Country: 
Lebanon
Associated organisations: 
Company
Professions: 
Executive General Manager
Founder
Field(s) of expertise: 
Antiques
Textiles
Areas of Impact: 
Arts

Personal information

Hoda Nawam Baroudi
Manager, Designer

Contact information (Private)

+961 1 204116
+961 3 673398

Contact information (Work)

Bokja
+961 1 975576
+961 3 673398

Community/Lebanon Impact

She has contributed in her own way to Lebanon’s image as a center for creativity and design in the region and internationally. Bokja is a business  with 25 employees full time mostly Artisans and creative people . The work is present in major outposts all over the world. 

Work history

Previous Professions: 
  • Partner, Manager, and Designer, 2000 - present, Bokja.
  • Economist, 1996, Kuwait Central Bank.
  • Researcher, 1985 - 1989, Central Bank of Lebanon.
  • Research Assistant, 1981 - 1985, Middle East Economic Consultants.

Accomplishments

Awards: 
  • Leading Women Entrepreneurs in the Arab World Award from UNDP, 2005.

Competences & Skills

Field(s) of Expertise: 
  • Business
  • Contemporary Arab Art
  • Economics
  • Antique Textiles and Fabrics
  • Antique Levantine Furniture
  • Persian Carpets and Rugs
Languages: 
  • Arabic
  • English