A businessman, independent thinker and a writer with 23+ years’ expertise in the Middle East market, business advocacy, professional negotiations and deal-making, bridge European businesses into the emerging Middle East market. Formulate custom client solutions that bolster top and bottom-line growth. Background spans disciplines and includes leadership, project management, business development, supply chain management, logistics, and procurement. In January 2019, was approved by the Bahrain Central Bank to serve as an Independent Board Member for the First Energy Bank of Bahrain. In May 2020, was unanimously voted in as a Board Trustee of the Hellenic American University in Athens, Greece. In January 2022 joined as a Board Member the Sayacorp; a venture capital and private equity company in Bahrain.
In addition, my education in International Relations & Middle East Studies at various Schools and Universities in the Netherlands, US and UK gave me the International perspective and strategic understanding of world affairs as well as geopolitical dynamics.
As a recognition by the Milken Institute as a key Middle East business and relations strategist was VIP invited to the 2018, 2019 Milken Institute Abu Dhabi MENA Summits as well as invited to SALT Abu Dhabi 2019; a global thought leadership forum encompassing finance, technology and geopolitics supported and founded by Anthony Scaramucci.
Interested to collaborate on contributing features/articles for newspapers, magazines, media, talk shows and TV or book projects with agents and publishers.
Published in Al-Ahram Weekly, The Jerusalem Post, Durham Middle East Papers, and the Economic & Political Weekly.
