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Faisal Nasr

Executive Economist specializing in macro-fiscal policy and international development

ChemonicsUniversity of Texas at AustinWashington, D.C.10 Years ExperienceExecutive Level

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Academic and international development leader (economics/public policy) who has advised SMEs and government institutions across the Middle East, including USAID-funded higher education and private sector development work in Palestine and fiscal management leadership across Iraqi ministries. Known for systems-thinking operational frameworks that align strategy, processes, and talent, plus large-scale training/ToT delivery (10,000+ trainees) and policy/regulatory collaboration to enable market development.

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Key Strengths

  • Led USAID-funded higher education reform and private sector development initiative in Palestine (Chief Economist/Chief of Academic Affairs)
  • Built and applied a 3-step strategy-operations-people framework to align objectives, processes, and talent needs in SMEs
  • Deep experience shaping enabling legislative/regulatory environments via collaboration with government ministries and parliamentary committees
  • Designed and led large-scale capacity building: trained 10,000+ public servants across Iraqi ministries, including ToT to scale nationally
  • Strong cross-cultural leadership across international development contexts and multi-stakeholder environments
  • Operational inefficiency assessment approach combining workflow mapping, metrics review, governance scan, and stakeholder validation
  • Mentors founders/executives through coaching (not directing) and lightweight, scalable systems that reduce dependency and build ownership
  • Experience designing operating cadences and decision frameworks to improve cross-functional clarity and execution

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Experience

Senior International EconomistWorld Learning · Oct 2021 – Oct 2025contract
Macro-Fiscal Lead, Senior Economic Policy AdvisorPragma Corporation · Apr 2020 – May 2020contract
Senior Macro-Fiscal AdvisorChemonics · Feb 2017 – Apr 2017contract
Senior Macroeconomic Policy AdvisorManagement Systems International · Oct 2010 – Dec 2012contract
Senior Research Scientist / Country DirectorUSAID · May 2003 – Oct 2003contract
U.S. Fulbright ProfessorShandong University · Aug 1991 – Jun 1992contract
U.S. Fulbright ProfessorShevchenko University · Aug 1998 – Jun 2000contract

Education

University of Texas at Austindoctorate, Economics (1981)

Awards

  • Fulbright U.S. Scholar (Life Alumnus)

Skills

BudgetingComplianceInventory managementOperations managementPerformance managementRisk managementStrategic planningWorkforce planningRoot-cause analysisAcademic administrationAgricultural policyCapacity buildingContactless transactionsCrisis managementCurriculum development

Languages

EnglishArabicSpanishRussian

Memberships

  • Harvard Business Review Advisory Council

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Faisal NasrExecutive Economist specializing in macro-fiscal policy and international development