Nizar Ghuneim

Director and founder of DEXICE

Over the past 20 years, Nizar has worked in the Finance Industry responsible for Finance and Accounting operations. From the end of 2000 to June 2010, Nizar worked for a Taxation and Accounting Firm dealing with finance and tax matters.

In mid-2007 until recently, Nizar worked for the fast-growing Pharmacy 4 Less Pty Ltd, with responsibility for accounts, finance and tax. Pharmacy 4 Less is a discount pharmacy chain with more than 100 stores.

Nizar holds a Master in Applied Finance from Western Sydney University (2002) and a Bachelor in Economics from Middle East Technical University (1999). He is a Fellow of the Australian Taxation and Management Accounts (ATMA), Member of the National Tax and Accountants’ Association (NTAA), a Member of the Australian Bookkeepers Australia (ABA), a Registered Tax Agent and Registered ASIC Agent. Nizar is also a Justice of the Peace (JP).

Professor Emad Shublaq

Value Engineering Advisor

Over the past 40 years, Dr Shublaq has been involved in a prestigious mega project in Middle East, Africa, USA, Europe and Australia. He originally started his career as a Geotechnical Engineer specialising in piling and foundation engineering – for a $US200 million precast segmental Bridge in Saudi Arabia. In 1992, Dr Shublaq was instrumental in introducing Value Engineering concepts into the MENA region, which led him to become well known and respected in the industry. From Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering to Project Management and finally Value Engineering methodology, Dr Shublaq is a recognised beacon in his field. In the late 1980s, Dr Shublaq served as a visiting professor in many top universities around the world.

Dr Shublaq obtained his Ph.D. in Civil engineering from Leeds University, UK in 1987 and later became a Chartered Professional Engineer (Leadership and Management) from the Institution of Engineers, Australia in 1995. He is a fellow of Engineers Australia, Fellow of American Society of Civil engineers, Fellow of American Society of Value engineers and Fellow of Australian Institute of Training and Development. He is a Certified Value specialist – Life and currently serves as a President of American Society of Value Engineers Chapter in ANZ +4 and Director at PMRT Consultants Pty Ltd.

Ahmed Rahman

Associate Professor

Dr Ahmed Rahman is a Pharmacy graduate. He completed his PhD at Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia. He holds multiple academic, research and industrial (pharmaceuticals) positions in Australia and overseas. He has published one book chapter and more than 40 research papers in international peer-reviewed journals. He has been awarded several Research and Teaching Excellence Awards. The quality of his work is evidenced by invitations as a speaker at various International meetings, with expenses paid by Australian Academy of Science, Royal Society, UK and many other conference organizers.

Dr Rahman has over 15 years of experience in academia and the pharmaceutical industry. He has used his knowledge and experience to provide important practical and technical support to pharmaceutical companies in multiple areas including product development, manufacturing, quality and compliance, as well as commercialization, improving the success rate of new product introductions, innovative portfolio development, project design focused on emerging technologies and applications. Dr Rahman will lead specialized functional pharmaceutical teams across various Pharmaceutical projects to provide professional advice throughout the whole product development lifecycles.