Round I Jurors
We would like to thank all jurors for their valuable support of the MIT Enterprise Forum Arab Business Plan Competition throughout the past five years. Their contribution is a major asset for our continuity.
Below are the names of first-round jurors for 2010-2011.
- Shadi ABDULLAH - Kuwait
Senior Manager, Agility
- Antoine ABOU-SAMRA - Lebanon
Managing Director, Bader Young Entrepreneurs Program
- Muna ABUSULAYMAN - KSA
Secretary General , Alwaleed Bin Talal Foundation
- Samir AIT AOUDIA - Algeria
CEO, SNAX SPA
- Elie AKHRASS- Lebanon
Senior Credit Analyst & Responsible for the Start UPS Unit, Kafalat S.A.L
- Sami AKHRASS - Syria
Chairman and General Manager, AFC
- Mohamad Alameddine - Lebanon
Director, Arts Sciences and Technology University in Lebanon
- Bechir ALLOUCH - Tunisia
Senior counsellor of the Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, l'Université Virtuelle de Tunis
- Maurice AL HADDAD - Lebanon
Associate, Middle East Venture Partners
- Mai AL HOSARI - Jordan
Owner, Mai Al Hosari & Co.
- Omar AL-MADHI - Saudi Arabia
Assistant Deputy for Research, Analysis & Council Investment Affairs
- Fahad ALSHIRAWI - Bahrain
Managing Director , 2connectbahrain
- Saeed ARIDA - USA
Chief Excitement Officer, NuVu Studio
- Tarek ASSAAD - Egypt
Managing Partner, Ideavelopers
- Antoine ASSAF- Lebanon
Director, Business & Financial Systems Support, American University of AUB
- Christian Khalil ATTIEH- Lebanon
Credit Analyst, Kafalat S.A.L
- Bijan AZAD- Lebanon
Associate Professor, American University of Beirut
- Samia BAHSOUN - USA
Vice President, The David Ross Group
- Shadi BANNA - Lebanon
Managing Partner, Potential
- Walid BAKR - Egypt
Principal, Riyada Enterprise Development
- Bassem BITAR - Lebanon
Director of Strategy, Solidere
- Reem BOU ABDALLAH - Lebanon
Associate, Middle East Venture Partners
- Elie BOUJAOUDE - Lebanon
Manager of Advisory and Financing, Berytech
- Gulsun BOZKURT KIPER - Turkey
Founder and Managing Director, Sultan Kayiklari
- Riad BSAIBES - UAE
Chief Operating Officer,Chief Operating Officer, Amana Contracting & Steel Buildings
- James CARTY - UAE
Associate Partner, Monitor Group Middle East FZ LLC
- Alper Celen - USA
CEO, Commit Network
- Mira CHAGHOURI - Lebanon
Lebanese Business Angels Manager, Bader Young Entrepreneurs Program
- Dolly CHAMMAS - Lebanon
Founder and Manager, Middle East Online
- Mohamed CHIKHAOUI - Tunisia
President, MIT Club of Germany
- Adib CHOUEIRI - Lebanon
Competence Area Manager, Ericsson
- Christine CODSI - Lebanon
Chief Executive Officer, Souk El Tayeb
- Houda DABBOUSSI - UAE
Director, Istithmar World Istithmar World Capital
- Tarek Dajani - Lebanon
CEO, Cleartag
- Tahira DOSANI - UAE
Director of Strategy, Roshan/IPS Asia
- Maria DOUGLASS - KSA
Senior Technology Portfolio Manager, KAUST
- Desiree EL-CHEBEIR - Lebanon
Manager of Entrepreneur Services, Endeavor
- Brahim EL JAII - Tunisia
CEO, Maroc Invest Finance Group
- Mohamad A. EL KUWAIZ - KSA
Co-founder and Managing Director, Derayah Financial
- Chadi EL MATNI - Qatar
Associate Director (Origination & Coverage Department), Qinvest QInvest LLC
- Ragheb EL RAMI - UAE
Principal, Abraaj Capital
- Wael FAKHARANY - Egypt
Regional Manager (Egypt and North Africa), Google
- Amy Renee FARAGO - KSA
Technology Commercialization, KAUST
- Karim FARRA - Lebanon
Managing Partner, Manara Capital
- Walid FAZA - Jordan
Project Coordinator, MIT Enterprise Forum / ARAMEX Entrepreneurial Unit
- Tony FEGHALI - Lebanon
Co-Director, Darwazah Center for Innovation Management & Entrepreneurship , American University of Beirut
- Rana GHANDOUR SALHAB - Lebanon
Partner - ME Talent & Communications, Deloitte
- Marc HADDAD - Lebanon
COO, Orolix Technologies
- Fawaz HAMIDI - Lebanon
Director, BIAT
- Walid HANNA - Lebanon
Founder and Managing Partner, Middle East Venture Partners
- Shawki HASSOUN - Lebanon
Head of Investments - Wamda
- Dania ISMAIL - UAE
Planning Manager/Business & Strategy Development, MBC Group
- Ihsan JAWAD - UAE
Vice-Chairman, Zawya
- Ali JAFFERY - Bahrain
Director Asset Management, Al Khabeer International
- Oleg KAGANOVICH - KSA
Director of New Ventures - Economic Development, KAUST
- Iyad KAMAL - Jordan
COO, Aramex
- Farhan KALALDEH - Jordan
Executive Director, Queen Rania Center for Entrepreneurship
- Samir KALLEL - Tunisia
Founder and CEO, Omniacom
- Samer KARAM - Lebanon
Founding member and CEO, Seeqnce
- Maya KARANOUH - Lebanon
Managing Partner, TAG Brands
- Rebekah KAPFER - KSA
Marketing Manager for Technology Transfer, KAUST
- Beate KERLIS - KSA
Seed Fund Program Manager, KAUST
- Beate KERLIS - KSA
Seed Fund Program Manager, KAUST
- Ari KESISOGLU - UAE
Regional Manager, Google Middle East North Africa
- Ihab KHALIL - Lebanon
Senior Associate, Booz & Co.
