Executive Team

Ms. Salma Abbasi

A technologist and philanthropist, proven to be a visionary leader with dynamic drive and positive energy, Salma Abbasi motivates both, professionals and civil society. She has nearly 30 years experience in the field of technology and business process reengineering.

Salma started her career in 1981 in Silicon Valley as a design engineer for AMD and rapidly progressed holding a series of diverse executive management positions in fortune 500 companies; engineering, manufacturing, quality assurance and reliability, international business development and customer satisfaction. This rich experience has given her unique capabilities, knowledge and understanding to think outside the box in multiple cultures, difficult situations and in times of crisis, to create opportunities, and win-win scenarios for all. This led Salma to form the e Worldwide Group in 2001. The Group is a dynamic consortium of 37 successful companies, universities and organizations focused on providing multiple services and solutions in 4 key areas; Sustainable Development and Empowerment, Alternative Energy, Recycling and Environment, Security and Resilience, and Management Consultancy.

As the Chairperson of the e World Wide Group, Salma is also using her vast international experience and contacts to leverage best practices, strategies and partnerships to promote sustainable business practices, but also focuses on social economic development. Salma believes that through the creation of business opportunities and Information communication technology development will bridge the digital divide and gender divide in a sustainable practical manner to improve the “quality of life” for marginalized people all over the world. She is also linking ICT companies in developing economies with International corporations and organizations to promote knowledge transfer, skills and product exports to create sustainable growth for the local SME’s and innovation thus benefiting local economies which is resulting in sustainable socio-economic development and the establishment of resilient knowledge economies.

Salma is a member of UN-GAID and coauthor of the Child Online Protection (COP) initiative with the UN-ITU. She is also a Senior Associate Fellow in King’s College London in the Conflict, Security and Development Group (CSDG). Salma has joined hands with UNESCO to drive the global ‘Power of Peace’ (PPN) initiative to promote the concept of understanding, tolerance, respect and inter-faith harmony, through the mobilization of global youth ambassadors. Salma extensively contributes as a key note speaker in international conferences around the world on multiple platforms, hosted by the United Nations and various Governments. The topics cover a diverse range of subjects related to ICTs supporting social economic development and peace and security.

Dr. Amanat Hussain

Dr. Amanat Hussain has over twenty years of experience in providing management consultancy services to a wide range of public and private sector organisations. He has extensive experience of providing business change consultancy, Programme and project management support, business analysis, and system selection and implementation expertise.

Dr. Hussain has managed Complex Change Programmes in diverse market sectors including defence, financial markets and the public safety environment. He has successfully delivered the Command, Control, Communication and Information (C3i) Programme for the United Kingdom Metropolitan Police Service. He has working with the Olympic Security Directorate to design the National Command and Control Programme to provide security for the 2012 London Olympics. He has recently been appointed the Chief Programme Advisor on the Enterprise Command and Crisis-management Centre (EC3) for the Roads and Transport Authority in Dubai. He is also working with the Devon and Cornwall Constabulary on 2012 Organisation Transformation Programme.

Dr Hussain lectures at a school of management on organisational development and project management and has developed and run professional courses on project management, operational risk management and organisational change. Dr Hussain has written a book titled “Managing Operational Risk in Financial Markets” that was published by Butterworth Heinemann in March 2000.

Dr. Pierre Rossel

Dr. Pierre Rossel is a PhD graduate in anthropology (1990) from the University of Neuchatel (Switzerland).

His key qualifications are core competence reassignment and reengineering, change management, innovation for regional development, early detection of technological of innovation potential, foresight intelligence and roadmapping, e-Government and e-Governance, m-Government, digital cities, bridging of the digital divide, information and communication technologies for sustainable development.

He has worked as a Program coordinator in ICSC World Laboratory technology transfer operations (Lausanne based, but with transfers and competence park building taking place in Argentina) and served as Director of the Tissot Economic Foundation (1988-1993). During the 1990s, he has been the Managing director of the European master in Science, society and technology at the Ecole polytechnique fédérale of Lausanne. He has also worked as Work package manager in a European program (ARIADNE II) on the development of e-learning tools for capacity building in the area of technological intelligence for SMEs.

He has been the Swiss delegate in the COST A22 European project on new methods in foresight (2004-2007), and Chair of one of the three working groups (on seeds of change, weak signal analysis and early detection). He has been teaching, researching and providing advisory services ever since in the domain of early detection of technological innovation potential, on the basis of an extensive international experience.

Presently he is offering services as Senior Scientific fellow at College of Management, Ecole polytechnique fédérale of Lausanne, and is also the Vice-president of the Tissot Economic Foundation.

