Council of Trustees

Mohammed Saqer spent 35 years of his professional life in the telecommunications sector. He founded Extensia in 2008, currently one of the region’s largest call centers with over 1500 employees. Mohammed was appointed Chairman of the Board of Commissioners of the Aqaba Special Economic Zone between 2010/2011.

The former minister of industry and trade and former dean of the faculty of law at the University of Jordan. He held the position of chairman and member of several boards of directors for government and private companies.

A Jordanian businessman, a member of the Housing Investors Association and a real estate developer..

Ali is the founder and a Director of Endeavour Jordan, a not for profit organization that assists in the development of entrepreneurs, and a Director of the Micro fund for Women, which provides microfinance to low-income female entrepreneurs. Additionally, Ali is also Chairman of Alcazar Energy.

Ali has a degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Southern California and an MBA from INSEAD.

Saed D. Karajah is the Founder and Managing Partner of Saed Karajah & Partners LLP, a law firm specialized in corporate, regional and international work. Saed Karajah is well known for his passion in civil society and human rights, for which he established the first specialized department for Non- for profits laws and associations within his firm

Investor and Businessman

A Member of the Jordanian House of Representatives for two consecutive terms, she previously served as the Chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee—becoming the first woman to hold this position. Currently, she is a member of both the Foreign Affairs and Legal Committees. As a lawyer and political leader, she is a strong advocate for the role of political parties and institutional work in upholding the rule of law and advancing political and legislative reform. She is also an active advocate for women's rights. She holds a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) from the University of Jordan and a Master’s degree (LL.M.) from King’s College London.

A security and strategic expert with over 33 years of experience in security and political analysis. His expertise was forged through various roles within the Jordanian security services, as well as his extensive work in political, security, and training consultancy across numerous research centers and strategic institutions.

An economic researcher and journalist with over twenty years of experience in economic analysis, refugee studies, social justice, and gender. She combines a specialized academic background in feminist economic theory and the philosophy of inequality with practical expertise in economic journalism and public policy research. She is the founder of the Politics and Society Institute and a journalist at Al-Ghad newspaper. She holds an MA in Women’s Studies and is currently a PhD candidate in the Philosophy of Feminist Economics.