Episode 25 - Paralysis and Gridlock in the Lebanese State: An Insider’s View
Alternative Frequencies | غيّر الموجةShow Notes
After working with the Lebanese government for many years, Ziad Hayek discusses with Alternative Frequencies host Bilal El-Amine the key problems posed by the existing system of governance, as well as some solutions that can improve the economy and the functioning of the state.
A former investment banker, Ziad Alexandre Hayek was Secretary General of the Republic of Lebanon's High Council for Privatization and Public-Private Partnership from 2006 until he was nominated to be President of the World Bank in February 2019. Hayek is currently Vice Chair of the Bureau of the UN Economic Commission for Europe Working Party on PPP, Member of the Board of Trustees of the Holy Spirit University of Kaslik, and High Commissioner for Lebanon at the World Business Angels Investment Forum. In 2014, he was made Officer of the National Order of the Cedar, the highest state order of Lebanon. He has lived and worked in the US, Europe, Africa, Latin America, and the Middle East, and he speaks 11 languages.
بعد العمل مع الحكومة اللبنانية لسنوات عديدة، يناقش زياد الحايك مع مقدّم "غيّر الموجة" بلال الأمين، المشاكل الرئيسية التي يطرحها نظام الحكم الحالي، بالإضافة إلى بعض الحلول التي يمكن أن تحسّن الاقتصاد وعمل الدولة.
زياد ألكسندر حايك، مصرفيًا استثماريًا سابقًا، وأمينًا عامًا سابقاً للمجلس الأعلى للخصخصة والشراكة بين القطاعين العام والخاص في الجمهورية اللبنانية منذ عام 2006 وحتى ترشيحه لمنصب رئيس البنك الدولي في شباط 2019. يشغل حايك حاليًا منصب نائب رئيس مكتب فريق عمل لجنة الأمم المتحدة الاقتصادية لأوروبا حول الشراكة بين القطاعين العام والخاص. زياد حايك هو أيضاً عضو مجلس أمناء جامعة الروح القدس- الكسليك، والمفوض السامي للبنان في "منتدى استثمار ملائكة الاعمال العالمي". في عام 2014، حصل على وسام الأرز الوطني، وهو أعلى وسام دولة في لبنان. عاش وعمل في الولايات المتحدة وأوروبا وأفريقيا وأمريكا اللاتينية والشرق الأوسط ، ويتحدث 11 لغة.
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