{"id":5,"date":"2016-09-08T08:17:07","date_gmt":"2016-09-08T08:17:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/qufaculty.qu.edu.qa\/rima-charbaji\/?page_id=5"},"modified":"2016-09-08T09:19:28","modified_gmt":"2016-09-08T09:19:28","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/qufaculty.qu.edu.qa\/rima-charbaji\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row full_width=&#8221;&#8221; parallax=&#8221;&#8221; parallax_image=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;13&#8243; border_color=&#8221;grey&#8221; img_link_large=&#8221;&#8221; img_link_target=&#8221;_self&#8221; img_size=&#8221;large&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rima Charbaji El-Kassem<\/strong>\u00a0is currently a research project manager at The Social &amp; Economic Survey Research Institute (SESRI) &#8211; Qatar University. She earned her Master\u2019s Degree in Business Administration (2008) and her Bachelor\u2019s Degree in Business Administration (2004) from the American University of Beirut. Her thesis entitled \u201cAntecedents and Consequences of the Risk Taking Behaviour of Mobile Commerce Adoption in Lebanon,\u201d was published in 2008 in Handbook of research on E-government readiness for Information and Service Exchange: Utilizing Progressive Information Communication Technologies, IGI Global, United States of America. She has worked for two credit rating agencies, Standard and Poors and FitchRatings, in London. She has also worked as a research analyst for the investment management department at Europe Arab bank in London.<\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=&#8221;&#8221; parallax=&#8221;&#8221; parallax_image=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;]<h1 class=\"fac-title text-center\" style=\"color:\">Professional Experience<\/h1>\n<ul class=\"ul-dates \">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dates\"><span>Present<\/span><span>Sept 2014<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4>Research Project Manager<\/h4><p> Social &amp; Economic Survey Research Institute (SESRI) \u2013 Qatar University<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li><\/ul>[vc_empty_space height=&#8221;32px&#8221;][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;32px&#8221;]<ul class=\"ul-dates \">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dates\"><span>Aug 2014<\/span><span>May 2014<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4>Research Project Coordinator<\/h4><p> Social &amp; Economic Survey Research Institute (SESRI) \u2013 Qatar University<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li><\/ul>[vc_empty_space height=&#8221;32px&#8221;][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;32px&#8221;]<ul class=\"ul-dates \">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dates\"><span>April 2014<\/span><span>Feb 2014<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4>Project Manager<\/h4><p>Italian Chamber of Commerce (Qatar)<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li><\/ul>[vc_empty_space height=&#8221;32px&#8221;][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;32px&#8221;]<ul class=\"ul-dates \">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dates\"><span>Dec 2011<\/span><span>Sept 2011<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4>Market Manager<\/h4><p>Standard and Poors (London)<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li><\/ul>[vc_empty_space height=&#8221;32px&#8221;][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;32px&#8221;]<ul class=\"ul-dates \">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dates\"><span>Aug 2010<\/span><span>Sept 2008<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4>Research Analyst (Investment Banking)<\/h4><p>Europe Arab Bank (London)<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li><\/ul>[vc_empty_space height=&#8221;32px&#8221;][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;32px&#8221;]<ul class=\"ul-dates \">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dates\"><span>Aug 2008<\/span><span>April 2008<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4>Database Analyst<\/h4><p>FitchRatings (London)<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li><\/ul>[vc_empty_space height=&#8221;32px&#8221;][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;32px&#8221;]<ul class=\"ul-dates \">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dates\"><span>Feb 2008<\/span><span>Sept 2007<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4>Graduate Assistant <\/h4><p>American University of Beirut<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li><\/ul>[vc_empty_space height=&#8221;32px&#8221;][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;32px&#8221;]<ul class=\"ul-dates \">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dates\"><span>May 2006<\/span><span>May 2005<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4>Administrative Assistant <\/h4><p>ProFinance (Lebanon) <\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li><\/ul>[vc_empty_space height=&#8221;32px&#8221;][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;32px&#8221;]<ul class=\"ul-dates \">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dates\"><span>April 2005<\/span><span>Sept 2004<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4>Finance Coordinator<\/h4><p>Chelder