Dr. Ahmed Samy is a passionate strategist with a purpose to help organizations and teams exploit their full potential andcreate their envisioned future. He is the UNESCO Chair on Strategic Foresight and Higher Education at the HigherColleges of Technology based in the United Arab Emirates and the Head of their UNESCO-UNEVOC center. Asenior accomplished and award-winning executive and advisor with 25 years of experience in Consulting,Government, Higher Education, and Digital Technologies sectors. Proven record of leading large scale complextransformational projects and change initiatives at the global, national, and organizational levels with multinationalteams and in partnership with top tier consulting firms. He comes with significant board and governance experiencein global not-for-profits and national government-led executive boards. He is also the chair of the Global GoodmanAward for Excellence in Strategy hosted by the International Association for Strategy Professionals.Dr. Samy holds professional credentials in Strategic Management, Future Foresight, Project Management, ChangeManagement, and Quality & Organizational Excellence. He earned two postgraduate diplomas in leadership anddesign thinking & innovation from Emeritus in collaboration with Tuck, Columbia, and MIT Business Schools alongwith a PhD, MBA, and Master of Software Engineering from Auburn University, USA.