Kettaneh, Tarek , MBA
  
   Senior Lecturer
   AUB Start Date: February, 2001
 
Contact Information  
AUB Email: tk08@aub.edu.lb
Other Email: tk08@aub.edu.lb
Office Location: 355
Office Extension: 3743
   
   
   
  

 Research Interests

SMEs in the MENA
Incubators in the MENA

 Teaching Interests

Entrepreneurship related courses, including Strategy and Decision Making
Small Business Management
Family Business Management
Venture Capital / Private Equity / Incubators

 Office Hours

Monday : 10:30 AM - 1:00 PM
Wednesday : 10:30 AM - 1:00 PM

 Experience

November  2008  -   November   2008
Lebanese League of Women in Business
Beirut, Lebanon
Lecturer
Panelist on "Strategic Planning in an Uncertain Environment", November6, 2008
Lecturer on "Financial Planning in an Uncertain Environment", November 7, 2008
Both events organizedby the Lebanese league of Women in Business, and sponsored by Vital Voices Global partnership, a US based NGO

January  2001  -    Present
American University of Beirut
Beirut, Lebanon
Senior Lecturer (Full-time)

October  1996  -   January   2001
Lebanon Invest Asset Management
Beirut, Lebanon
Senior Manager (Full-time)
Advised on the investments of Lebanon Holdings, a $50 million private equity fund targeting Lebanon. Thereafter, consultant to Capital Union, a UAE investment bank, and consultant for my own account

1987  -    1996
Venture capital investor
New York, United States
Investor
Invested in 14 deals, 6 of which went to IPO

1975  -    1987
Kettaneh Group
New York, United States
General manager/ acting CEO
Initially, overall manager, Iran operations, and from 1982 to 1987, acting CEO for the Group’s industrial, trading ,contracting and real estate activities in the Middle East

 Consulting work

Long Term Consulting Engagements

September  2007 - 06  2009.
CFH. Beirut, Lebanon.
High level advising to the CEO
organizational and professional advising with finance staff
advising on compliance


Other

December  2007 - December  2007.
Berytech. Beirut, Lebanon.
member of a jury assessing business plan submissions for start up candidates

 Teaching Activities at AUB

 
Teaching Preparation
Semester Course No Title
Fall-2008-2009  FINA 241  Venture Capital Management 
  ENTM 220  Small Business Management 
  ENTM 235  Family Business Issues & Solutions 
  FINA 232  Real Estate Management 
    Venture capital Management 
Spring-2007-2008  FINA 234  Real Estate Finance and Investment 
  FINA241  Venture Capital Management 
  ENTM235  Family Business Issues and Solutions 
  ENTM225  Business Environment of the Firm 
Fall-2007-2008  FINA 241  Venture Capital Management 
  FINA 232  Real Estate Management 
  ENTM250Y  Launching a new Venture 
  ENTM220  Small Business Management 

 Recent Research/Intellectual Contributions
Other Intellectual Contributions
Publications in Non-Refereed Conference Proceedings

1. Baalbaki, I, Yehia, A and Kettaneh, T  (2006)  'Perceptions of Gender Inequality in the MENA Region Workplace: The Case of Lebanon', paper presented at the AGBA Conference  January, Malaysia

Professional/Executive Education Seminars

2. 10  2009 - 10  2009.
ARAMEX. Beirut, Lebanon.
One and one half day seminar on Business Plans and financial forecasting

3. October  2007 - October  2007.
CFH. Beirut, Lebanon.
2 day workshop on valuation techniques for privately held companies
Attendance: 12

Curriculum Development & Teaching Innovation
New Learning Material Developed

1.  Kettaneh, T  (2005)  '2. Lebanon Factor: the business proposition of a factoring company in Lebanon; suitable for venture capital courses', 

2.  Kettaneh, T  (2005)  '1. Clean White: the saga of a commercial laundry startup; suitable for venture capital or entrepreneurship courses', 

3.  Kettaneh, T  (2004)  '2. The Animal Feed Processing Plant: a case about business start ups, their do’s and their don’ts; suitable for venture capital or business plan courses', 

4.  Kettaneh, T  (2004)  '1. Mideast Concrete: a strategy case about a ready mix company’s sizzling rise and ultimate crash; this case is also very suitable for a course in decision making or entrepreneurship', 

New Courses/Programs Developed

5.  Kettaneh, T  (2006)  'ENTM250 Y', 
New Course ENTM; Launching A New Venture

6.  Tarek Kettaneh  (2005)  'Real Estate Finance and Investment', 
Course being developed for Spring 2006

7.  Tarek Kettaneh  (2005)  'Launching a New Venture', 
ENTM course to be given in Spring 2006 or Fall 2006

8.  Kettaneh, T  (2004)  'Family Business Issues and Solutions (ENTM 250Z)', 

9.  Kettaneh, T  (2003)  'Venture capital Management (FINA 241)', 

10.  Kettaneh, T  (2002)  'Entrepreneurial Decision Making (ENTM 230)', 

11.  Kettaneh, T  (2001)  'How to start a business (BAD 263D)', 


 Personal/Other

Professional Activities and Public Service

Board member, Vice president and Sec. general of APSAD, NGO for the preservation of historic homes and sites (Lebanon)
Member of the MIT Enterprise Forum -Middle East Advisory Board
Knight of the Malta Order, a charitable NGO devoted to help the disinherited and poor