Talal Abu-Ghazaleh

Talal Abu-Ghazaleh ( Arab Talal Abu Ghazala طلال أبو غزالة, DMG Talal Abu Gazala; born April 22, 1938 in Jaffa, then in the Mandate of Palestine ) is the chairman, CEO and Founder of Talal Abu-Ghazaleh International Organization ( TAGORG ), which is native to Jordan.

Abu- Ghazaleh is regarded as a masterpiece of Arab accounting and played an important role for the promotion of intellectual property rights in the Arab region.

Life

Abu- Ghazaleh fled with his Palestinian family from Jaffa as a result of the Nakba 1948 after Ghazziyeh, Lebanon. After primary and secondary school in Sidon visit, he went to Beirut to get a college education at American University on a scholarship.

During his studies he worked as a translator and as a teacher. His first job after graduation was at an accounting firm.

After the hearing a conversation on intellectual property in a Time Warner conference in San Francisco, Abu Ghazaleh decided in 1969 for working in the field of intellectual property rights as well as the accounts.

In 1972, the two companies Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Company ( TAGCO ) and Abu- Ghazaleh Intellectual property (AGIP ) was established. Since then, Abu- Ghazaleh founded a total of 14 companies specialized in different areas such as administration, counseling, legal services, IT and much more. These are summarized today under the umbrella of the Talal Abu- Ghazaleh - organization.

Over the years, Abu- Ghazaleh was successful is to establish very close partnerships with global organizations such as the United Nations and the WTO.

On 4 April 2007 the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Abu- Ghazaleh appointed as Deputy Chairman of the Global Compact of the United Nations during its second meeting at the UN headquarters in New York.

Awards

• Honorary Doctor of Human Letters, Canisius College, New York, USA (1998)
• Award of the Republic of Tunisia ( 1985)
• Knight of the Legion of Honor ( Chevalier de la légion d' Honneur ) in Paris ( 1985)
• Award of the Kuwaiti society of auditors and auditors (1983 )
• Gold Mercury International Award, Bahrain (1978 )
• Award of Independence of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan (1967 )

Presidencies

• Chairman of the Commission of the telecommunications, information technology and e-business, International Chamber of Commerce ( ICC) (2001-2004)
• First Chairman of the Arab Internet Names Consortium ( AINC ) (2001 )
• Chairman of the Founders Meeting of the Arab Internet Names Consortium ( AINC ) (2001 )
• Chairman of the Lebanese Intellectual Property Committee (ICC ) (since 2000)
• Chairman of the Jordanian Intellectual Property Committee (ICC ) (since 2000)
• Chairman of the Arab Internet & Domain Names Association ( AIDNA ) (since 2000)
• President of the Licensing Executives Society - Arab Countries (LES ) (since 1998)
• Chairman of the United Nations in the Intergovernmental Working Group of Experts on International Standards of Accounting and Reporting ( ISAR ) ( 1995-1996)
• Chairman of the United Nations Committee of Experts on Global Accounting Standards (1995-1998)
• Chairman of the Steering Committee for the new developed and developing countries affairs of the International Accounting Standards Committee ( IASC) (1989 )
• Founder and President of the Arab Knowledge and Management Society ( AKMS ) ( 1989)
• Founder and President of the Arab Society for Intellectual Property (ASIP ) (since 1987)
• Founder and President of the Arab Society of Certified Accountants ( ASCA ) (since 1985)
• Deputy Chairman of the UN Global Compact ( UNGC ) (since 2007)

Scientific Associations

• Microsoft Academy for Business Solutions / Talal Abu Ghazaleh College of transactions ( TAGCB ) in cooperation with the German - Jordanian University and Microsoft
• Talal Abu Ghazaleh College of transactions ( TAGCB ) at the German - Jordanian University (2006)
• Talal Abu Ghazaleh College of business and management at the American University in Beirut, Lebanon (1980 )
• Talal Abu Ghazaleh Research Center, Canisius College in Buffalo, USA (1988 )
• Abu Ghazaleh Cambridge IT Skills Center, Amman, Jordan (2001)

Sponsoring the Art

• Patron, L'Association pour le Rayonnement de l' Opéra National de Paris ( AROP ), since 2004.
• Patron of the Lebanese National Symphony Orchestra ( LNSO ), since 2003.
• Patron, Friends of the Salzburg Festspâele since 1976.
• Chairman of the National Conservatory (NMC ), Amman, Jordan (2003-2005).
• Patron of the second modernity: the artistic collaboration of Fairuz and Ziad Rahbani Conference, Anis Makdisi Program in Literature, American University in Beirut ( AUB), Lebanon (2006).
• Patron, Walid Gholmieh Symphonies (2006).
• 28er General Assembly of the International Music Council, Petra ( Jordan), 22 to 25 September 1999.
• TAGO Golden Jubilee Concert, London, July 1997.