Alison Brooks and Raed Nakshbandi

JOINT RESUME: ALISON BROOKS AND RAED NAKSHBANDI

EXPERIENCE - ALISON BROOKS

Translator (Arabic-to-English), UN Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia, Beirut, October 2008 to present

Lecturer in Finance, Arab European University, Damascus, Syria, September 2007-June 2008

Founder and CEO, FinTuition Ltd (financial training company, London, 1996-2006
Sold in 2006, this company continues to operate: http://www.fintuition.com

EXPERIENCE - RAED NAKSHBANDI

Private Consultant, Mechanical Engineering, 1998-Present

Worked with several industrial companies in the fields of machine maintenance, machine repair and renewal, installation of production lines, safety control, machine tool design, etc.

The activities of these companies include:

• Plastics (injection, extrusion, thermoforming, etc)
• Food (soft drinks, ice-cream, canning)
• Paper
• Printing
• Construction (ventilation, air–conditioning, central heating)
• Oil field services

QUALIFICATIONS:

ALISON BROOKS

MSc, Foreign Service (Business Diplomacy), Georgetown University, Washington, DC

Licence ès lettres in Arabic, Université de la Sorbonne Nouvelle (Paris III)

BA, Linguistics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI

RAED NAKSHBANDI

Degree in Mechanical Engineering
Department of Production Methods and Machine Design
University of Damascus


REPRESENTATIVE 2005-2009 TRANSLATIONS, ARABIC TO ENGLISH

Various loan agreements between Kuwait and Egypt, and a related Egyptian legislative decree - 59pp.

Financial statement of a Saudi agro-industrial company, 14pp.

Private sale agreement for an Egyptian apartment, 3 pages.

Essay on the world financial crisis by a former Saudi Minister of Finance, 4pp.

Maintenance and development contract for the baggage sorting system at Kuwait International Airport, 9pp.

Technical standards and specifications for an Egyptian tourism development and investment project,

The 10th Syrian Five-Year Economic Plan, 60pp, for State Planning Commission of Syria

Survey of Living Standards of Syrian Families, 275 pp, for Syrian Commission for Family Affairs

Syrian Legislative Decree No. 54: The Basic Financial Law - 12pp, for Syrian European Documentation Center

Support for Trade Regulation and Trade Promotion: Export Guide - 45pp, for UNDP

Technical Conditions for the Damascus Metreo Project (Environment), Conditions for the Geotechnical Study of the Damascus Metro Tunnel, and Terms of Reference for the Executive Study of the Damascus Metro Green Line as Suggested by BCEOM, 25pp, for the Syrian Ministry of Transport

Enhancing the Syrian Government's Implementation and Monitoring of the EU-Syria Association Agreement (report), 290pp, for the Institutional and Sector Modernization Facility (ISMF)

REPRESENTATIVE 2005-2009 TRANSLATIONS, ENGLISH TO ARABIC

Description of a family of UK investment funds, 8pp.

Trainee handbook for a well-known fast food franchise, 40pp.

Product sheet for a software range

Focus on Finance (SME training course material), 105pp, for Syrian European Business Center

Feasibility study on the establishment of an insurance company in  Syria, 76pp, for Ernst & Young

Climate of Fear (report), 18pp, for Human Rights Watch

Statutes, Financial and Accounting System, Faculty System - 60pp, for Al-Andalus Private University for Medical Sciences

Gender Equality in Sectorwide Approaches, 20pp, for OECD Development Assistance Committee

Legislative Decree No. 54 - Basic Financial Law, 12pp,  Syrian European Documentation Center

What Do We Know about Democratization after 20 Years? by Barbara Geddes, in Annual Review of Political Science,  30pp

Facets of Administrative Modernization: Principles and Cases from the Greek Experience, 70pp, Syrian Ministry of Finance

The Hidden Force, a novel by Louis Couperus, Daremar Publishers - 116pp, for private client

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