Diana Najib Bou-Ghanem
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Community/Lebanon Impact
It is little things that make an impact, just like a drop of water that goes unnoticed and breaks rocks. Being a public servant, I always look for Lebanon’s public interest and the influence we can exert with the power invested in us. I have contributed to building Lebanon's national telecommunication infrastructure that supports Lebanon’s Mobile fixed and data service providers and digital economy in general. I was an expert with the Bassel Fuleihan Institute of Finance participating in Lebanon's Methodology for Assessing Procurement System MAPS, leading to the issuance of the new public procurement law 244/2021. I have trained public servants and private companies on public procurement and its various methods, contract management, PPP, cost modeling, and other ICT related subjects. I have written guidelines to help implement the new procurement law. Finally, I am a Gender focal point supporting gender equity and mainstreaming.
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Education
- Doctorate in Business Administration (DBA), Beirut Arab University (BAU), Lebanon
- Master's degree, Business (Executive MBA), Lebanese American University (LAU), Lebanon.
- Bachelor's degree, Computer and Communications Engineering (CCE), American University of Beirut (AUB), Lebanon.
Work history
- I previously managed the telecom network operations and was the ICT advisor to several minsters of telecom. I worked on the subjects of Internet Governance and world summit of Information Society.
Major Achievements
- I published 2 papers on the subjects of Artificial Intelligence and public procurement as a reform tool. https://doi.org/10.47577/tssj.v28i1.5714 , https://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3687765
- I have contributed to several conferences, the latest being the Menaree in Dubai 2023 on Engineering Education in a time of transformation
- I am a Jury member for ESCWA Digital Arabic Content Award 2022, 2023
Accomplishments
- I am a certified PPP professional from APMG and a certified mediator from LAMAC (Lebanese Association for Mediation and Conciliation).
Competences & Skills
- Informaton and Communication Technologies
- Telecom operations
- Telecom and ICT regulations
- Public Private Partnership
- Contract and Project Management
- Public Procurement
- Gender equity
- Training
- Evaluation and Monitoring
- English
- Arabic