Ahmed Samy

UNESCO Chair | Strategist | Globalist, The Global Centre for Risk and Innovation (GCRI)

Leadership and Management | Academics, Organisational Development, Strategy

Ahmed Samy

Biography

Dr. Samy is a passionate strategist with the purpose to help organizations and teams exploit their full potential and create their envisioned future. He is the current Executive Director of Strategy & Future at the Higher Colleges of Technology based in the United Arab Emirates and the Head of their UNESCO-UNEVOC center. A senior accomplished and award-winning executive and advisor with over 20 years of experience in Consulting, Government, Higher Education, and Digital Technologies sectors. Proven record of leading large-scale complex transformational projects and change initiatives at the global, national, and organizational levels with multinational teams and in partnership with world-renowned management consulting firms. He comes with significant board and governance experience in global not-for-profits and national government-led executive boards. He is also the chairperson of the Global Goodman Award for Excellence in Strategy hosted by the International Association for Strategy Professionals.