ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS1992-1996Major: BA in EconomicsMinor: financial and banking Yarmouk university, Irbid – JordanKEY QUALIFICCATIONS18 years of experience as a development worker with extensive experience as a manager and hands-on practitioner of development operations. Established experience in sectors including Natural Resources Management, Integrated Water Resources Management, Water Governance, Watershed Management, Small Scale Credit Schemes, Rights Based Programming, Poverty Alleviation and Gender Programming. Countries of work (West Asia and North Africa). Working at a regional level since 2003.Experience has included the development and subsequent management of Long Range Strategic Plans, proposal development for a wide range of donor organizations, including EC, USAID and Italian, Dutch, Danish and Finnish Government, as well as private sector (HSBC, SHELL, Holcim, etc) and foundations (MAVA, DROSOS, etc). Lead or have been involved in responses to Requests for Proposals and ApplicationsEstablished experience in participatory training in different institutional environments (local water management planning, PTD, etc).Considerable experience in institutional change and development processes, through project management functions at CARE International & IUCN ROWA.