PhD in management sciences, with an expertise in management, in collaborative actions and territorial development.
Noteworthy
Mixed profile combining entrepreneurial, corporate, training & teaching as well as research experiences in business and academia
A 20+ years hands on experience in management combining operations and consulting involvements
Business owner and self-employed for more than 20 years
Multi-project initiation and development in an entrepreneurial approach
International exposure
Lived and worked in various locations within 6 countries: Cyprus, France, Gabon, UAE, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia
Visited 25+ countries for work, leisure and culinary research trips in Asia, Europe, Africa, and Americas
Public speaking, networking and contact development at international conferences and research communications
Continuously exposed to multicultural contexts and environments
Conversant in four languages: French, English, Arabic and Spanish.
Beginner in Greek
Management Experiences
Board and executive committee member in corporate and academic institutions
Financial analysis, forecasting and budgeting
Management of operation and consulting activities
Conception, development, and operation of projects
Franchising, strategy, project, and business development consulting experience
Destination development, strategic planning, and roadmaps elaboration
Training and Educational Experiences
Training and teaching experience with interactive and inverted class approaches using educational online platforms
Program engineering and curriculum development and management in ECTS format
Mentoring and coaching for students and professionals
Serious games and learning by doing mentor
Scientific game development and situation simulations
A commitment to a sustainable Mediterranean
As a joint space between nations and cultures, the Mediterranean faces many challenges. Reaching a sustainable Mediterranean requires a commitment to sharing and collaborating on finding solutions.
The Mediterranean is a meeting point between cultures, religions and languages. It is also home to a very diversified fauna and flora. Thus, preserving the Mediterranean requires from each one involved a commitment to a joint journey. It requires also an understanding that sustainable human development cannot happen without a respect to the sustainability of nature.
Collaborative actions
In turn, this requires letting go of ideologies as letting go of values. These are founded on principles of respect, understanding and acceptance of the variety of points of view. Such principles are grounded in what we bring into a collaboration and how we can work across differences.
It will require massive collaborative actions to preserve the Mediterranean. Finding common ground is not about dominance. It is not about foregoing one’s culture and identity. It is about bringing out and sharing the best one has.
Karim Asmar 