Abdul Lattif Jamil (Lebanon)<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li><\/ul>[vc_empty_space height=&#8221;32px&#8221;][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;32px&#8221;]<ul class=\"ul-dates \">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dates\"><span>July 2002<\/span><span>Sept 2001<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4>Marketing Research Assistant <\/h4><p>CHARBAJI Consultants (Lebanon)<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li><\/ul>[\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;]<h1 class=\"fac-title text-center\" style=\"color:\">Education<\/h1>\n<ul class=\"ul-card \">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dy\"><span class=\"degree\">Master<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"year\">2006 - 2008<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"description\"><p class=\"what\">Master of Business Administration <\/p><p class=\"where\">American University of Beirut <\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li><\/ul>[vc_empty_space height=&#8221;32px&#8221;]<ul class=\"ul-card \">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dy\"><span class=\"degree\">B.A<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"year\">2001 - 2004<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"description\"><p class=\"what\">Bachelor of Business Administration \u2013 Finance<\/p><p class=\"where\">American University of Beirut <\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li><\/ul>[vc_empty_space height=&#8221;32px&#8221;]<ul class=\"ul-card \">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dy\"><span class=\"degree\">High School<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"year\">1991 - 2001<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"description\"><p class=\"what\">National Baccalaureate<\/p><p class=\"where\">Rawdah High School (Lebanon)<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li><\/ul>[vc_empty_space height=&#8221;32px&#8221;]<h1 class=\"fac-title text-center\" style=\"color:\">Training<\/h1>\n<ul class=\"ul-dates \">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dates\"><span>July 2004<\/span><span>June 2004<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4>Trainee <\/h4><p>BLOM Bank (Lebanon)<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li><\/ul>[vc_empty_space height=&#8221;32px&#8221;][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;32px&#8221;]<ul class=\"ul-dates \">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dates\"><span>Sept 2003<\/span><span>August 2003<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4>Trainee<\/h4><p>HSBC (Lebanon)<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li><\/ul>[vc_empty_space height=&#8221;32px&#8221;][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;32px&#8221;]<ul class=\"ul-dates \">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dates\"><span>July 2003<\/span><span>June 2003<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4>Trainee<\/h4><p>Byblos Bank (Lebanon)<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li><\/ul>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=&#8221;&#8221; parallax=&#8221;&#8221; parallax_image=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/1&#8243;]<h1 class=\"fac-title text-center\" style=\"color:\">Data Analysis &amp; Computer Skills<\/h1>\n<ul class=\"ul-boxed list-unstyled\"><li class=\"\">Fluency in Microsoft Office Programs <\/li><\/ul><ul class=\"ul-boxed list-unstyled\"><li class=\"\">Excel as a modeling tool in business finance (capital budgeting, project evaluation and financial analysis)<\/li><\/ul><ul class=\"ul-boxed list-unstyled\"><li class=\"\">STATA, SPSS, and E-Views in business research <\/li><\/ul><h1 class=\"fac-title text-center\" style=\"color:\">Language Proficiency<\/h1>\n<ul class=\"ul-boxed list-unstyled\"><li class=\"\">Native Level Proficiency in Arabic and English<\/li><\/ul>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row full_width=&#8221;&#8221; parallax=&#8221;&#8221; parallax_image=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;13&#8243; border_color=&#8221;grey&#8221; img_link_large=&#8221;&#8221; img_link_target=&#8221;_self&#8221; img_size=&#8221;large&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text] Rima Charbaji El-Kassem\u00a0is currently a research project manager at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":686,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/qufaculty.qu.edu.qa\/rima-charbaji\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/qufaculty.qu.edu.qa\/rima-charbaji\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/qufaculty.qu.edu.qa\/rima-charbaji\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/qufaculty.qu.edu.qa\/rima-charbaji\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/686"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/qufaculty.qu.edu.qa\/rima-charbaji\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"http:\/\/qufaculty.qu.edu.qa\/rima-charbaji\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42,"href":"http:\/\/qufaculty.qu.edu.qa\/rima-charbaji\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5\/revisions\/42"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/qufaculty.qu.edu.qa\/rima-charbaji\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}