<p>I am very much inspired by people. I like to contribute to building great people who build a great culture, shaping great companies that produce amazing products and services.<br/><br/>I have international experience as a manager who served several successful startup as well as large corporate organizations in Europe and MENA since the late 1990’s. Moreover, I advised leaders at some of the most prestigious Fortune 500 companies during my tenure between 2004 and 2010 at McKinsey & Company in their Middle East and German offices.<br/>In 2011 I moved to Dubai where I took over as CEO of sukar.com which we successfully exited to souq.com in 2012 to form today's largest commerce company in MENA and which was acquired by Amazon.com in 2017.<br/><br/>From 2015 to 2018 my team and I have created the Strategic Online Business Unit for Saudi listed travel giant Al Tayyar Group, leading their two brands tajawal and Almosafer to a total of close to USD 1 billion gross sales within three years only.<br/><br/>I am a German national of Syrian descent, a proud father and husband with a passion for entrepreneurship and coaching young aspiring leaders.</p>