Dr. Kevin W. Cushing

Dr. Kevin W. Cushing has worked in the Middle East since 1981.  During that time Mr. Cushing, worked for McDonald Douglas on the F-15 Aircraft Sale (Royal Saudi Air Force Peace Sun Program), General Electric FPS-117 radar sale, and site installation (Royal Saudi Air Force Peace Shield Program), and ACS Defense on the Long-Haul Communication Network, Satellite Earth Station, and Rapid Action Deployment Units contract (Royal Saudi Air Force Peace Shield Program).  During his tenure with ACS Defense, Mr. Cushing worked as the Vice President Business Operations and General Manager – Middle East.  In the spring of 2004, Mr. Cushing was a cofounder of Dalma Tech², which provides military and commercial clients with systems engineering and development services throughout a system life cycle.

Kevin W. Cushing is a PHD in international business from American University London. He has multiple corporate education degrees like Corporate Investment Strategies, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, International Corporate Finance, Emerging Markets in Asia and Latin America etc. Mr. Cushing attended LeMoyne College in Syracuse, New York where in 1977 he received a Bachelor of Science in Finance.  In 1994, Mr. Cushing received an MBA from Western New England College, Springfield, Massachusetts

Mr. Robert Neil Cooke

Robert Neil Cooke is President of Neil Cooke & Associate , he was Former Business Development Manager, BSI GM Vice President ,BSI Inc USA. Robert Neil Cooke was also a Business Manager, Trainer and Lead Auditor for a variety of business systems and Standards.

Robert Neil Cooke is an experienced UK & overseas Lead Auditor, Trainer & Management Systems Consultant. He is a qualified trainer for ISO9001 2000 Lead Auditor, ISO9001 2000 Internal Auditor, ISO9001 2000 System Transition, ISO9001 2000 Auditor Transition, ISO 17799: 2000 Lead Auditor,  BS 7799 Awareness, ISO 14001.1994 EMS Awareness, Process Mapping Tools, Social Accountability (SA 8000),Social Accountability Awareness.

He has worked as a Business Development Manager, Director of Operations, GM Vice President; Area Manager- Operations. He has also worked as Senior Building Surveyor / Control Officer in planning department of local government.

Mr. Shabir Hussain

Shabir Hussain has proven leadership qualities that has inspired diverse stakeholders to work together to deliver professional policing services to all the communities in London. Shabir held the rank of Deputy Assistant Commissioner in the Metropolitan Police (MPS), and has held Association of Chief Police Officer rank for the last 6 years of his 26 year police career. Shabir has developed and implemented significant policy changes and has shaped and influenced the strategic direction of the police service particularly in the area of aviation and transport security. He had the overall aviation security responsibility for Heathrow and London City Airport that provided an integrated security capability to maximize the probability of detection and neutralization of potential threats. He also developed the integrated national security plan for the transport network for the 2012 Olympics games. He was the commandant at the Hendon Police College where he led the total restructuring of the training methods, training content and reporting process’s to ensure professionalism, openness, transparency and honesty. He is a graduate of the London School of Economics, Cambridge University, the police staff college and the Royal College of Defence Studies.

Mr. Ally Arrossi Bakali

Mr. Bakali served fifteen years as a Vice President and Legal Advisor overseeing the business affairs of the Emirati Royal Family. His duties for the Royal Family included overseeing domestic and international business and investment activities and providing political advice and counsel. Mr. Bakali later served as the Senior Vice President of Business Development (Middle East) of the Green Energy Group, a leading regional provider of renewable and sustainable energy products and services. Mr. Bakali holds a Bachelors Degree in Business Law, a Master’s Degree in International Business Relations, and is fluent in English and several major dialects of Arabic.

Mr. Hassan Mohammad Al-Sharif

Hassan Mohammad Al-Sharif has held the position of Regional Information Officer/Executive Director, Information Technology, Kaiser Permanente, Oakland, CA , Director, Governance, Risk and Compliance, IT Compliance, Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, EXTENDENT, INC. San Francisco, CA , 2003 ,Senior Director, Strategic Applications, Blue Shield of California, San Francisco, CA , 2000 Independent Healthcare Technology Consulting Director, San Francisco, CA , 1999 Senior Director, Advanced Technologies, Health Systems Design Inc. , Oakland, CA , 1996.

He has 25 years of experience in the San Francisco Bay Area and Silicon Valley in multi-disciplinary functions in Fortune 500 companies Over 12 years of experience in health information technology. He has expertise in planning, implementation, deployment, security and compliance of Electronic Medical and Health Record systems (EMR/EHR) enterprise implementations.