Najat Rizk

Country:

Lebanon

Organizations:

Media Institution

Production company

Professions:

Chief Executive Officer

Consultant

Executive Producer

Founder

Managing Director

Field(s) of expertise:

Entrepreneurship

Najat Rizk

Chief Executive Officer, Partner, Consultant

Firehorse Films

+961 1 203064

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Education:

Professional Diploma, Management / Women Entrepreneurship, 2011, Maastricht School of Management, Netherlands.
Postgraduate Diploma (diplôme d'études supérieures spécialisées), Geopolitics, 1990, Saint-Joseph University, Lebanon.
Master's Degree, Human Geography and Demographic Statistics, 1988, Saint-Joseph University, Lebanon.
Bachelor Degree, Geography and History, 1987, Saint-Joseph University, Lebanon

Previous Professions:

Consultant and founding partner, 2009-present, Beyond Reform and Development/Irada - BRDI group.
Partner and chief executive officer, 1999-present, Firehorse Films.
Consultant, 2004, Lagardère Group.
Managing director, 1995-1998, Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation (LBC) SAT (Italy).
Channel manager, 1993-1995, "Al-Thaniya"- Orbit Satellite Television and Radio Network (Italy)
Programming officer, 1989-1993, C33 (Francophone Television Station owned by LBC-Lebanon).

Publications (Books, Articles, Reports, etc.):

Rizk, N. (Concept Development, Executive Producer). (2002).Mutheer Lil Jadal[controversial]. [Talk show]. Firehorse Films.
Rizk, N. (Concept development, Executive Producer). (1999).Al-mukayada al-kubra [The great exchange]. [Documentary]. Firehorse Films.
Rizk, N. (Concept Development, Executive Producer). (2005). The religious sects around the world.[Documentary Series - 14 episodes]. Firehorse Films.
Rizk, N. (Concept Development, Executive Producer). (2000).The living martyr: Hezbollah unveiled.[Documentary]. Firehorse Films.
Rizk, N. (Concept Development, Executive Producer). (1999).La guerre de l'ombre [the war of shadow]. Firehorse Films.

Exhibitions, lectures & performances:

Speaker, TEDXBEIRUT, Lebanon, 2011.
Speaker, The Fourth New Arab Woman Forum in Beirut, Lebanon, 2010.
Speaker, The High Intensity of Women's Entrepreneurs in the Middle East, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard, United States, 2010.
Speaker, The Middle East Conference, UNESCO, Paris, France, 2007.
Speaker, International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA), Netherlands, 2007.
Speaker, The Arabic Women Forum, Doha, Qatar, 2006.

Awards:

Selected as the second most successful chief executive officer in Lebanon by Harvard Business School at the "All World Summit" (a programme launched by Michael Porter), 2010.

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