HE Dr. Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Personal Website

Chairmanships

Chair of La Verticale Africa-Mediterranean-Europe (La Verticale AME)

Belgium (2021-present)

Chair, Board of the Consortium for Sustainable Urbanization (CSU)

USA (2021)

Chair, Association of Lebanese Business People in the World (RDCL World)

Lebanon (2020)

Co-chair of La Verticale Africa-Mediterranean-Europe (La Verticale AME)

Belgium (2019)

President of the Business Leaders Council under the umbrella of La Verticale

Belgium (2019)

Chair of the Talal Abu-Ghazaleh University College for Innovation (TAGUCI)

The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan (2017)

Honorary President of the Bosphorus Summit’s Board of Trustees

Turkey

Chair, (Digital Technologies for Sustainable Urbanization Network)-UNSDG 11

NY (2011)

Chair of the Honorary Council of the Consortium for Sustainable Urbanization

USA (2015)

Honorary Chair of the Palestinian Association of Certified Public Accountants

Palestine (2015-present)

Chair of the Arab Coalition of Services Industry

Lebanon (2015)

Chair of the Jordanian National Orchestra Association (JOrchestra)

The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan (2014)

Chair of the Talal Abu-Ghazaleh University College of Business (TAG-UCB)

Kingdom of Bahrain (2012)

Chair of the Talal Abu-Ghazaleh International University (TAGI-UNI)

Lebanon (2012)

Chair of the Research Center and Strategic Action

Switzerland (2012)

Chair of the All for Palestine Initiative

France (2011-present)

Chair of the Economic Policy Development Forum (EPDF)

The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan (2011- present)

Chair of the Arab States Research and Education Network (ASREN)

Germany (2010- present)

Chair of the United Nations Global Alliance for ICT and Development (UN-GAID)

USA (2009- 2010)

Chair of the Afro-Asian Knowledge Society Council

Egypt (2009)

Chair of the Arab World of Internet Institute

USA (2008)

Chair of the Board of Directors, UN Global Compact (UNGC)

USA (2006-2008)

Chair of the Arab Organization for Quality Assurance in Education (AROQA)

Belgium (2007-present)

Chair of the Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Graduate School of Business (TAGSB)

The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan (2006 - 2017)

Co-chair of the United Nations Information and Communication Technology Task Force (UN ICT TF)

USA (2006-2010)

Chair of Evian Group Governing Body

Switzerland (2006-2009)

Chair of the Evian Group-Arab Region (EGAR)

Switzerland (2006-2009)

Chair of the Business Action to Support the Information Society (BASIS)

International

Chair of the Board of Trustees, Perspective Europe

France (2005-2007)

Chair of the Advisory Committee on Internet Governance, United Nations Information and Communication Technologies Task Force (UN ICT TF)

USA (2003-2004)

Chair of the International Chamber of Commerce Task Force (ICC TF) on Internet Governance

France (2003-2004)

Chair of the Commission on E-Business, Information Technologies and Telecoms, International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)

France (2001-2008)

Chair of tֺhe Arab Regional Network of the United Nations Information and Communication Technologies Task Force (UN ICT TF)

USA (2001-2004)

Chair of the Working Group on Human Resources and Capacity Building (HRCB) of the United Nations Information and Communications Technologies Task Force (UN ICT TF)

USA (2001-2002)

Chair of the Arab Internet Names Consortium (AINC)

The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan (2001)

Chair of the Committee of Experts mandated by the United Nations Secretary-General to draft the International Accounting Standards for Environmental Accountability

USA (1999)

Chair of the United Nations Committee of Experts on Professional Qualifications Standards

Switzerland (1995-1998)

Chair of the Middle East Council, Center for Strategic and International Studies

USA (1995-1997)

Chair of the United Nations Conference for the Development of Accounting Education

USA (1995)

Chair of the United Nations Intergovernmental Working Group of Experts on International Standards of Accounting and Reporting (UNISAR)

USA (1995-1996)

Chair of the Committee for the Newly Industrialized and Developing Countries Affairs, the International Accounting Standards Committee (IASC)

UK (1989-1995)

Chair of the Affairs of the Modern Industrialized Nations and Developing Countries, the International Accounting Standards Committee

UK (1989-1992)

Vice-Chair (with Kofi Annan and Ban Ki-Moon) of UN Global Compact (UNGC)

USA (2007-2016)

Honorary President of the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Community in Jordan, Palestine, and Lebanon

AIQOM Platform, (2022)

Chairman of the Board of the Consortium for Sustainable Urbanization (CSU)

United Nations, New York, (2021)

Honorary President of the Dramatic Critic Forum, Launch Ceremony of the Dramatic Critic Forum

Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, (2013)

Chairman of the Strategic Studies Centers Network, Founding Meeting of the Global Challenges Forum

New York (2012)

Chair, (Digital Technologies for Sustainable Urbanization Network)-UNSDG 11

NY (2011).

Chairman of the UN Global Alliance for ICT and Development

(UNDESA-GAID), (2009).

ֺChair of the Roundtable on the Role of Technological Innovations in Addressing Food Sustainability, Global Economic Summit in New York, First UN Private Sector Forum on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)

(2008)

Co-Chair of the Global Alliance for ICT and Development (GAID) Council

Kuala Lumpur,(2008)

Co-Chair of the Advisors Meetings to Promote Initiatives Among Governments, the Private Sector, and Civil Society, Hanover

Germany (2007)

Co-Chair of the Guidance Committee, Global Coalition for ICTs and Development Conference

(2006)

Chair of the Lebanese Coalition of ICT, Founding Meeting of the Lebanese Coalition for Information and Communication Technology

Lebanon, (2005)

Chair of the Arab Forum for Effective Internet Governance, Meeting of the Arab Regional Network for Information and Communication Technology

UAE (2005).

Honorary President of the Bosphorus Summit’s Board of Trustees

Turkey

Societies Chairmanships

Chair of the Arab Intellectual Property Mediation and Arbitration Society (AIPMAS)

The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan (2003-present)

Chair of the Licensing Executives Society-Arab Countries (LES-AC)

The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan (1998-present)

Chair of the Arab Knowledge Management Society (AKMS)

USA (1989-present)

Chair of the Arab Society for Intellectual Property (ASIP); in consultative status with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)

Germany (1987-present)

Chair of the International Arab Society of Certified Accountants (IASCA); in consultative status with the U.N. Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)

UK (1985-present)