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Akram Zaoui is a Senior International Relations Specialist and Chargé de Mission to the Executive President at the Policy Center for the New South (PCNS). Prior to this, he was Manager of Research Support and the Public Policy Lab at the PCNS. His main area of interest is the geopolitical economy of the Extended Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region.
From 2018 to 2020, Zaoui was the coordinator of a network of 70+ civil society organizations (CSOs) across France, working with foundations, government, local communities, and the private sector.
Zaoui holds a dual degree in corporate and public management from HEC Paris and Sciences Po, as well as a bachelor's degree (licence) in history from Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne. He audited courses in Iranian and Shia Studies at École Pratique des Hautes Études (EPHE) in 2015-2016.
Zaoui is an alumnus of the MENA Japan Experts Program organized by Japan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) and a Raisina Fellow at Observer Research Foundation (ORF), a New Delhi-based think tank.