- Mohamed Mehdi KHEMIRI - Tunisia
President, Innovest
- Mohamad KHAWAJA - Jordan
Investment Director, National Net Ventures (N2V)
- Inas KHAYAL - UAE
Assistant Professor, Masdar Institute
- Al-Karim KHIMJI - Afghanistan
Manager, Corporate Strategy, Roshan
- Sami Khoreibi - UAE
CEO, Enviromena Power Systems
- Reem KHOURI - Jordan
Special Projects Executive, Aramex International
- Elie KHOURY - Lebanon
Co-founder, Woopra
- Hussam KHOURY - Jordan
Co-Founder of Maktoob and President of Jabbar
- Basel KILANY - Jordan
Investment Director/ Joint Startups Program, National Net Ventures (N2V)
- Wajiha MALIK - UAE
Equity Analyst,Abu Dhabi Investment Company
- Khaled MANSOUR - UAE
Manager, Program Management Office,Abu Dhabi Systems & Information Centre (ADSIC)
- Laya MEDAWAR - UAE
Partner, Full Circle Investments
- Sulaiman MIRDAD - KSA
Vice Governor,Communication and Information Technology Commission
- Fadi MOUBARAK - Lebanon
General Manager,CISCO
- Dale MURPHY - UAE
Director of Entrepreneurship,Dubai School of Government
- Nader MUSEITIF - Jordan
Manager/Mergers & Acuisitions, Aramex International
- Karim Nabulsi - Lebanon
Office Managing Partner,Deloitte
- Karim NASR - Lebanon
Dean of the Faculty of Business and Management,University of Balamand
- Michel NEHME - Lebanon
Partner,Cedrus Ventures
- Slim OTHMANI - Algeria
Chairman,NCA-Rouiba
- Tamer OBIED - Lebanon
Associate ,Booz & Co.
- Khadija OUBALA - Morocco
Investment Professional
- Paul PANKAJ - UAE
Managing Editor and General Manager of Wharton Entrepreneurship and Family Business Research Center, Wharton University of Pennsylvania
- Majied QASEM - Jordan
Co-founder and CEO, d1g.com
- Brendan Jay RAUW - KSA
Technology & Innovations, KAUST
- Nicolas ROUHANNA - Lebanon
Director, Berytech Technological Pole
- Rani SAAD - Lebanon
Innovation Strategy and Investment
- Salam SAADEH - UAE
Founder and CEO , ActiveM
- Fadi SABBAGHA - Lebanon
CEO, Born Interactive
- Tarek SADI - Lebanon
Managing Director, Endeavor
- Adey SALAMIN - Jordan
Founder, BberryApp.com
- Nagi SALLOUM - Jordan
Head of Marketing, National Net Ventures (N2V)
- Jennifer SARRAF - Lebanon
Managing Director, Malia Group
- Barig SIRAJ - KSA
CEO , ICT Ventures
- Sami SHALABI - USA
Head of Engineering, Digital Publishing Platforms
- Omar SOUDODI - Egypt
General Manager, Souq.com
- Lina SHEHADEH - Jordan
Chief Marketing Officer, Aramex
- Adnan SULTAN - Kuwait
President, Al-Qudra Consultancy
- Omar TAHBOUB - Jordan
VP of Product, Bayt.Com
- Ahmad TAKATKAH - Jordan
Investment Director - Early Startups , National Net Ventures (N2V)
- Lina TANNIR - Lebanon
Assistant Professor, American University of Beirut American University of Beirut
- Teo UYSAL - KSA
Manager of Early Stage Fund - Economic Development, American University of Beirut American University of Beirut
- Armen VARTANIAN - UAE
Director, Ecoventures
- Karen VON BISMARCK - Germany
President,Technology Exchange Lab The Technology Exchange Lab, Inc.
- Chady ZEIN - LEBANON
Senior Associate,Booz&Co.
- Eric ZOETMULDER - Egypt
Principle Consultant, Occidental Oriental Consult
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