Lebanese media person.

He has been the Director of Television at MBC Group since September 2011, Dean of the Mohammed Bin Rashid School of Communication at the American University in Dubai since 2008, Chairman of the Academic Council at the Dubai Institute of Design and Innovation , and a member of the jury of the Sharjah Government Communication Award.

He joined the Faculty of Fine Arts at Beirut University College and helped establish its radio department. He taught several courses in television production and worked as a lecturer in television production at the Lebanese American University between 1987 and 1997.

He contributed to covering the war in Lebanon and Iraq between 1987 and 1999, and worked as a chief correspondent for Lebanon, Iraq and Iran for the German Press Agency (DPA) between 1987 and 1999, and as a correspondent for the New York Times and the Times of London between 1989 and 1994.

He was a member of the Board of Directors of the Dubai Design and Fashion Council , and a member of the jury of the talent discovery program Arabs Got Talent in its 6 seasons. He also held the position of Media Advisor at the Executive Office of Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Director General of the Dubai Media Incorporated , and Director of the National Commercial Bank in Saudi Arabia.

He founded and managed “Future TV” from 1992 to 2003, and contributed to the opening of “Zain Channel” for youth in 2003.

He holds a PhD from Cambridge University in the United Kingdom, a Master’s degree in Public Communications in 1986 from Syracuse University in the United States of America, and a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration in 1984 from the American University of Beirut .