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Empowering Boards. Securing Legacies.

Governance is more than a compliance requirement. It is a value creation engine. MEIoD bridges the gap between global excellence and regional reality, providing boards and directors with the tools to lead with impact.
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For Investors

Protect your capital and maximise transparency. MEIoD supports investor success through strong corporate governance frameworks and independent board evaluations that strengthen oversight of internal policies, risk controls, and strategic decision making. In today’s fast changing regional markets, effective corporate governance is critical for investor protection and long term performance. MEIoD ensures portfolio companies are led by accountable boards focused on ethical leadership, sound governance practices, and sustainable value creation, helping investors safeguard regional portfolios and drive consistent results.
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For Family Business

MEIoD provides specialized governance frameworks for Middle Eastern family businesses to manage succession and drive long term growth. Family owned businesses form the foundation of the Middle Eastern economy, accounting for up to 90% of companies and contributing nearly 60% of regional GDP. As these enterprises pass from one generation to the next, strong corporate governance becomes critical to protect family wealth, preserve values, and maintain business stability. MEIoD supports family shareholders and boards with clear governance structures, defined roles, and practical succession planning that strengthens continuity, protects legacy, and secures sustainable long term performance.
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For Individual

MEIoD provides aspiring and sitting directors with the credentials, tools, and networks to lead in the Middle East. In today’s competitive board environment, executives who deepen their corporate governance knowledge strengthen their strategic impact and increase their value to organizations. Earning a board position requires more than senior experience. It calls for recognized credentials, governance expertise, and access to the right professional networks. MEIoD equips leaders with regionally respected certification, practical board level insight, and meaningful connections that enable them to serve with authority, credibility, and long term purpose.
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For Entrepreneurs

MEIoD provides entrepreneurs and high growth startups with the governance frameworks needed to institutionalize and exit successfully. In the Middle East, founders who introduce structured oversight, clear ownership alignment, and disciplined decision making strengthen their company’s ability to scale. Corporate governance is not just a compliance tool. It creates operational clarity, reduces risk, and prepares the business for external investment or strategic sale. MEIoD supports entrepreneurs in building companies that transition confidently from founder driven ventures to institutionally structured enterprises.
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Governance Excellence

Raising the standard of
corporate governance

We believe that entrepreneurs, business owners, executives, and investors alike benefit significantly from the implementation of effective corporate governance within companies of all sizes across the region. Our purpose is to provide tailored support to each of these groups, through a combination of targeted information and resources, capacity building programs, independent business consultancy, and organizational evaluations. Our passionate and experienced team has worked with over 500 businesses in the Middle East over the past decade, introducing international best practices and identifying new opportunities for growth. We measure our achievement by the success of the clients we work with. To find out how we could help you, get in touch with us today.

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We operate in association with the International Finance Corporation, Member of the World Bank Group (IFC) to deliver programs and services compliant with globally recognized standards.

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Our Solutions

Strategic Governance Solutions for Stronger Business Leadership

Board Evaluations

Board Evaluations

Move beyond compliance. We provide boards and organizations with the strategic foresight and practical frameworks needed to navigate complexity and secure long term growth.
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Capacity Building

Capacity Building

Theory belongs in the classroom. Impact happens in the boardroom. MEIoD provides practitioner-led development courses and workshops designed to equip directors and executives with the practical tools needed to drive organisational excellence.
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CG Assessment

CG Assessment

We review corporate governance structures and advise on how to strengthen them.
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Family Business Governance Structure

Family Business Governance Structure

The greatest threat to a family business is not the market; it is the absence of a clear structure. MEIoD provides the architectural blueprint needed to separate family emotions from business decisions, ensuring your legacy is protected for generations to come.
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Clients

Collaboration That Delivers Results

Our clients leverage our specialized expertise and customized solutions to drive measurable value and success for their organizations.

Our team

Specialized Expertise Drives Impactful Value

Our diverse team is made up of individual subject matter experts who deploy their specific knowledge and skills to create significant value for the individuals and organizations with whom we work.

Maali Khader

CEO

Oraib Qubbaj

Senior advisor

Majied Qasem

Senior advisor

Our Happy clients

Setting the Standard in
Corporate Governance Excellence

The program is a serious opportunity to learn, reflect, and engage with excellent people in a good atmosphere. Reading the book, taking the assessment, listening to participants, and discussing with guest speakers shifted my mind, and helped me shape my directorship path with clarity and confidence. Recommended!

Hamza Aref

COO

The Corporate Director Certification Program was a great experience. The content was relevant and the presenters were effective in delivering the program. I highly recommend the program for those who want to have in depth strategic, technical and tactical knowledge on how to operate in a board.

