Frederic Sicre has about 20 years experience in engaging the private sector in global issues, regional-development agendas and community building. As an Executive Director at Abraaj, he engages a wide network of decision makers from around the world with the business activities and philanthropic work of the firm. He spearheads the Abraaj Strategic Stakeholder Engagement Team (ASSET) that works with leaders from all fields, including government, private sector, media and culture. He helps drive business development at Abraaj, its stakeholder communications, international positioning, government relations and strategic philanthropy. He serves on the advisory boards of Dubai Cares, a US$ 1 billion endowment dedicated to providing education to poor children around the world, as well of Injaz Al Arab, an organisation which harnesses the mentorship of Arab business leaders to help inspire a culture of entrepreneurialism and business innovation among Arab youth. He is also a member of the Advisory Board of the Gerhart Center at the American University in Cairo and Chairman of the Gaza Children Trust.
In the early 1990s, Mr. Sicre established the activities of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Africa and the Middle East. He then managed the Forum’s Centre for Regional Strategies and was promoted to WEF Managing Director in 2000. In 2002, he was responsible for moving the Annual Davos Meeting to New York City to show support for New Yorkers after 9/11. In 2003, he was responsible for the Extraordinary Annual Meeting at the Dead Sea in Jordan following the Iraq conflict. Mr. Sicre has initiated private-sector led dialogue and reconciliation initiatives during South Africa’s transition to democracy, and between Palestinians and Israelis. He also initiated the first Africa and Arab World Competitiveness reports. He oversaw the creation of the Arab Business Council and is editor of ‘South Africa at Ten’, a book celebrating the first ten years of democracy in the country. From 2002 to 2005 he served as a member of the international advisory board of Scripps Medical Foundation, San Diego. Mr. Sicre holds an MBA from IMD, Switzerland, a Bachelor of Arts and Sciences from Villanova University, Philadelphia, and is a fellow of Stanford University, Palo Alto.
