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Mariam Semaan


Associate
Beirut
semaan@reospartners.com

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Mariam collaborates with individuals, teams and organizations to develop learning journeys that aim to expand their meaning-making of the world, widen their perspective and deepen their understanding, leading them ultimately to innovate better, lead more effectively or simply grow more mindfully.

About

Mariam Semaan is a Reos partners associate based in Beirut, Lebanon. She is a multi disciplinary, human centered design strategist. She designs and facilitates multi-stakeholder processes and Innovation Labs across industries, from migration and refugees to justice, media development, social innovation, banking and the creative economy. Being trilingual, Mariam facilitates in English, Arabic and French. Mariam is also a leadership development coach, dedicated to supporting high potential individuals to become more impactful, thoughtful and complex leaders of their communities through customized learning journeys. She is a certified Leadership Circle Profile coach, as well as a Growth Edge Interview practitioner. Mariam studied law, journalism and communication and worked for more than 10 years as a journalist. In 2012 she was the first Lebanese to be awarded the John Knight Fellowship for Media Innovation from Stanford University in California and was an instructor at the Stanford d.school and at the Academie Libanaise des Beaux Arts (Alba).

Expertise

Facilitation, Coaching, Design Thinking, process design, Innovation

Selected Projects

    • Innovation Labs for Syrian change makers
    • Covid19 Scenario planning project for Syria
 

Background

  • Founded The Right Brain Company, a design and innovation studio for leadership development
  • Developed entrepreneurship skills programs and trainings, Innovation Labs and coaching retreats for youth, refugees, journalists, entrepreneurs, corporate teams and senior management leaders with UNICEF, Deusche Welle Akademy, UK-Lebanon tech hub, Transparency International among others
  • Managed a television production company dedicated to highlighting Arab achievers around the world with RK Productions
  • Was the editorial manager for the French and Arabic editions of ELLE Oriental and a senior editor for the Arab and international news desk of L’ Orient Le Jour - French-speaking daily newspaper
  • Worked as a radio journalist and anchor for the local news desk of Radio Liban- Radio France Internationale

Education

  • John S. Knight Fellow 2013, Applied research in Media and Innovation, Stanford University, California
  • Graduate coursework in Journalism and Communication. Saint Joseph University (USJ), Beirut
  • Joint Bachelor and Master in Public Law and Private Law (With distinction), Saint Joseph University (USJ), Beirut

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