More than 20 years of experience in the global market business development, internationalization of Micro, Small and Medium sized Enterprises (MSMEs), foreign trade promotion & investment attraction. Extensive working experience with Public Administration, Governments, public & private Business Support Organisations (BSOs), EU Institutions & UN bodies, other International Organisations, think tanks & IFIs - mainly WBG, EIB & EBRD, League of Arab States, Aspen Institute & World Economic Forum, private financial & banking Institutions. Core qualifications in strategic planning, strategic alliance & new business development, budgeting & financing, marketing & relationship management, programme & project management, HR & cross-functional management, performance optimization, bottom-line focused, best practices & benchmarking, multi-site operations.