Assistant Secretary-General, Assistant Director and Director of the Regional Office for Arab States at the United Nations Development Programme, since March 14, 2023, United States of America.

He has been the resident representative of the same program in Afghanistan since May 2019, and the advisor for reconstruction and rehabilitation affairs for the Middle East and North Africa region at the World Bank since February 2017.

He served as Deputy Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) Program between 2014 and 2017, and Chief Economist and Director of the Economic Development and Globalization Department at the same Committee in Beirut between 2011 and 2014, and Deputy Prime Minister of the Syrian Council of Ministers for Economic Affairs between 2005 and 2011, and President “ State Planning Authority ” in Syria between January 2004 and June 2005.

He was also the Assistant Resident Representative at the United Nations Development Program in Syria between 2001 and 2003, the National Director of the same program between 1993 and 1996, the Head of the Arab Trade Promotion Department at the Arab Monetary Fund between 1997 and 2000, and a lecturer at the National Institute of Administration . Public Affairs , andthe Higher Institute of Business Administration “Haba ”.

He worked as a consultant for the “Syrian-European Business Center” between 1996 and 1997, and director of the “ London Al-Hayat” newspaper office in Damascus between 1989 and 1993, and international affairs editor for the same newspaper between 1988 and 1989, and an economic researcher for the “ Arab League ” office in London between 1986 and 1988. .

He holds a doctorate in urban studies and affairs in 2021 from the University of Venice in Italy, a master’s degree in international relations in 1989 from the London School of Economics and Political Science, and a master’s degree in international political economy in 1988 from the University of Southern California in the United States. He received a Bachelor’s degree in Economic Sciences in 1985 from the American International University of Richmond in London, and a Diploma in Computer Science and Information Technology in 1985 from the same university.