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Global Innovation throught Science & technology
'11-12
Round I
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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