Dr. Joseph (Yossie) Shevel

BA, MA and PhD degrees from the Hebrew University (Israel) and New York University (US) in Geography, History, Economics and Management. Founding President of Galilee International Management Institute. Former lecturer at the University of Haifa, Department of Economics and Director of the Department of Management Studies, University of Haifa (ED). Former lecturer at the Technion (Israel Institute of Technology) and Bar Ilan University, Israel.

Member of the Prime Minister's Committee on Social Policy; Member of the Environmental Committee of the Haifa Region (under the auspices of the Israel Ministry of Energy) and Director and Coordinator of several joint European–Mediterranean networks in the field of management and economic development. Associate at Harvard University and the University of California, Berkeley. Senate member of the Euro-Mediterranean University (EMUNI), established in Slovenia under the auspices of the European Union.

A frequent guest lecturer and keynote speaker at the Vibrant Gujarat bi-annual conference in India, speaker at Moscow State University and much invited guest lecturer on economic and social development through higher education, climate change and the Israeli start-up experience at many leading universities in Africa (including Kenya, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Nigeria, Ghana, Burkina Faso). He is a Board Member of the Anti-Corruption Academy of Nigeria (ACAN).

Actively works towards peace-making in the Middle East and the Horn of Africa. Member of the East African Security Forum since 2012 and an active member of the Asian University President Forum since 2005. Presented lectures at the forum’s meetings in Bangkok (2006) and in Korea (2005). A senior member of the Mediterranean Peace Forum (Lecce, Italy), led delegations and discussions between Palestinians and Israelis in an effort to reach a peace agreement. Lectured at the United Nations University – Leadership Academy in Amman (Amman University)on leadership, management and the economic prospects in the Middle East following the peace agreement. Active member of the World Public Forum – Dialogue of Civilisations.