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Dr. Raghid Kassouha

I'm a financial economist and academic leader with a PhD from Université Grenoble Alpes. I currently serve as Chairman of the Social Security Institution and holds professorships at Damascus University and Yarmouk Private University. My expertise spans financial analysis, insurance, and corporate governance, supported by extensive board-level experience in Syria’s telecommunications and trade sectors. I'm specializing in translating complex economic concepts into actionable insights through teaching, research.

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Mobile phone: 00963994200500

Telephone: 00963994200500

Address: Damascus _Syria

E-mail: [email protected]

 Degree

 Institution

 Year

 PhD in Management Science

 Université Grenoble 2 – Pierre Mendès France (France) Dissertation: “Asset Pricing in the Presence of Human Capital” Grade: Très Honorable

 2006

 Advanced Graduate Diploma (DEA) in Finance

 École Supérieure des Affaires (ESA), France

 2001

 Advanced Graduate Diploma (DEA) in Economics

 Faculty of Economics, Damascus University

 1996

 Bachelor’s Degree in Economics

 Faculty of Economics, Damascus University

 1994

 Baccalaureate (Science)

 Damascus

 1990

 Position

 Organization

 Period

 Chairman of the Board of Directors

 Social Security Institution

 2024 – 2025

 Chairman of the Board of Directors

 Syrian Telecommunications Company

 2022 – 2023

 Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors

 Syrian Telecommunications Company

 2020 – 2023

 Member of the Board of Directors

 Syrian Telecommunications Company

 2015 – 2020

 Chair of the Audit Committee (Judicial Guardianship)

 SITREL

 2019 – 2020

 Member of the Board of Directors

 General Establishment for Foreign Trade

 2015 – 2016

 Director of Private Educational Institutions

 Ministry of Higher Education

 2013 – 2014

 Member of the Board of Trustees

 Al-Yarmouk Private University

 2014 – Present

 Dean, Faculty of Business Administration and Finance

 International University for Science and Technology (IUST)

 2018 – 2023

 Vice Dean for Administrative and Student Affairs, Faculty of Economics

 Damascus University

 2014 – 2016

 University Professor, Faculty of Economics

 Damascus University

 2007 – Present

 Professor, Faculty of Management and Finance

 Al-Yarmouk Private University

 2023 – Present

 Executive Director

 “Know About Business” (KAB) program – Banking and Finance specialization, in cooperation with Université Bordeaux IV

 2009 – 2011


Supervising many Graduate and Post Graduate projects

Doctoral Supervisor -  Dissertations