Mr Sharaf has over 30 years of accumulated professional experience in Europe, Asia, Middle East and North America, including maintaining permanent residences on two continents - in two distinct cultures. Over 20 of those years were ‘hands-on’ intercultural work experience in multinational corporations in leading management specializing in foreign markets. In this capacity, he was extensively involved in the internationalization process, cross cultural negotiating, opening up foreign markets and negotiating new contracts. The past 10 years he has functioned as an independent consultant with a multinational scope of focus. Mr. Sharaf combines his education and knowledge with a depth of practical ‘real life’ experience