Kamel Husseini is the Managing Director of The Portland Trust in Ramallah and the founder of Ellam Tam, the first Communications and Public Relations Company in Palestine. Mr Husseini served as Ellam Tam’s Managing Director from 2000 to 2006 and as its Managing Partner from 2010 until July 2013. He was seconded from the company in April 2006 to act as CEO for the first Palestine Investment Conference to be held in Bethlehem. After the conference he served for four years as Vice President of Corporate, Investors and International Affairs for the Paltel Group where he oversaw the company’s Social Investment and Sustainability strategies. 

 

Prior to establishing Ellam Tam, Mr Husseini had six years of experience working in international fundraising, project development, international relations, public affairs and investment promotion. From 1991 to 1998 he was Head of International Relations and Private Sector Development at Orient House, the headquarters of the Palestinian team working on the Middle East Peace Process. In this role Mr Husseini helped develop systems for protocol, diplomacy and international relations to service the Palestinian negotiating team in Washington D.C. and Madrid. He also coordinated the relationship of the private sector with the World Economic Forum in Geneva from 1994 onwards. Mr Husseini later served as an Economic Financial consultant for three years with Arthur Andersen, working on a dedicated basis as Business Advisor for the Bethlehem 2000 Project (1998-2000), during which he conducted road shows in the US and Latin America.

 

Mr Husseini attended the Global Leadership Executive education programme at Harvard Kennedy School (Boston) in 2011 and the Lee Quan Yu School of Public Policy (Singapore) in 2012. He holds a B.A./B.S. in Finance and International Relations and an MBA in International Business from the American University (Washington D.C.).


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