Afterman is the Head of the Asia-Israel Policy Program at the Abba Eban Institute. Well experienced in International Relations, takes particular interest in Asian regional security, Chinese foreign policy as well as superpower competition and its impacts globally and in the evolving Middle East. His previous roles include serving as a diplomat at the Australian Embassy in Beijing; International Strategic Policy Specialist at the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs (DFAT), as well as leading the China Program at the Jewish People Policy Institute (JPPI) in Jerusalem. Has been working extensively with partners in Asia and the Middle East to better understand regional developments and advance newfound opportunities for greater Middle East-Asia cooperation.
Dr. Najah Al Otaibe, Member of the Board of Directors
Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia
Dr. Najah Al-Otaibi is a Saudi researcher and journalist. She is a specialist in International relations and diplomacy- with a particular focus on Saudi Arabia and the Gulf region.
Prof. Kamal Abdel-Malek
Egypt
Egypt
Raised in Alexandria, Egypt, and educated in Montreal, Kamal Abdel-Malek is Professor of Arabic literature, researcher, and translator.
He received his Ph.D. in Arabic and Islamic Studies at McGill University in Canada and taught at Princeton and Brown universities. While at Brown University he contributed to and taught in the Brown University Program in Israeli and Palestinian Studies in Jerusalem. Recently he was a visiting scholar at Harvard University, and at present a visiting professor at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem where he co-teaches, with Prof. Elie Podeh, a course on “Egyptian-Israeli Encounters in Modern History, Literature, and Cinema”.
Dr. Driss Bouyahya
Morocco
Morocco
Driss Bouyahya is an Associate Professor at School of Arts & Humanities in Moulay Ismail University, Meknes Morocco. He holds a Ph. D degree in Political Islam and Political Communication. His fields of interest are Religious Studies, Sociology of Religion, Intercultural Communication, Cultural studies, Jewry Studies, Political Islam, Literary Criticism, Pedagogy and Post-Colonial Studies. He is a chief Editor of Sociology of Islam Journal in Brill
Abdulkarim Dandashi
Syria
Syria
Abdulkarim is an entrepreneur and a political activist with rich experience in business leadership and social movements. He is seasoned in all aspects of business formation, operation, finance, and management. Abdulkarim is an optimist leader who believes in personal growth and who seeks constant improvement.
Dr. Amr Wael
Egypt
Egypt
An Egyptian Experienced educational consultant with a demonstrated history of working in the education management industry in Egypt and UAE. Strong professional with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) focused in English Language and Literature, Master of School management in the 21 century and Doctorate in Modern Educational Leadership in The Arab World. Investment and business consultant and a representative of different key players in the fields of real estate, medical research, technology and renewable energy in the MENA region.
Sagi Melamed
Israel
Israel
Sagi Melamed is an international philanthropy and fundraising executive and consultant. He graduated Harvard University with an MA in Middle Eastern studies, focusing on negotiation and conflict resolution. Sagi earned his 4th dan black belt in Shotokan Karate, serves as president of the Harvard Club of Israel, and author of “Mindful Fundraising” and “Son of My Land”.