Iyad Nasr
Dr. Iyad Nasr is the CEO and founder of the London House of Consultants. A British company focusing on connecting the British resources in the field of academia and professional human development and the MENA region organizations private sector and the international organizations.
Dr. Nasr is an experienced diplomat who devoted the last 30 years to diplomatic, humanitarian and development work throughout his carrier.
He headed the Department of International Humanitarian Law and media relations for the International Committee of the Red Cross in Palestine for 10 years and headed the Human rights education program for the UNRWA. In 2013, he headed the UNOCHA for the Middle East and North Africa. Before returning to the UK to establish his private business, he represented the United Nations Population Fund Program the Arab Republic of Syria.
Dr. Nasr holds a PhD in Educational Psychology and communications as well as a degree in International Humanitarian Law. He has a rich long experience as an international expert in International Criminal Law, International Humanitarian Law and Diplomatic Law.
Dr. Nasr is a visiting professor at several universities of the UK, MENA region and GCC. He comes with a vast experience in academic work, teaching international law, human rights, psychology, human behavior and communications, and a wealth of 30 years of continuous and rich filed experience.
Dr. Nasr has extensive experience in the field of humanitarian management, development, emergency response and relief, protection and humanitarian financing as well as long years of practice as a humanitarian diplomate through working for the World Bank, OCHA, ICRC, UNRWA, World Vision International, UNDP, UNV and UNFPA. Currently, he is one of the lead humanitarian senior managers with extensive knowledge of the development and humanitarian operations globally and in the MENA region in particular including Syria, Yemen, Iraq, Libya, Palestine and the GCC.
Dr. Nasr is recognized for his well-established network in the region and globally as well as his deep understanding of the MENA region and its socio-political complexities. He has been advising a vast number of high level governmental and international entities on humanitarian financing, humanitarian and development policies, strategic donor relations and funding frameworks.
He is the author of the first of a kind Human Rights curriculum which was approved by the UNRWA and taught in its schools. He comes with a vast experience in educational management and HRs curriculum development.