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In addition, Dr. Al Jaber, joined the Middle East Payment Services, MEPS, the leading payment processer and acquirer in the Middle East, as Chairman of the Board following the conclusion of a strategic partnership between MENA Apps and MEPS, early 2012. MEPS is leading the way to on-line and mobile payments in the region as well as advancing the payment and processing industry in the region.

He is also a leading Angle Investor overseeing more than 50 key investments in Start Ups in the region and playing an active role in the enhancement of entrepreneurship in the Arab Word.

Dr. Al Jaber is the former COO of Zain Group and CEO of Zain Jordan, where he was responsible for a double digit profit growth and for positioning the company as a key regional player in Mobile, Data and Content. Dr. Al Jaber led the deployment of the first and fastest nation-wide HSPA+ network in the region, the first Mobile Wallet and received the Life Time Achievement for his unique contributions to the advancement of the ICT industry in the MENA Region.

Prior to joining Zain, Dr. Al Jaber served as CEO and vice chairman of the board of the Paltel Group, from 2003 to 2009, where he was also responsible for profits growth from $15 million to $100 million in 2005. During his tenure, the Paltel Group became the first Palestinian company to adopt the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) standards on Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability Practice and Reporting, as well as the first company in the country to form a corporate foundation.

Since 2010, Global Telecoms ranked Dr. Al Jaber on its annual Power 100 list for 3 consecutive years. In addition to this, he was also ranked number 21 in the top 50 most powerful people in the Media, Marketing and Advertising in June 2011.

Dr. Al Jaber serves as chairman of the Golden Wheat Mills Company and chairman of the board of Holy Land and United for Energy Services. He is Chairman of Middle East Payment Services, leading payment processor and acquirer in the Middle East. Dr. Al Jaber is also a founder of Al Rafah Bank, the first micro-finance bank in the region and Member of the Board of Trustees of Aal El Beit University.

Aditionally, Dr. Al Jaber is a member of the Arab Business Council, The World Economic Forum, The Arab Technology Forum, The Young Presidents Organization, the Global Agenda Council. and a regional board member of INJAZ.

Dr. Al Jaber is a graduate of Jordan University of Science and Technology, McGill University, Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management, and the International School of Management in Paris. He holds a Doctor of Business Administration and a Master of Business Administration degree, as well as a Bachelor of Engineering and a Master of Science in Engineering. In 2001 he was awarded His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashed Al Maktoum’s “Best Arab Manager Award for Excellence in Management” in recognition of his status as the leading business executive in Palestine.

Adv. Al-Jaber is a Business Lawyer with over 15 years of experience and was the first legal advisor to one of the first ICT incubators in the region, PICTI (Palestine Information and Communication Technology Incubator) 2005-2006 where she prepared and concluded all incubation documents with the start-ups. Additionally, she is the founder of a new initiative for women mentorship in MENA region, Murshedat.

She is a founding member and Partner of Ittqan Law Firm in Palestine and a member of the Palestinian and Jordanian Bar Association. Adv. Al Jaber completed her graduate studies at the University Paris I, La Sorbonne – France.