Diana El-Azar

• Senior Director, Head of Media, Entertainment and Information Industries, World Economic Forum, Switzerland

BA in Economics (Hons), American University of Beirut; MPhil in Economics of Developing Countries, Cambridge University. 1997-98, with UNDP and Instructor of Economics, American University of Beirut; 1998-2005, with Reuters: finance, sales and business development positions in Beirut, London, Paris and New York. Since 2005, with World Economic Forum; currently Director, Head of Media, Entertainment and Information Industries, and Head, Council on Media, Entertainment and Information and Council on Social Networks; Member, Technology Pioneers Selection Committee; Global Leadership Fellow (2008).