Dr. Doaa Mohsen
Nominated for the award: Community Activism
Company: City of Toronto
Position: Project manager / business consultant
Biography: Dr. Doaa Khairy
(Economist, PhD, MBA, BSc)
Project Manager, Business Transformation Consultant, Academic Professor Current Multicultural Ambassador (philanthropy)
E-mail: drdoaamohsen@gmail.com, Cell: + 1 416-562-2171 (Canada)
Recent Awards
▪ Award winner- excellence in civic engagement and education2017
▪ Award winner- Canadian Woman foundation forty over forty fabulous women- 2018
▪ Award winner (by voting) Globe and Mail Volunteer of the year- Community development – 2019
▪ Award Winner – Civic Engagement Excellence – Brilliant Minded Women in Canada – Published in the Living legacy Book ( worldwide)-2019
Highlights of Qualifications
Dr. Doaa Mohsen (PhD, MBS, BSc) is a Professor of Business Management and a Certified Senior Business Management Consultant with over 27 years of experience in government, private sector and NGO organizations in countries such as the United Kingdom, Canada, Sweden, Egypt and Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Dr. Mohsen is a professional Project Manager specialized in government modernization and development initiatives.
As a business transformation and change management consultant Dr. Mohsen is interested in topics of economic development, trade and investment promotion, policy and strategic planning and the role of innovative technology in the future of the global economic development. Particular research interests of Dr. Mohsen include focusing on economic development and trade.
As a diplomat and during her work at the Egyptian commercial diplomatic services, Dr. Mohsen participated in and lead a number of official government delegations to facilitate technical cooperation, donor assisted programs and door-knocking missions for trade and investment promotion. In academia, Dr. Mohsen is an experienced professor and previously taught at a considerable number of universities, training institutions and think tanks in the United Kingdom, Canada and Egypt. Areas of expertise include trade reform, investment promotion and development and modernization initiatives.
Doaa is also an active community leader in her capacity as a Multicultural Ambassador, sitting on the multicultural ambassadors' council for World Vision Canada She plays a key role in bridging the gap between Canadians from diverse ethnic backgrounds and brining the organization close to communities. Doaa volunteers for a number of community initiatives in her community and across the province. Doaa is a strong community advocate.. Doaa Is an active volunteer member in the association of Don Valley East on both provincial and federal government levels and is actively advocating for reforms of public policies impacting communities.
Professional Background
1. City of Toronto Positions – Toronto Public Service (TPS) - Municipal Government
• Project Manager-Office of the Treasurer-City of Toronto (April 2014 –current))
• Senior Business Analyst SII- Business and Technology Planning, City Clerk's Office, City of Toronto- City Hall - Business and Technology Planning -(May 2014-April 2015)
• Business Analyst-311 project Management Office – City of Toronto- Metro Hall, 3rd floor -(July 2010-august 2011)
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• Business Management Analyst-Strategic Business Management Unit-City of Toronto-Toronto Water (Career Bridge Intern), Metro Hall, 21st Floor -(January 2010-July 2010)
2. Provincial Government- Ontario Public Services (OPS) and Ontario Legislative Assembly
• Senior Business Transformation Consultant- Ministry of Government Services (MGS), Service Ontario, Business Service Transformation (BST) Unit-Provincial government
• Strategic Planning Coordinator, Elections Ontario, Ontario Legislative Assembly, Canada- Provincial Government
3. Academic Positions
• Professor of Business Administration – Business Center –George Brown College- Canada
• Professor of Economic- Queen College- Lambton , Canada
• Professor of Business Management – Centennial College – Canada
• Lecturer, University of Exeter, UK
• Senior Lecturer at the British University of Egypt
• Senior Lecturer and Curriculum Development Manager – Liverpool Hope University
4. Trade/Investment Promotion Positions:
• Commercial diplomat, Consular (philanthropy), Ministry of trade and investment, Egypt
• Project Development, Research & Consulting Services Management Senior Trainer Management Development Center for Industry & Business Sector- Ministry of State for Administrative Development, Egypt-
• Economic Researcher /Investment promotion Analyst- office of the Prime Minister of Egypt and the Minister of trade and investment
• Economic Research Analyst - Thomson Reuters, Tiverton, UK
• Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist, Stanford Research Institute, Egypt office (INFONEX), Monitoring & Evaluation Officer, The NGO service Center
• Economic Researcher/ Analyst – Cabinet of Ministers Egypt/UNDP funded project
Membership & Affiliations
• A Multicultural Ambassador – World Vision Canada Multicultural Ambassadors Council
• Award winner for excellence in civic engagement & Education – Absolutely Fabulous Women Award (over40) -2017
• A member of the City of Toronto Women's Networking Forum
• A member of the Toronto Public Service information technology forum
• A member of the Business Transformation Consultants network –City of Toronto
• A member of the Association of MBAs-UK
• A member of The British Council Association of Graduates and Trainees from UK, A British Council Chevening Scholar
• A fellow of the Swedish Management Institute-Sweden (SIDA)
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• A member of the alumni forum of university of Exeter, UK
• A visiting fellow at Liverpool hope university, UK
• An active community leader, advocate and a strong believer in the key role of NGOs in transforming communities and shaping policy making, Doaa participated in a number of initiatives (women development, gender equality, street kids reform plan and garbage collections) in cooperation with NGOs in Egypt, the American Chamber of Commerce, UNDP and Care organization. Doaa, who served both on the provincial and municipal government level working for the Ministry of Government Services and Elections Ontario, is an active volunteer advocating for reforms of public policies impacting communities.
• Board Member for the Egyptian Canadian Community Council and Chair Person for the Events Management Committee
• A member of the board of the Don Valley East federal and provincial liberal Association, Canada –Director
• Assisted and volunteered for a number of Canadian provincial community organizations, election readiness volunteer for both liberal and conservative parties (voluntary, community activities - nonpartisan affiliation)
• Attends the OECD annual conference – Paris on regular bases and participates in relevant forums
Evidence of Academic Leadership & Certificates
• Junior Economists & Development assistance & management training certificate (The world bank, UNDP, IMF- 1990, Washington DC)
• Tools and methodologies of Investment, management, Economic analysis & business report writing (The Economic Development Institute of the World Bank, USA, 1990)
• Management Trainers and Training of Trainers certificate (The Swedish Management Institute (SIDA), Stockholm, Sweden, 1992)
• Management Consultant Certificate (The Swedish Board for Economic and international technical cooperation, Sweden, 1994
• Train The trainers Certificate – Management Development Center for industry_ Egypt ( world Bank Funded)
• Customer Service Excellence and Presentation Skills (EU certificate 2001)
• Modern office management & business report writing certificate (The American University certificate- 1990)
Languages: Fluent English. - Basic French – Fluent Arabic
Education
• PhD, University of Exeter, UK (2005)
(Organizational studies and business performance management)- PhD thesis topic is FDI and business performance Management
• M.B.A, University of Exeter, School of Business & Economics, Devon, UK (2001)
• B Sc., Cairo University, Faculty of Economics & Political Science, Egypt (1989)
• Economics (major) & Political Science (minor)
** All Certificates and Qualifications are accredited from University of Toronto