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Alumni Updates
Ahmad Tabbara ‘97
completed his MBA in Finance at HEC
Paris, and afterward joined PKF Consulting in Dubai. While
in Dubai, Ahmad had a great opportunity to join the
Development team at Istithmar, a leading private equity firm
in the Middle East. He is currently working at Istithmar
Hotels, a division specializing in hotels’ acquisitions and
developments
.
Hussein M. Dajani ‘98
graduated from LAU with a BS in
Business Administration with an emphasis on Banking &
Finance and Economics, and afterward joined JWT in
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia as an account executive. The portfolio
of accounts he was handling included The National
Commercial Bank (NCB) and MBC Group. After two years,
he joined JWT Bahrain to work on MTC-Vodafone. A year
after that, he joined Leo Burnett Dubai for two years as an
brand communication manager, handling some of the
accounts of the Executive Office of His Highness Sheikh
Mohamed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, such as Dubai Shopping
Festival, Dubai Summer Surprises, and Global Village.
Currently, Hussein is working as a Strategic Communication
Planner with JWT in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, handling
accounts such Saudi British Bank, Shell, Nadec and
Tanmiyat Properties. He is planning to pursue his Masters
degree soon.
Fuad Philip Saade ‘98
moved to the island of Malta. He
has been appointed Assistant Vice President of FIM Bank, a
trade services bank incorporated in Malta.
Elsa Sulukdjian ‘98
graduated from AUB with a BE in Civil
and Environmental Engingeering. She then received a
Masters Degree in Strategic Management from HEC France.
Elsa is currently working for a French multinational compa-
ny with assignments worldwide, allowing her to visit her fel-
low IC Alumni and friends who are spread across the world!
Elsa loves to hear from her IC Colleagues: elsa.sulukd-
jian@mailhec.net.
Hassane Mourad ‘98
graduated from AUB and started
working in Saudi Arabia, then moved to Dubai five years
ago. Hassane is the founder and managing partner of a new
company called
Out Of Bounds
that specializes in youth
marketing and entertainment. The company is the first of its
kind in the Middle East and is so far doing great.
Hassane wrote a small summary about
Out of Bounds
:
“Out Of Bounds is an entity for youth, focused on what
youth feel is most important to them. We are a unique
youth-marketing agency that connects brands with youth
through sports, music, fashion and other relevant youth
cultural interests.
Out Of Bounds aims at being a youth cultural movement in
the Middle East, recruiting a network of over 2,000 young
boys and girls with the mission of helping their peers on a
social, academic & economic level.
We also aim at creating a physical and emotional space in
youths’ lives enabling the brand to interact in a distinctive
and meaningful way.
In today’s cluttered market, conventional marketing may
not always get the desired results; mainly because the
youth of today are independent, sophisticated and unique,
they cannot be addressed as a common group. Out Of
Bounds promises to take brands right down to the street,
right to the people who matter and talk to them in their
language. A promise we can fulfill, because unlike others,
we listen with an open mind.
The Out Of Bounds team leaders make up the foundation
of our consulting staff. This elite network of young consult-
ants (full time students) educate our clients on daily basis –
whether they’re discussing a cultural phenomenon or
explaining everyday youth behavior, they’re helping our
clients make the decisions that matter.
Nada Charara ‘99
finished her BA in Business Management
at LAU. She is currently working in the United States as a
PR/Marketing director at the Middle Eastern Broadcasting
Network of America (MBN TV), and hosts a program that
highlights the major American corporations.
Ali Mohamad Ballouz ‘99
and
Rana Abdul Hamid
Ghalayini ‘99
got engaged on October 25, 2006. Ali is now
working at BAT in Saudi Arabia. Rana is teaching at
Deutsche Schule and Deutscher Kindergarten in Lebanon.
Ludwig Bouldoukian ‘99
graduated recently from IMHI, (a
joint program between ESSEC Business School and Cornell
University, in Paris) with an MBA in Hospitality Real Estate
Finance. Ludwig is currently working in Brussels with
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide as a financial analyst
in the development planning and acquisitions department
for Europe, the Middle East and Africa. His main focus will