Higher education, organizational leadership, and international development specialist with more than 20 years of combined experience across academia, consulting, research, technology, capacity development, and institutional governance. Holds a DBA in Higher Education Management from the University of Bath, an MSc in Computer Information Systems, and is an accredited Resilient Leaders Elements™ consultant.

Extensive experience delivering research, advisory, training, and capacity-building assignments for international and regional organizations, including the International Labour Organization (ILO), GIZ, and the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM). Areas of expertise include higher education policy and management, leadership and organizational development, labour-market and skills analysis, TVET and recognition of prior learning, employability, knowledge exchange, green skills and sustainability, digital and online education, and institutional capacity development.

Research and consulting experience includes labour-market and skills-demand analysis in Lebanon; assessment of qualifications and pathways from informal to formal employment; evaluation of formal and informal TVET systems; research on online higher education for refugees; development and facilitation of programmes on green skills, sustainable food systems, innovation, employability, and university–industry collaboration; and preparation of evidence-based policy recommendations.

Experienced university educator and doctoral supervisor in leadership, human resource management, employment relations, compensation, recruitment and selection, and management. Has held senior university leadership responsibilities, including Acting Director of University Libraries and Head of Library Information Technology, with experience in strategy, budgeting, workforce management, digital transformation, systems integration, and stakeholder engagement.

Published researcher, academic editor, peer reviewer, facilitator, and international speaker, with experience engaging universities, government bodies, employers, civil-society organizations, and development partners across the MENA region and internationally. Native Arabic speaker with full professional proficiency in English and intermediate proficiency in French.