Biography:

Prior to her appointment as Board Member, Commissioner and Head of Information and Consumer Affairs Unit at the TRA, Mahassen Ajam maintained an outstanding record in the field of Data and Internet services where she was acting as the Executive Director for GDS and IDM, with broad experience in business development and International Relations.
 
Mahassen is currently committed to work on protecting consumers’ rights and handling their complaints in close coordination with other TRA units and partners. In line with such a responsibility, she supervises the Public Consultations processes to guarantee that the TRA’s decisions and regulations are transparent and taking into account the interests of all stakeholders. Mahassen is also responsible for managing internal and external communications to ensure the TRA’s goals and principles are successfully communicated internally and externally.
 
Mrs. Ajam recently served as a Board Member of the Professional Computer Association and, as such, has been actively involved in the telecommunications’ sector policy and regulatory affairs. Mrs. Ajam holds an MBA from Ecole Supérieure des Affaires (Lebanon, 1997), a graduate degree in urban planning from Paris Sorbonne University (France, 1986), and an Engineering masters degree from the Lebanese University (Lebanon, 1983).
 
 
Statement of purposes:

I am glad to submit my candidature to the position of WIT Board Member, and I am planning to work on 3 major axes: 1) ICT training for women by updating and re-activating WIT previous projects (such as Youth Initiative Cycle, WIT Call Center) and by suggesting new ideas for women training in rural areas, 2) partnership and networking at the local, regional and international levels, and 3) collecting, building and analyzing a database about the status of Lebanese women in general and in the ICT sector specifically. The good design and implementation of the different projects of each axe will help WIT to find adequate funds and to succeed in its mission.