Jad Al-Akhaoui, also known as Jad Akhawy or Akhawi, is a prominent Lebanese journalist.
Background
Al-Akhaoui attained a BA in communications from Beirut University College (now
Lebanese American University
The Lebanese American University (LAU) ( ar, الجامعة اللبنانية الأميركية) is a secular and private American university located in Lebanon. It is chartered by the board of regents of the University of the State of New Y ...
).
Career
He reported stories in war-torn and disaster areas,
covered the Lebanese-Israeli war in
Southern Lebanon
Southern Lebanon () is the area of Lebanon comprising the South Governorate and the Nabatiye Governorate. The two entities were divided from the same province in the early 1990s. The Rashaya and Western Beqaa Districts, the southernmost distric ...
,
conducted many interviews with leaders of the Middle East.
In addition to reporting on the war on terrorism in Afghanistan, he took part in covering many Arab summits.
Al-Akhaoui was consulted in the
LBC TV and Al Hayat newspaper merger. He was also brought in as a consultant in an effort to revamp Dubai TV.
He acted as the Project director of Quantum Communications,
a corporate communications sister company to
Saatchi and Saatchi
Saatchi & Saatchi is a British multinational communications and advertising agency network with 114 offices in 76 countries and over 6,500 staff. It was founded in 1970 and is currently headquartered in London. The parent company of the agency gr ...
. He then moved on to
CNBC Arabiya
CNBC Arabia (Arabic: CNBC عربية) is an Arab free-to-air television channel. It covers regional and international affairs from an Arab economic perspective.
CNBC Arabia's daily program schedule features the region's business news summary, inc ...
, where he attained the role of vice president and head of programming and News. He then acted as an advisor to the general manager of
Al Arabiya
Arabiya ( ar, العربية, transliterated: '; meaning "The Arabic One" or "The Arab One") is an international Arabic news television channel, currently based in Dubai, that is operated by the media conglomerate MBC.
The channel is a flag ...
and headed the bureau of Al Arabiya in Lebanon. He was appointed as consultant to the Minister of Culture and Communications in Bahrain, and put in charge of revamping the local television station. Al-Akhaoui also attained the position of the general manager of Havas, EuroRSCG Abu Dhabi,
one of the worldwide leaders in advertising and public relations companies. Mr. Al-Akhaoui is currently the consultant to the Minister of Information in the State of Kuwait.
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Lebanese American University alumni
CNBC Arabiya
Lebanese journalists