Secretary to the Board

Ministerial Panel

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Welcome

Current Economic Outlook, predictions and Recovery plan for 2021

Shaping the future of Aviation and its projection by 2025

Keynote Speech

The future of Tourism in the Green Economy

Health Dealing with COVID-19 and how do we restore travellers’ trust and confidence to rebuild business? The New Normal – Learning to live, travel, work and play despite Covid-19

Understanding the financial mechanisms that allow you to survive and rebuild

One-to-One interview: Majed AlGhanim, Managing Director, Tourism Quality of Life – Ministry of Investment, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Analysing the challenges and investment opportunities in Aviation sector

Special Focus on the Middle East market – Investment opportunities in Sustainable Travel and Tourism sector

Looking at the Economic Impact of Current Investment Trends in Airports

How investment in travel and tourism sector can drive growth and cooperation within the Commonwealth countries?

How to attract China outbound investment and tourism during and post covid19?

Challenges and Opportunities for Mergers and Acquisitions in the Post Covid Stage

Investment opportunities – Presentation of Destinations and Tourism Projects in quest of investment

Saudi Arabia, The Future of Travel and Tourism in Saudi Arabia, recovery through sustainable investment

Tourism Resilience: This may not be the last crisis, how can you prepare to face for any future global catastrophe

Paul Hoskins is a director of London based companies ITIC Ltd – International Tourism Investment Conferences, Invest Tourism Ltd and founder director of the FULCRUM Travel Marketing+PR consultancy.

Following graduation in travel management and business studies from the City of London College, Paul has worked for more than thirty five years as a business travel, tourism and hospitality marketing consultant, travel agent and tour operator. With extensive experience in corporate and interim management, destination promotion, communications, conference moderating, media relations, broadcasting, health-care and property management.

Paul is a member of the Institute of Directors, the Reform Club, President of Skal International London UK, immediate past President of Skal International United Kingdom and executive committee member and former Chairman of PATA – the Pacific Asia Travel Association – UK & Ireland Chapter.

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H.E. Nayef Hmeidi Al-Fayez has served as Minister of Tourism and Antiquities, and Minster of Environment of Jordan several times.He has recently been appointed as Minister of Tourism and Antiquities on 12/10/2020.

After obtaining a bachelor’s and master’s degrees in political science and international relations from Brigham Young University in the United States. Al Fayez started his career as assistant chief of Royal Protocol at the Royal Hashemite Court, and worked closely to His late Majesty King Hussein bin Talal and His Majesty King Abdullah II and Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah.

In 2006 he moved to work in advanced positions in the Jordanian government, especially in the field of tourism development, and headed several leading institutions and companies specialized in the field of tourism, environment, and development such as the Jordan Tourism Board, the National Company for Tourism Development, the Royal Academy of Culinary Arts – Les Roches, the Jordan Heritage Revival Company, the Jordan Oil Terminals Company “Jotic”, the National Microfinance Bank, and the Jordanian Microfinance National Network “Tanmia”.

He also participated in the membership of several bodies and committees such as the Baptism Site board of trustees and the higher steering committee of Arab Gulf Program for Development (AGFUND).

He has participated and represented Jordan in many conferences and international events as an expert on Tourism, Environment, and sustainable development.

Al Fayez holds several Orders of Merit and Medals on local and international levels.

Bilingual financial management professional, with an MBA (finance) and BSc in Computer Science, and with over 13 years of proven private sector experience in core areas of financial planning, analysis treasury and project management. Excellent analytical, writing, presentational and interpersonal skills.

• Over 13 years of experience in financial planning and analysis.
• Strategic planning, devising policies and procedures, supporting special projects.
• Participating in, and informing, senior management decision making.
• Human resource management – experience leading and managing teams.
• Proven experience as a fast learner able to deliver – joined RJ in 2007 at entry level and reached the highest level in only 9 years (one of the fastest promotion track among all RJ employees).

• MBA (Finance), New York Institute of Technology, Amman, Jordan (2005-2007).
GPA: 3.95. Ranked 19th out of all MBA students in Jordanian universities 2007.
• B.Sc. Computer Science, University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan (1996-2000).

• Vice President Treasury and Management Accounts, Finance Department, Royal Jordanian Airline (Sep 2019 – current)
• Head of Treasury, Finance Department, Royal Jordanian Airline (Jan 2016 – current)
• Manager, Management Accounts Section, Finance Department, Royal Jordanian Airline (Jan 2012 – Dec 2012)
• Team Leader, Financial Reporting and Budgeting, Management Accounts Section, Finance Department, Royal Jordanian Airline (Aug 2007 – Dec 2011)

• Member of the Board of Directors for Jordan Aircraft Maintenance Company Joramco representing RJ from (Oct 2019 – current)
• Member of the Board of Directors for Alpha Catering Company representing RJ from (Oct 2016 – Oct 2019)
• Member of IATA Airline Cost Management Group Steering Committee
• Member of Middle East Leadership Academy

Lerato Mbele is presenter of Talking Business Africa and co-presenter of In Business Africa, two of BBC World flagship African programmes.

Lerato joined the BBC in 2012 as presenter of the renowned breakfast radio programme, Newsday, on BBC World Service. She then joined the Africa Business Report team, fronting the weekly television show until 2018 when Talking Business Africa and In Business Africa were launched in its place.

Prior to joining the BBC, Lerato served as a Senior Business Anchor for CNBC Africa when it launched in 2007. She hosted a variety of business focused programming and specials including presidential debates and the live CNBC Africa Debate at the World Economic Forum in Africa in 2009. Lerato was also previously the co-editor of Designing Democracy, an Anti-Poverty Ambassador for the Southern Africa Trust and a recipient of literature awards from the World Association of University of Women.

Lerato began her journalism career in 1999 at South Africa’s state-owned broadcaster The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC). She eventually served as an anchor for the channel’s daily news show News at 10 and also fronted the weekly show, The Ambassadors.

Lerato has interviewed notable political figures, including Nobel Peace Prize laureates Kofi Annan, Wangari Maathai and F.W de Klerk, and has also interviewed Bill Gates, Olusegun Obansanjo, Goodluck Jonathan, Uhuru Kenyatta.

Lerato is a Chevening Scholar and a regular speaker at conferences and televised debates, having participated the World Bank and IMF annual meeting in Washington DC and the UN Climate Change Summit COP17 in 2011. She also holds an MSc degree in Development Studies from The School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London. In March 2014 Lerato was named by the World Economic Forum as one of its Young Global Leaders for 2014.