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Dr. Muneer M.S. Al–Mubarak
Dean and Associate Professor
Muneer M.S. Al–Mubarak (PhD, University of Leeds; MBA, Durham University) is an Associate Professor of
Management and Marketing at Ahlia University. His main research interests are related to relationship marketing, competitive advantage, CRM, SMEs and international business relations.
Abdulhasan Al-Dairi
President
Abdulhasan Al-Dairi is the president of Bahrain SMEs Society, a founding member and shareholder of various companies in and out of Bahrain. He has been a researcher and practitioner in the field of entrepreneurship and SMEs development for almost two decades.…
Prof. Amer Al-Roubaie
Dean
Professor Amer Al-Roubaie teaches Economics and currently the Dean of the Colege of Business and Finance at Ahlia University, Bahrain. He holds Ph.D. degree in Economics from McGill University in Montreal Canada.…
Dr. Thaira Al Shirawi
President Assistant
Thaira Mohammed Al Shirawi was born in 1963 in Cairo, Egypt. She received her MBA from The University of Strathclyde in 2002 and PhD from Brunel University in 2016. Thaira joined Ahlia University in 2009 and is currently a lecturer in the Department of Management and Marketing in the Faculty of Business and Finance and is also the Director of PR & Media.…
Prof. Abdulla Y. Al-Hawaj
President
Prof. Al Hawaj ranks in the top echelon of educational leaders in the Arabian Gulf. His incumbency in numerous managerial posts in prestigious organizations associated with educational development at a national level, his academic accolades from esteemed institutions, attests to Professor Al-Hawaj’s being in the vanguard of higher educational reform in the Kingdom of Bahrain.…
Dr. Hadeel Showket Al Obaidy
Lecturer
Dr. Hedeel Showket Al Obaidy is currently teaching in the Department of Engineering at Ahlia University in Bahrain. Dr. Al Obaidy earned her PhD from the University of Technology, Iraq in 2006.…
Prof. AbdelGadir Warsama Ghalib
Legal Advisor and Professor of Law
Practicing law since 1975. Specializes in business & commercial laws. Was a legal advisor in Ministry of Justice – Sudan, legal advisor, Central Bank of Oman – Sultanate of Oman, legal advisor.…
Mansoor Al-Alwan
Associate Researcher
Mansoor Al-Alwan works as an Associate in Internal Risk Management Department in KPMG Fakhro – Bahrain,
he has been working for KPMG Bahrain for the last five years. He has conducted this research for the MBA from
Ahlia University in the Kingdom of Bahrain.…
Dr. Akram Jalal-Karim
Chairman
Dr Akram Jalal-Karim is currently the chairman of the Management Information System Department at Ahlia University, Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain. He is currently teaching Research Methodology for business and finance, Management Information Systems, Managing Enterprise systems, Project Management, Knowledge Management, Database Management System, Enterprise Resource Planning, and Fundamentals of Management at Ahlia University.…
Dr. Rasha Shaker Abdul Wahab
Assistant Professor
Dr. Rasha Shaker Abdul Wahab received her PhD in Data Mining and Evolutionary Algorithm, from the Iraq University of Technology in 2005. She is currently Assistant Professor of Computer Science, College of Information Technology, Ahlia University.…
Dr. Abdulmonem M. Al-Shirawi
Assistant Professor
Abdulmonem M. Al-Shirawi is an Assistant Professor in Management and Marketing at Ahlia University. He has taught different courses in management and marketing for the last eight years. He embarked on an academic career after taking early retirement from the industry.…
Dr. Mansoor Alaali
Dean
Dr. Alaali obtained his Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Aston in Birmingham, U.K. He taught Computer Science and Information Technology courses at the University of Bahrain for over 20 years.…
prof. Wajeeh Elali
Vice President
Wajeeh Elali is a professor of finance and Vice President for Administration and Finance at Ahlia University, Bahrain. He joined Ahlia University after more than a decade teaching at McGill University, Canada.…
Dr. Subhadra Ganguli
Associate Professor
Dr. Subhadra Ganguli is Associate Professor of Economics in Ahlia University, Kingdom of Bahrain. She holds a Ph.D. in Economics from University of California in Riverside, USA. Dr. Ganguli has experience in academic teaching, research, quality assurance and consulting for the last 20 years in India, USA and Bahrain.
Dr. Said Taan EL Hajjar
Assistant Professor
Said Taan EL Hajjar is an assistant professor of mathematics and statistics at Ahlia University (Associate Professor in progress), and a General Director for Ahlia School in the Kingdom of Bahrain.…
Ali S.A. Alyafie
Researcher
Ali S.A. Alyafie is graduated fromAhlia University. He is an active researcher who holds a Bachelor degree in Business Administration from the University of Bahrain. He has research interests in globalisation and SMEs.…
Prof. Nawaf Al Roomy
Professor
Professor Nawaf Al Roomy is a Professor of Economics at the College of Business and Finance, Ahlia University, Manama, Bahrain. He holds a PhD degree in Economic Sciences from the University of Southampton, UK (1987), and a High Diploma in Business Administration from the University of Baghdad, Iraq (1973).…
Prof. Abdulwahab Al-Ameen
Professor
Professor Abdulwahab Al-Ameen is currently working as a Professor at the University of Bahrain. He obtained
his PhD from the University of Southern California Los Angeles, USA. He taught in several universities in the
USA, Canada and the Arab world.…
Dr. Anji Ben Hamed
Lecturer in Entrepreneurship
Dr. Anji Benhamed holds a PhD from the University of Paris 13, Sorbonne, Paris City, in the area of Strategic Management and Entrepreneurship with the highest level of distinction that could be awarded for a PhD in that first Category University in France.…











































