Bassam KHOURY, Founder & Editor-in-Chief

Bassam KHOURY

Founder & Editor-in-Chief

PetTalk Magazine

Lieu
Liban
Éducation
Master, International Business
Expérience
26 years, 4 Mois

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Expériences professionnelles

Total des années d'expérience :26 years, 4 Mois

Founder & Editor-in-Chief à PetTalk Magazine
  • Liban - Beyrouth
  • Je travaille ici depuis mai 2015

- Setting the overall strategy and promoting the magazine to the relevant community.
- Editing content and contributing in writing articles.
- Contact with customers and media agencies

Business Development Director à Alghanim Industries
  • Koweït - Al Koweït
  • novembre 2012 à avril 2015

• Elaborating and executing detailed market and feasibility studies with PwC, to evaluate 19 different medical sub-specialties.
• Firm financial valuation, and executing an acquisition study, and negotiations (M&A Process for several firms).
• Contacting a large number of manufacturers in different industries to initiate exclusive distribution agreements.
• Taking care of the legal aspect of the agreements while coordinating with the legal division.
• Recruiting sales team, creating SOPs, plus operational guidance.

Regional Marketing Director (GCC outside KSA) à Medicals International
  • Émirats Arabes Unis - Dubaï
  • janvier 2009 à octobre 2012

Elaborating marketing plans and strategies for all divisions and products and coordinating with Finance, for all GCC countries.
Coordinating with media and advertising agencies, and elaborating advertising yearly plans.
Review of budgets for different divisions for all countries in GCC.
Maintaining quality service by establishing and enforcing organization standards.
Managing a portfolio of 50+ suppliers and agencies.
Supervising all Social Media activities.
Recruitment responsibilities in cooperation with HR, for the marketing team.
Taking care of Corporate Communication tasks with different stakeholders.
Supervising events' organization, workshops and seminars

Marketing Manager à Medicals International
  • Koweït - Al Koweït
  • mars 2004 à décembre 2008

- For External Clients:
* Public Relations
* Media Coverage
* Search optimization of Website
* Conceptualised, Initiated new brand image of the company
* Corporate & Sponsoring openings
* Charity events for awareness, responsibility towards society
* Online Social media (Facebook, Twitter and Instagram)
* Elaborating Marketing plans
* Creating multi-channel communication strategies
* Marketing Research
* Customer Satisfaction Survey
* Development of new immediate strategies to enhance sales and business

- For Internal Clients
* Employee of the month positioning and rewarding
* Staff Open day: organising from concept till execution
* Internal social & integrity programs for the company’s awareness internally
* Team work boosting, social framework

- Corporate Communication
* Company profile, Corporate branding
* Employee communication
* Company Newsletter

Teacher à International superior school of management ESIG - University of Quebec at Montreal UQAM - Lebanon
  • Liban - Beyrouth
  • janvier 1999 à février 2004

Teacher

Marketing
Management
MIS
Banking
Economy Fundamentals

Marketing Supervisor à AN League – SARL (A Lebanese full service, in-store promotions, merchandising and marketing company)
  • Liban - Beyrouth
  • janvier 1998 à novembre 2001

- Analysis of campaign expenses
- Monitoring the promo-ladies
- Follow up of the daily schedules
- Preparing wages
- Stock and accounting reconciliation
- Stock control
- Market research
- Organising different sorts of events
- Being in charge of different kind of exhibitions

Major events:
- Westlife \[promotional campaign\]
- Yves Rocher Campaign
- Cosmence Campaign
- Participating in several Coca Cola events such as:
- Asian Cup Basketball
- Asian Football
- Coca Cola animation events

Éducation

Master, International Business
  • à University of Quebec at Montreal
  • décembre 2004

We focused on International Marketing, Research, Statistics, my thesis was about the Determinants of the Internet Adoption in Lebanon (consumer behaviour, adoption of new technologies) I built a questionnaire of 8 pages and a sample of around 800 ppl from the Lebanese market to see what are the variables that affects the Internet adoption at that time.

Baccalauréat, Marketing and Management.
  • à Lebanese University - Faculty of Economic, sciences and Business administration
  • juin 2001

4 years, Bachelor's degree in Business, focus on Marketing & Management. First 2 years we had overall business courses, including accounting, finance, business law, etc.

Specialties & Skills

Administrative Organisation
Communication Skills
Marketing Management
Research & Analysis
Organisational Skills
-Computer knowledge : Windows
- Computer knowledge : Word, Excel, Access
- Computer knowledge :Front Page, Corel Draw and Adobe Photoshop
- Computer Knowledge: Mac
Marketing
Communication

Langues

Anglais
Expert
Français
Expert
Arabe
Expert

Formation et Diplômes

Digital Marketing (Formation)
Institut de formation:
EduPristine
Date de la formation:
April 2015
Durée:
50 heures

Loisirs

  • Reading
  • Travel
  • Art
  • Basketball