Naser Abdelkarim, PhD
Founder & CEO
Naser Abdelkarim, PhD
Founder & CEO
Naser Abdelkarim
Dr. Naser Abdelkarim earned his PhD in Financial Economics from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, USA in 1992. He achieved his Master’s degree in Finance from Texas A&M, USA in 1984, and his Bachelor of Science in Accounting from the University of Jordan in 1980.
Since 1992, he has occupied different academic and managerial positions in many Palestinian Universities. At An-Najah National University, between 1992-2001, Dr. Abdelkarim had served various positions. He was the head of the Accounting Department, the Dean of the Business and Economics College and the Director of the MBA Program at An-Najah University.
Moreover, he was an assistant professor of finance and accounting at Birzeit University and head of the Accounting Department between 2002-2013. Currently, he is a professor of finance at the School of Graduate Studies of the Arab American University in Palestine.
Between 2009-2011, Dr. Naser was the research director and a researcher fellow at Palestine Institute of Economic Policies Research in Ramallah over the period of 2009-2011. He also served as a consultant and advisor for many local and international organizations including the World Bank, UNDP, ESCWA, ILO, EUC-Jerusalem, GIZ, FES, Palestine Monetary Authority, Palestine Investment Fund and others.
Dr. Naser has attended and presented tens of research papers in local and international conferences and workshops. He also published tens of research articles in refereed academic journals in the area of development, economic policies, fiscal policy, corporate governance and financial markets.
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