Trad Alkhelaiwi

Country Director

This Programme was very interesting and I learned a lot about corporate governance. The sequencing of the sessions was well done; the teachers were good, some very good, the interaction with other pupils provided a good dynamic to the training.

Nicola Ehlermann

CEO - Founder

A great course that introduces the fundamentals of Corporate Secretary related matters. Even with extensive experience in governance, the course can be an excellent refresher.

Karim Chaaban

Corporate Secretary

The course was engaging and thought provoking. Great presentation style with lots of opportunities to ask questions and talk about real life examples which all made for a relevant and informative course.

Najla Al Sulaiman

Corporate Secretary

Simply it was a great experience .. I have been sitting in several Boards .. but this program helped me arrange my thoughts and get exposed to new Board scenarios.

Mohammed Ababneh

Chief Human Capital

The best program I have attended in the past 10 years. Insightful, adequate teaching and holistic in addressing most important topics for directors.

Antonio Chedrawy

CFO

Simply it was a great experience .. I have been sitting in several Boards .. but this program helped me arrange my thoughts and get exposed to new Board scenarios.

Mohammed Ababneh

Chief Human Capital

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What is MEIoD’s purpose?
MEIoD exists to raise the standard of corporate governance in the Middle East. We believe governance is not just a compliance requirement, but a driver of accountability, stability, and long term value creation for organizations across the region.
MEIoD works with investors, family businesses, entrepreneurs, and aspiring and sitting directors, providing tailored governance frameworks and practical support designed for each group’s specific challenges.

We combine capacity building programs, independent business advisory, organizational evaluations, and targeted governance resources to strengthen board effectiveness and improve decision making in real-world business environments.

Over the past decade, our team has worked with more than 500 businesses across the Middle East, introducing international best practices while aligning governance structures with regional realities.

MEIoD bridges global governance excellence with regional context, delivering practical, specialized expertise through subject matter experts who focus on measurable outcomes and long term organizational success. Worth also including the value of a team from the region that understands the cultural nuances.

Maali Khader

CEO

Maali Khader, Executive Director and Founder of MEIoD. Taking a hands-on approach to the business and playing an active role in the development of strategic solutions for clients. Maali is a lawyer by profession, and her extensive experience with regional and international legal frameworks is a tremendous asset in advising on, developing and implementing Corporate Governance and Corporate Social Responsibility principles and frameworks.

Maali works with clients to establish their CG structures and codes in adherence to legal requirements, assess CG frameworks including the nomination and remuneration of directors and their performance evaluation, and structure proactive communication channels between the board of directors, management and relevant stakeholders. She has also drafted and implemented internal policies and byelaws of various sized corporations around the world and assisted in corporate restructuring and privatization.

Oraib Qubbaj

Senior advisor

Oraib Qubbaj is a senior advisor at MEIoD, Independent Consultant, certified International Professional Trainer and Certified Board Director with more than 23 years of experience in different development fields and completed her Business Studies.

She has experience in training board members, senior management members and board secretaries in the public sector, corporates and non-for-profit organizations. She has experience in training, assessing and developing corporate governance improvement programs for companies in Jordan in addition to supporting implementation of governance improvement plans and policies. She has also conducted extensive work with family-owned businesses, small & medium enterprises and public sector institutions.

Majied Qasem

Senior advisor

Majied held the post of Director of the Jordan Education Initiative UEI) through which he developed, built and advanced corporate governance structures and responsibility strategies, ensuring effective engagement and building one of the most successful regional public private partnerships. He also ensured the regular engagement of over 160 entities from the private and public sectors, focusing on leveraging the core competencies of each entity to ensure a viable and valuable development partnership.

Majied is committed to the development of the Arab Knowledge workforce. In 2000 he was part of the group of Jordanian industry leaders that founded the Information and Technology Association of Jordan (lntaj) to drive the development of IT the sector.

In 2002 Majied helped found lnjaz, a Jordanian NGO focused on youth development in Jordan. Majied served on the board of lnjaz and lntaj until 2007. Currently, Majied is the executive director and founder of Ajyal Capital which s a Jordan focused impact fund that provides growth funding for innovative women entrepreneurs running existing pre-schools and daycares that increase student achievement and drive efficiencies that make a quality education sustainable to students everywhere.

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Corporate Directors
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Designed for current board chairs and members, directors, senior officers, and senior executives, and individuals interested in these positions.

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Corporate Governance for Start-ups

Designed for founders and owners of high-growth businesses, as well as high-level executives working within those organizations.

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Raising the standard of corporate governance in the Middle East. We believe that entrepreneurs, business owners, executives, and investors alike benefit significantly from the implementation of effective corporate governance within companies of all sizes across the region.

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