IKAR Holdings has appointed today Prof.
Manuel Freire-Garabal y Núñez HOKC, LLB, MBA, Dr. H.c. Mult., as the new “Head of Business Development” at IKAR Holdings!
Manuel is a qualified top executive, jurist, and journalist. He was born in Spain, where he completed his LLB and MBA. He later pursued over 300 online courses and specializations, distinct from IVY league and Elite Business Schools, and received two Doctor Honoris Causa degrees, one in diplomacy and one in law.
With over 10 years of experience, he serves as a professor, collaborator, and advisor to numerous universities worldwide, including IIC University of Technology, ASEAN University University, and ICFAI University. He is a fellow and member of various British Royal Academies and Societies, as well as an academician of international entities. Additionally, he has authored fourteen books and over eighty professional and scientific publications.
In the field of health development, he has collaborated with Dr. Reza Radmand of Harvard Medical School on multiple clinical studies at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, focusing on Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA). He holds the position of Director of the International Development Committee at Pharmalagasy.
Freire-Garabal has participated in different World Economic Forum events and contributed articles to The Times of India, The Economic Times, and Entrepreneur.com. He has also published opinion pieces on various media platforms at Harvard, Yale, Berkeley, MSNBC, Microsoft, Le Figaro, and Le Monde.
Additionally, he frequently lends his expertise in Political Analysis as a regular guest on Saudi Arabian TV channel Asharq News.
As the Special Envoy to the General Direction of Madagascar Presidential Projects and Personal Advisor to the Former Deputy Secretary General of the United Nations, he provides strategic counsel to several African countries. Additionally, he collaborates with various security forces. Freire-Garabal holds prestigious titles and honors from different governments.
He also counsels government and private companies, as well as UHNWIs and Family Offices.
In his new role, he will lead the business development activities of the entire IKAR group.
IKAR Holdings is a London-based, privately owned, multi-tiered entrepreneurial group of companies. It spans multiple sectors ranging from energy to education, health, technology, construction, real estate, hospitality, aviation, and services.
The group is geographically focusing on Europe, the MENA region, GCC, in particular Saudi Arabia, Southeast Asia, and South America.
It has currently a portfolio of more than 40 companies.
The group concluded multiple partnerships with distinguished global groups as well as famous celebrities, especially from the world of sports and entertainment.
The group has a current pipeline of a few billion euros covering all the group’s sectors.
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