Driven by social impact and eager to help entrepreneurs grow their businesses through advisory and business support programs. Passionate about building initiatives and opportunities that empower entrepreneurship ecosystems. • Lebanese-Canadian; Holder of a Master’s degree in Business marketing from Saint-Joseph university and social entrepreneurship diploma from INSEAD• Certified mentor from Mowgli Foundation and MIT|Confideo Venture Mentoring; - Certified business impact coach by IES Business school Portugal. • + 13 years’ intercultural management experience in communication and outreach, business development, program design and management, business support, innovation and entrepreneurship. • Programs portfolio: developed and managed more than 10 Lebanese, Euro-Mediterranean and US entrepreneurship programs in various fields including social and green innovation, technology transfer, economic development, women and youth empowerment.• Currently managing the Projects Lab department at Berytech, the leading incubator and business development center in Lebanon supporting startups and SMEs, through business support, funding, hosting and access to international markets. Responsible for the design, development, fundraising and management of innovation and entrepreneurship programs, on the local and international scale. • Member of more than 8 international innovation networks including the US State Department alumni, after representing Lebanon in the US Active Citizen Summit Program. Attended entrepreneurship conferences, events and capacity building activities in over 15 countries.* Expertise: - Program design and management in the field of entrepreneurship, social innovation, environmental innovation, technology transfer- Communication and outreach strategy and planning- Coaching and advisory for startups in the fields of marketing, communication, business model, go-to-market and social entrepreneurship
Listed skills include Marketing, Advertising, Strategy, Marketing Strategy, and 26 others.