Summary:
Ghassan Abdelkader is an experienced trainer managing specialized banking services, finance, and management trainings regionally with projects for leading banks and corporations. He has been in the field since 2007. He Graduated from the American University of Beirut (AUB) as well as from other Lebanese and French universities. His unique mix of previous corporate work in different fields in addition to his current status as a university instructor, made of him a unique researcher and trainer able to overcome cultural challenges and academic diversity.
Ghassan is trilingual and he earned three different masters degrees in three different fields (Politics, Administration and Economics) in addition to a PhD in Economics from France (Université de Picardie Jules Verne UPJV, Amiens). Academic research and training are his passion. Ghassan has accumulated more than 13 years of experience conducting training, research, collecting and analyzing data, monitoring management and economic trends, and developing forecasts.
He conducted several training sessions to private and public sector employees. He has the experience to deal with different age and background groups during training sessions and to provide the needed examples and knowledge through different perspectives while using multiple approaches. He has given and/or participated in various seminars and conferences around the globe, where he published several papers and publications.
Relevant Experience:
Financial Trainer with SGBL(Societe’ Generale de Banque au Liban) subsidiaries FIDUS since 2014 for both domestic & international financial markets :
o Investments valuation
o stocks risks with derivational models
o Blockchain in Banking
o Commercial Bank Operations
Professional trainer (October 2008-January 2011) for corporate employees (Ein w Zein
Hospital, Lebanon Coopertives, Lebanon Serum Corporation) in the fields of:
o Accounting
o Management Operations
o Financial Management
Fidelity Investments Associate – since 2015 provided leadership to off-shore tech teams via
training and analyzing business requirements.
BLOM Bank trainer in the fields of financial services and corporate trade policies ( 2016)
Merhi accountant office as Trainer for junior accountants on IFRS and newly adopted
financial legislations ( 2012-2016)
Senior Media Analyst, Comtrax Solutions Company, responsible of
o Monitoring press and televisions & publishing political & economic studies
o Conducting training sessions for the employees in areas related to stress, time and resources management (May 2007-September 2008)
Budget Analyst for LABP (Lebanese Alternative Budget Project), led by NGOs Coalition, responsible of analyzing the Public Lebanese Budget:
o Collecting data about the Lebanese economy
o Supervising of the related website and the follow up of the public finance
o Training and raising awareness sessions for public about the importance of Budget (November 2007-August 2008).
UNDP, partimer research data collector for socio-economic situation in Lebanon related to the HDR (March – April 2008).
Academic Credentials:
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Science of Economics, Université de Picardie Jules Verne, Amiens, France, (2018)
(Dissertation: Governance and economic development : the case of public budget in Lebanon)
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Political Science, Lebanese University, (in progress, 2019)
(Dissertation: The Knowledge Economy as tool for Development in the Arab World)
Master of Science (MS), Applied Economics, Université de Picardie Jules Verne, Amiens, France,
(Thesis : Reforming the international financial system) (2009)
Master of Arts (MA), International and Diplomatic Relations, Lebanese University, (2007)
(Thesis: The Economic Globalization through the World Trade Organization)
Master of Arts (MA), Public Administration, American University of Beirut, (2006)
(Thesis: Knowledge Oriented Society Policies in the Arab World)
Bachelor of Arts (BA), Political and Applied Sciences, Lebanese University, (2002)
Professional Qualifications:
Economic Editor, (www.IMLebanon.org)
Memberships/Affiliations:
UNDP Lebanon- Researcher and Data Collector(part-time)
LABP (Lebanese Alternative Budget Project)
2 Training courses conducted:
– International Finance
– Portfolio and Investment Management
– Business Finance
– Blockchain in Banking
– E-Business
– Leadership and Decision Making
– Human Resource Management
– International Business Management
– Entrepreneurship
– Research Methods and Techniques
– Marketing Research
– Special Event Management
– Commercial Banking Operations
– Computerized Accounting
– Communication Skills for Business
– Organizational Behaviour