About The Speaker
Hasan Qasem
Hasan works with organizations to shape their future through innovation, strategy, and leadership. He currently works as the VP of Business Growth with Qewam. He is focused on fostering innovation and entrepreneurship to help build innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystems, cultures, and practices from the MENA region to the world. As a business consultant and speaker, Hasan worked with leading organizations and corporations for over a decade to navigate emerging trends, foster innovations, and identify future leaders. He enables organizations to understand possible alternative futures better, simplify complex strategies, and understand the implications of innovation and leadership for the organization and the external environment.Hasan's experience spans a broad portfolio of strategies and sciences, including business strategy, corporate innovation, business modeling, business growth and scaling, business psychology, leadership, executive coaching, personality assessment, and behavioral economics.Hasan is working on advanced research on a skills-based leadership assessment to help provide self-awareness and guidance for leaders to develop effective leadership practices.As a consultant and speaker, Hasan has worked and collaborated with and has been featured in organizations including Coca-Cola, Arab Bank, The World Bank Group, and many others. He also served as a consultant to the UNDP and IRC, enabling a portfolio of innovation and entrepreneurship programs for hundreds of clients. He is an active business keynote speaker on strategy, innovation, psychology, and leadership.