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Occupation Chairman and CEO of the Sultanate of Oman Public Authority for Investment Promotion and Export Development (Ithraa), founder and chairman of International Research Foundation Books A Cup of Coffee: A Westerne, Messengers of Monothei, The Sultanate of Zanzibar | ||
Dr. Salem Ben Nasser Al-Ismaily is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Sultanate of Oman Public Authority for Investment Promotion and Export Development (Ithraa). Al Ismaily has been conferred by His Majesty the Sultan of Oman, the third and second class orders of Oman.
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Education
Al Ismaily is a holder of degrees in Telecommunications, Liberal Arts, Industrial Engineering, Business Administration, Management with two doctorates one in Philosophy and the other in Economy from universities in United Kingdom and the United States.
Career
Al Ismaily worked at the Public Establishment for Industrial Estates (PEIE) from 1984 to 1996 as the Managing Director. In 1996 he was appointed as the Deputy Chairman and Executive President of the Omani Centre for Investment Promotion and Export Development. In the year 2010, he was appointed as the chair of the Public Authority for Investment Promotion and Export Development (Ithraa) with a ministerial rank. Al Ismaily has been conferred by His Majesty the Sultan of Oman, the third and second class orders of Oman. He is also a member of Fulbright Association for peace.
Board member
Al Ismaily also serves as a board member of many private companies in the field of financial services and energy on his personal capacity. Al Ismaily served as the Chairman of Oman ORIX Leasing Company SAOG, Director of BankMuscat SAOG, Fraser Institute, Gulf Aluminium Rolling Mill Co. B. S. C. (c)Director of Ahli Bank S.A.O.G. from 2008 to June 2010, Director of Renaissance Services SAOG and Oman Oil Marketing Company SAOG among others.
International Research Foundation
He is the founder and chairman of International Research Foundation, a non government non profit economic think tank that has pioneered the research of Economic Freedom in the Arab World. Al Ismaily has published several papers on the subject of cross culture, management and economy including five books on corporate culture, history and religion.
Writing
Al-Ismaily is instrumental in promoting trade relations between Oman and the United States. He has written several of books and one of his books, Inside the Omani Corporate Culture - A Research in Management Styles, co-authored with Professor Peter McKiernan of the University of St.Andrews, is the academic foundation of this story. Richard Tzudiker is a freelance writer with a Bachelor's Degree in English from Colgate University and a Master's Degree in Business Administration from the University of Denver. He spent half his childhood in Europe and most of his professional career with multinational minerals companies. He is currently an investment and trust account administrator at a community bank in Colorado.