 Soraya SaltiSenior vice-president Middle East and North Africa Injaz AlArab The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
Soraya Salti is Vice President, MENA for Junior Achievement Worldwide, the world's largest organisation dedicated to educating students about workforce readiness, entrepreneurship and financial literacy. Their Middle East programme is called INJAZ Al Arab and Soraya’s mandate is to bring together the private and public sectors to help develop upcoming generations into successful entrepreneurs and corporate leaders for the region. INJAZ is an independent, not-for-profit organisation focused on youth development under the patronage of Queen Rania of Jordan which started its life as a Save the Children project funded by USAID.Under her leadership, INJAZ has expanded into 12 new countries, reaching an extra 500,000 young people.
Prior to joining INJAZ, Soraya worked on applying Michael Porter’s model of economic development to Jordan. She holds a BA in Economics & Accounting and is a member of Northwestern University’s international executive MBA programme. A champion of social entrepreneurship, Soraya’s work has been recognised internationally - she is the 2009 winner of the Skoll Foundation Social Entrepreneurship award, as well as a Young Global Leader of the World Economic Forum and the 2006 winner of the Schwab Social Entrepreneur of the Year. |
