Dr. Yasar Jarrar

Managing Director

Yasar is a senior strategy advisor focused on emerging markets, with experience in public sectors.

Yasar is a senior strategy advisor focused on Emerging Markets, with experience in Public Sector Modernization, Technology for Development, and Education. He is Co-founder specialized advisory firms, International Advisory Group and Gov-Insights.

Yasar is a former Partner at Bain & Company (head of Public Sector practice in Middle East) and prior to that, a Partner at PwC, leading the Middle East Strategy Group and the PwC Global Education Practice. Before PwC, he served as Strategy Director at the Executive Office of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum in Dubai. He was also the founding Executive Dean of the Dubai School of Government, and a Fellow at the Kennedy School of Government in Harvard University. He also Co-Chaired of Global Agenda Council on the Future of Government (at the World Economic Forum).

Dr. Jarrar obtained a Ph.D. in Manufacturing and Engineering from Birmingham University (UK) and worked as a Research Fellow at Cranfield School of Management (UK). He is a published author, and a regional speaker at global events.

ABOUT

Posterity Institute is a think tank based in the United Kingdom and the United Arab Emirates that focuses on fostering partnerships between the public and private sectors through designing initiatives that drive sustainability, enabling the regional climate-tech ecosystem, and creating a hub for ground-breaking research in economic inclusion, climate change, and leveraging technology for intergenerational wellbeing, the Institute’s three core pillars.