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Yasar Jarrar

Head of Government Policy and Strategy unit in the Dubai Government Excellence Programme


Dr. Yasar Jarrar (PhD, MSc and BSc) is a Senior Advisor at PricewaterhouseCoopers International Development (UK), and with PWC working on Public Sector Reform in the Government of Jordan. Based at the Prime Minister’s office, Yasar is advising on developing and managing a performance management system for the Government of Jordan.

Yasar is a visiting Research Fellow at Cranfield School of Management (UK), a Visiting Lecturer at Bradford School of Management (UK), a Visiting Professor at the “Universita Degli Studi Della Basilicata, Facolta Di Ingegneria, Potenza” (Italy), a Visiting Research Fellow at the Centre for Business Performance, and worked on applied research and training for various sponsoring organizations including DHL, Bank of Scotland, Arla Foods, BTCellnet, Greggs of Yorkshire, DTI, and Accenture. Major research areas include Performance Measurement and Management, Process Improvement and Six Sigma where he authored numerous reports and papers.

He is also currently the adviser on Government Policy and Strategy in the Dubai Government Excellence Programme. Working on overall improvement and development programmes for the Government of Dubai.

Yasar is also currently an Honorary Visiting Fellow in Total Quality Management at the European Center for Total Quality Management, University of Bradford, UK, and has been an invited speaker in numerous national and international events.

Prof. Jarrar previously worked as a Quality Management Consultant and Industrial Engineer in the Middle East.

Recent international speaking engagements:

  • The Customer-Focused Six Sigma Forum. Access-Events. London, UK (Feb 2004)
  • 3rd Annual Balanced Scorecard Implementation Forum, Keynote Speaker, IIR, Dubai, UAE (Feb. 2003)
  • The International Quality Congress, Keynote Speaker, IIR, Dubai, UAE (Jan. 2003)
  • ‘Key Performance Indicators for The Public Sector’ conference, Asia Business Forum, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Aug. 2002
  • “Six Sigma: The Impact on the Bottom Line” Conference, Cranfield School of Management, UK, Feb. 2002


Recent publications:

  • Closing the Gap 3 – Benchmarking UK industries. Department of Trade and Industry, UK, June 2002
  • REACTE Report – Benchmarking the member states of the European Union – a report to EU policy makers, Department of Trade and Industry, UK, April 2002
  • Guest Editor - Business Process Management Journal, Emerlad, UK - Special Issue on Performance Measurement in the 21st Century – Due in 4th quarter of 2003
  • Guest Editor – Benchmarking: An International Journal, Emerlad, UK - Special Issue on Benchmarking in the Knowledge Era – Due in 1st quarter of 2004



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