Hasan Omar

Hasan is a serial entrepreneur, economic empowerment and PPD expert and trainer with extensive hands-on experience in institutional and private sector development, project management and design related to SMEs and jobs creation with a special attention for women and youth. He contributed heavily to the entrepreneurship, business incubation and acceleration industry establishment in Palestine as the executive founder of the first business incubator (PICTI) in 2004, the CEO of the first Business Innovation Center (BIC) certified by EBN in 2012 and the founder of the first Virtual Accelerator in Palestine, GLOW Innovations in 2013. Drawing from more than 20 years of solid experience and knowledge in the SMEs world, entrepreneurship and innovation eco-system and the MENA context, Hasan designed and managed the implementation of many programs and initiatives toward jobs creation through innovation supported by many stakeholders and donors i.e World Bank, CISCO, DANIDA, Oxfam GB, ESCWA, USAID, EBN, EU, EIB, Intel, IDB, IYF, Microsoft and others. He provided mentoring, coaching, business, technical and commercialization services to hundreds of entrepreneurs and startups. He draws on his wide network and impressive list of accredited skills such as Business Incubation Management (BIM) by the World Bank, Build Your Business (BYB) and MedIbtikar Innovation Expert. His wide network and expertise in high level and strategic management holistically contribute and support entrepreneurial projects and MSMEs from inception to graduation including marketing, investment and access to finance. Hasan also founded the Palestine Network of Mentors and the Entrepreneurship Ambassadors. He delivered many talks, workshops and seminars regionally and internationally and has many publications. He studied @ Jordan University of Science and Technology and Bethlehem University, and holds a BSc degree in Computer Engineering and a Master's Degree in International Cooperation and Development