Who Is She

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Personal information

Manager, Designer
Hoda Nawam Baroudi

What I have done for Lebanon

I have contributed in my own way to Lebanon’s image as a center for creativity and design in the region and internationally. Bokja is a business  with 25 employees full time mostly Artisans and creative people . Our work is present in major outposts all over the world. 

Contact information / Private

Phone: 
961 1 204116
961 3 673398

Contact information / Work

Bokja
Phone: 
975576 1 961
Mobile: 
673398 3 961

Education

Education: 
  • Master's degree, Business Administration, 1980 -1984, American University of Beirut, Lebanon.
  • Bachelor degree, Business Administration, 1977 - 1980, American University of Beirut, Lebanon.

Areas of expertise

Expertise: 
  • Business
  • Contemporary Arab Art
  • Economics
  • Antique Textiles and Fabrics
  • Antique Levantine Furniture
  • Persian Carpets and Rugs
Languages: 
  • Arabic
  • English

Work history

Jobs: 
  • Partner, Manager, and Designer, 2000 - present, Bokja.
  • Economist, 1996, Kuwait Central Bank.
  • Researcher, 1985 - 1989, Central Bank of Lebanon.
  • Research Assistant, 1981 - 1985, Middle East Economic Consultants.

Honorary office and memberships

  • Founding member and Vice-President of the Contemporary Art Society, 1997 - present.

Awards and Distinctions

Awards: 
  • Leading Women Entrepreneurs in the Arab World Award from UNDP, 2005.