Interim President, South Asia, Middle East, and North Africa
Mohamed Abou Nar has more than 25 years of experience in international development, quality management, project design, implementation, and evaluation. In 2007, he was named our country director in Egypt; in 2011, he also served as our senior advisor for systems strengthening. In 2016, he became Pathfinder’s senior program director, and in 2017, he was appointed our chief programs and impact officer.
Mohamed has extensive experience in leading and managing international development operations and projects in human and institutional capacity development programs in adult education, economic support, and health systems strengthening.
He is certified as a quality management systems’ lead auditor and as an assessor by the European Foundation for Quality Management.
Mohamed has a DBA in transformational leadership and systems strengthening from Westbrook University, an MBA from Université Senghor d’Alexandrie, an MSc from the Arab Academy for Science and Technology, and a BSc in civil engineering from Alexandria University. He speaks Arabic, English, and French.