Dr. Yasar Jarrar, PhD – Senior Partner

• Professor of Practice, Hult International Business School, USA
• Board of Trustees Member, Dubai Future Academy, UAE
• Senior Fellow, MasterCard Center for Inclusive Growth, USA
• Co-Chair, Global Agenda Council on the Future of Government, World Economic Forum
• Visiting Fellow, Cranfield School of Management, UK
• Senior Advisor, Mohammed Bin Rashid Center for Innovations in Government, UAE
• Fellow, Mohammed Bin Rashid School of Government (previously Dubai School of Government), UAE
• Author of THE SHEIKH CEO Book  –  www.sheikhceo.com/

Yasar is a strategy advisor focused on Emerging Markets with over 30 years’ experience in Public Sector Modernization, Technology for Development, and Education. Yasar is the co-founder of the Arabic portal for the Future of Government ( www.01government.com), and a co-founding Partner in 2 emerging markets professional service firms focused on development: IAG (www.iag.sg) and THC (www.thc.xyz). Yasar is also a Board Advisor for Tarjama and Ureed (www.tarjama.com)

Formerly, Yasar was a Partner at Bain & Company (www.bain.com) heading the Public Sector practice in the Middle East for 3 years and prior to that was a Partner at PwC ( www.pwc.com) leading Middle East Strategy Group and the Global Education Group for 5 years.

Before PwC, Yasar served as the founding Executive Dean of the Dubai School of Government (UAE) and as a Research Fellow at the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. Before that he served as the Strategy Director at The Executive Office of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum in Dubai from 2001 to 2005.

Prior to that, Yasar worked in the UK as a Research Fellow in Cranfield School of Management and Bradford School of Management. Yasar published extensively in various academic and professional journals, and his insights have been quoted in global and regional media.

For more details, see LinkedIn profile ae.linkedin.com/in/yasarjarrar/

For sample publications, see website www.yasarjarrar.com