Youssef salloum, Senior Consultant

Youssef salloum

Senior Consultant

Meirc Training and Consulting

Location
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Education
Doctorate, Doctorate of Business Administration
Experience
25 years, 10 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :25 years, 10 Months

Senior Consultant at Meirc Training and Consulting
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • My current job since October 2014

- Executive-level management consulting in leadership and managing change
- Skilled presenter, communicator, and trainer with success targeting small and large groups, impacting organizational performance
- Skilled trainer and coach in emotional intelligence aiming at boosting personal, team, and organizational performance

Managing Director at LEAD s.a.r.l
  • Lebanon - Beirut
  • March 2012 to September 2014

- Led and managed a corporate training and development company
- Developed the strategic plan and set the company's objectives
- Managed the company's operations and successfully achieved the set targets
- Directly managed a team of experience corporate trainers

Head of Economics Department at La Sagesse University
  • Lebanon - Beirut
  • October 2005 to August 2014

- Set and advanced the academic strategy of the department in line with faculty and university strategic plan and direction
- Was an active member of the faculty executive board and contributed to the overall leadership and management of the faculty of business administration
- Developed and sustained appropriate structures for management, consultation, decision-making and communication with faculty, staff, and students
- Fulfilled the university’s responsibilities concerning students in respect of their admission, instruction, progress and examination
- Provided support and guidance to faculty members, liaising with academic staff in respect of academic issues, advising students as needed in cooperation with course instructors
- Managed and supervised program and course development
- Managed the screening and selection of faculty applications
- Taught economics courses at the BA, MBA, and EMBA programs

Senior Lecturer at Notre Dame University (NDU)
  • Lebanon - Beirut
  • February 2010 to June 2014

- Taught ‘microeconomics’ and ‘macroeconomics’ at the undergraduate business program

Management Trainer at Institute of Finance - Ministry of Finance
  • Lebanon - Beirut
  • March 2012 to April 2014

- Designed, developed, and delivered management training programs aimed at building and developing the capacity of the ministries’ senior executives

Senior Lecturer at Lebanese University
  • Lebanon - Beirut
  • October 2010 to October 2013

- Taught ‘business communication’ and ‘project management’ as part of the “International Commercial Negotiation Master Program” in partnership with University of Paris 3 - Sorbonne Nouvelle

General Director at SCORE Study Center
  • Lebanon - Beirut
  • October 2007 to June 2009

SCORE study center provides tutoring and academic assistance for students seeking to do better at school
• Owner and director of the center: recruit teachers and supervise their work with the students and provide parents with a daily follow up concerning their academic performance.

Senior Lecturer at Lebanese American University
  • Lebanon - Beirut
  • June 2005 to July 2005

English Instructor (English 101)
• It’s an essay writing course at a university level.

Instructor at Lebanese Chamber of Commerce and Industry
  • Lebanon - Beirut
  • October 2004 to June 2005

Business English Instructor (Taught business communication)
• It’s a business communication course for company mangers and bankers.

Senior Lecturer at Academie Libanaise des Beaux Art (ALBA)
  • Lebanon - Beirut
  • February 2004 to February 2005

English Instrustor (English for specific purposes)
• It’s a business communication course for the architecture and the advertising students.

Associate Supervisor of SAT exams at AMIDEAST
  • Lebanon - Beirut
  • October 1996 to June 2002

• Administered and supervised SAT examination centers holding a minimum of 250 students.
• In charge of a group of proctors that would report to me in case of problems.

Trainer / Consultant at Middle East Management & Economics Consultants (s.a.r.l)
  • Lebanon - Beirut
  • October 1999 to October 2001

• In-house training in ‘English for Banking’ for Credit Libanais
• In-house training in ‘Business English’ for LibanCell
• In-house training in ‘English for Banking’ for Banque Libanais pour le Commerce
• In-house training in ‘Presentation Skills’ for Banque Libanais pour le Commerce

Business Developer at American Business Institute
  • Lebanon
  • February 2001 to June 2001

• Established a training center for the business community
• Designed training programs and developed a marketing plan
• Signed a contract with the ‘Sea Rock Hotel’ to train their staff

Education

Doctorate, Doctorate of Business Administration
  • at Grenoble Ecole de Management
  • September 2017
Diploma, Certified Researcher in Management Science
  • at Grenoble Ecole de Management
  • October 2015
Diploma, Certified Training Practitioner
  • at Institute for Learning and Performance
  • October 2015
Diploma, Training of Trainer Program for the Strategic Public Procurement Program
  • at Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply (CIPS) - UK
  • May 2013
Diploma, Advanced Certified 4MAT Trainer
  • at About Learning Inc.
  • May 2013

Training instructors at both academic levels schools and universities to teach around the 4MAT cycle in order to reach different types of learners and their learning styles.

Diploma, Emotional Intelligence
  • at Emotional Intelligence Skills Group
  • August 2012

Certified in MSCEIT and emotional intelligence training

Diploma, Macro Stress Testing
  • at International Monetary Fund
  • May 2012

I followed an intensive one-week course in macro stress testing in which we were trained to macro stress the banking system and explore its resiliency to financial crises using different scenarios.

Diploma, Qualified Learning Facilitator
  • at Ecole Hoteliere de Lausanne
  • March 2012
Master's degree, Master of Business Administration
  • at Lebanese American University
  • February 2003
Bachelor's degree, English Literature and Language
  • at Lebanese University
  • June 1996

Upon the completion of my degree I received a scholarship to continue my PhD in the United States.

Diploma, Teaching Diploma in the English Language
  • at The Academy of English
  • June 1992

Specialties & Skills

Business Planning
Team Management
Project Planning
Business Analysis
Training
computer: Word, Excel, Power Point, Outlook & Explorer (Internet)
interpersonal skills: experienced presenter, trainer, and teacher
communication skills: good communicator; a wide exposure to people from different cultures
interpersonal skills: a good team player; very good at leading and inspiring team work

Languages

Arabic
Expert
French
Expert
English
Expert

Memberships

World Economics Association
  • Vice President - Lebanon Chapter
  • October 2013
Syndicate of Private University Professors - Lebanon
  • General Secretary and Founding Member
  • April 2013

Training and Certifications

Certified Training Practitioner (Certificate)
Date Attended:
November 2015
Valid Until:
January 2040
Certified Practitioner of the Global Leadership Assessment GLA360 (Certificate)
Date Attended:
June 2020
Certified Resercher in Management Science (Certificate)
Date Attended:
September 2015
Valid Until:
January 9999

Hobbies

  • Tennis, swimming, skiing, and reading