Eli Bar-On
Israel
Chief Executive Officer and Head of the Executive Committee
Israel
He served in various senior legal positions in the Israeli government. He was also a professor at the Israel National Defense College, with a focus on matters of national security, strategy, and international relations.
Eli has provided expert presentations to high-level delegations throughout the world. He also led strategic international dialogues and lectured at preeminent academic institutions around the world.
Eli has a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) degree and an Executive Master of Business Administration (E.M.B.A.) degree (cum laude) from Tel Aviv University and a Master’s degree in Political Science (M.A.) (cum laude) from Haifa University.
Abdalaziz Alkhamis
Saudi Arabia, UAE
Chairman of the Board of Directors
Saudi Arabia, UAE
A Saudi journalist and researcher, he is the editor-in-chief of many newspapers and magazines and has researched the Middle East, the Arabian Gulf, and Islamic movements. Graduated from the University of Milton Keynes, UK, Sociology.
Postgraduate studies at the University of St Andrews. Political Science.
Economic editor at Al-Sharq Al-Awsat newspaper. Editor-in-Chief of Al Jadeeda Magazine from 1996 to 1998.
Editor-in-Chief of Al Majalla magazine from 1998 to 2000. Editor-in-chief of the Arab Observer magazine from 2000 to 2006.
Executive Editor-in-Chief of the London-based Al-Arab newspaper until 2015
Producer and presenter of the Gulf Talk program at the Arab News Network.
Presenter of the “Friendly Fire” program on Sky News Arabia. Research member at the Royal Institute of International Relations “Chatham House”.
Dr.Haitham Kayyali
Palestine
Palestine
Founder and CEO of Palolea, a Palestinian company that specializes in the production of active ingredients for pharmaceuticals and food supplements Palolea was the first company established at the Jericho Agro-Industrial Park, also dubbed the ‘corridor for peace’.
Former director of Al-Karameh National Empowerment Fund, a government body that regulates and fine-tunes Palestinian consumer behavior so that it contributes towards building an economy that can uphold a future state. Also the former director of Prosper Palestine, an international initiative that worked to promote Palestine economically.
Holds a PHD in conflict management from Coventry University, and an MA in international studies from the same University.
Dr. Hecham Bishara
Egypt
Egypt
Graduated from medical school, Alexandria university 1980 with high honors degree.
Studied economics and worked in New York 1985/6 in Phillips brother company.
Lived and worked in Madrid till 1990 in j/v with ENI group representing Spanish industry.
in 1991 onwards lived in Paris representing international companies as an independent marketing consultant in the gulf region.
Ahdeya Ahmed Al-Sayed
Bahrain
Bahrain
Ahdeya Al Sayed, former President of the Bahrain Journalists Association. The first female to be elected to chair the association since its establishment in the year 2000. She won the 2019 Female Arab Journalist of the year award by the London Arabia Organisation. Ahdeya also worked as media advisor at Bahrain’s Ministry of Cabinet Affairs and Ministry of Information and spokesperson for Bahrain’s parliamentary and municipal elections in the year 2006.She joined print and digital media as a journalist in 1991. Ahdeya was also appointed to the board of trustees of the Dubai-based Arab Women Federation and is a board member of the Arab Family Council.
Al Sayed is a founding member of Bahrain Human Rights Watch Society and was its spokesperson..
Ashraf Naguib
Egypt
Egypt
He is Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Global Trade Matters, Egypt’s leading Private Sector Think Tank dedicated to the exploration and formulation of economic and
political reform policies in Egypt and the MENA Region. With more than 22 years of experience in the fields of executive management, business development and entrepreneurship, Naguib has become one of Egypt’s preeminent conveners, bridging between local and international stakeholders on issues of international trade and regional economic integration.Naguib has been the Secretary General and one of the founders of the ASIA Egypt Business Association (AEBA) since 2012. AEBA is at the forefront of economic policy formulation between Egypt and the Asian countries. AEBA has an extensive and impressive network in over 27 countries representing a market of over 4 billion consumers. Naguib is also the Chairman of the Qualified Industrial Zones Conferences Series, a private initiative platform leading the transformation of the QIZ and enhancing bilateral relations between Egypt and Israel.
Dr. Yaroup Ajlouni
Jordan
Jordan
A humanitarian entrepreneur and a physician. Yaroup has more than two decades of regional and international humanitarian response efforts to aid people in war zones and areas affected by natural disasters. Yaroup has a Master’s degree in Politics from Middle East University and a Master’s in Business Management from Bedfordshire University in the UK. Yaroup believes that people should consolidate peace building efforts throughout the period of any man-made or natural disaster. Yaroup is an expert in managing refugee’s crisis in the Middle East and is a member of several regional and international initiatives and alliances for business development and humanitarian actions in addition to being an expert on the impacts of climate change on health.
Ghaith Al Omari
Jordan
Jordan
, USA
A senior fellow in The Washington Institute’s Program on the U.S.-Israel Strategic Relationship. The former executive director of the American Task Force on Palestine. Between 1999-2006, served as an advisor to the Palestinian negotiating team where he participated in numerous negotiation rounds including the Camp David summit. Additionally, he held various other positions within the Palestinian Authority including an advisor to the president and prime minister. A lawyer by training, Ghaith was born and raised in Jordan and studied at Georgetown and Oxford universities.
Aviram Bellaishe
Israel
Israel
For 25 years, Aviram served in a senior government positions as a Middle East
specialist, Negotiations Expert, and International Cooperation Manager.
Aviram was also an Israeli director in a regional initiative for business and
economic cooperation dialogue in the MENA region.
In the private sector, Aviram was the Head of Mena Business Cooperation
and partner in DTKGG law firm in Israel and the CEO of its commercial
company. He owns his consultancy company for applied business diplomacy.
Aviram possess a Master of Law degree and completed a research paper in the
field of Islamic conflict resolution models. And he is the head of the Gulf-
Africa initiative is the Jerusalem center for public affairs.
Dr. Anissa Naqrachi
Morocco
Morocco
Activist, former CEO of a coaching company
President of Amal Network and Nour Foundation for solidarity with rural women.
Academic, leading activist and international expert in collaborating with ISESCO and Islamic Development Bank in Morocco.
Leading member of the Council of Human Rights in morocco, responsible for international relations.