Ambassador Karim Kawar

H.E. Karim Kawar: President of Kawar Group, is a serial entrepreneur, a former diplomat and angel investor.  Served as Jordan’s Ambassador to the US 2002-2007. Chairman of IrisGuard (A FinTech company that developed the EyePay® network), Kawar Energy, NatHealth and JWICO. Founder of ten companies in the field of information and communication technologies (ICT). Co-founder and director of Oasis500, the Arab World's first and largest accelerator and seed-capital fund.Co-founder of the Jordan Strategy Forum.  Founding chairman of EDAMA for energy, water and environment. Appointed by Royal Decree to the Economic Consultative Council by His Majesty King Abdullah II. Former chairman of the board of trustees of King’s Academy (2010-2015), former trustee of the King Abdullah II Fund for Development, the American University of Madaba, Princess Sumaya University for Technology, Ahli Bank, United Insurance and the Jordan River Foundation, headed by Her Majesty Queen Rania Al-Abdullah.Ambassador Kawar is the architect of the REACH 2025 initiative. A Member of the 100 Best Arab Startups Selection Committee, Global Agenda Council; Young Global Leader; Global Leader for Tomorrow of the World Economic Forum; Eisenhower Fellow; Member of the World Presidents’ Organization (YPO/WPO); Co-founder and President of Bridges of Understanding Foundation. Graduated from Boston College in 1987 with a BSc in Management, Finance and Computer Science.