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<time datetime="2018-05-03T07:00:00Z">May 03, 2018 03:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time</time>
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<p>DUBAI, United Arab Emirates--(<span><span><a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.businesswire.com/">BUSINESS WIRE</a></span></span>)--New appointments by Cambridge Assessment English will enhance support
for language learning and assessment across a region which stretches
from Africa to the Middle East, and South Asia as well as Russia,
Turkey, Ukraine, the Caucasus and Central Asia. Based in the Dubai
offices of Cambridge University’s assessment arm, the newly
assigned Regional Commercial Head Nassim Abu Ershaed and Strategic
Development Head Ramiz Haddadin will work with a wide range of
stakeholders in education, government and commercial organisations to
offer the benefits of internationally recognised language qualifications
to a growing number of learners throughout the region.
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Nassim has worked in education for 15 years and joins Cambridge
Assessment English from Pearson, where he was Head of Arabian Gulf and
Levant, as well as the Regional Portfolio Director of Pearson
Qualifications International across the Middle East, Africa, and the
Caribbean. Nassim has an MBA and an MSc in Information Systems. He is
passionate about social and economic development, both of which benefit
from improved education systems and better-equipped organisations and
leaders. Nassim’s current role entails supporting our Cambridge English
authorised centres’ network from a business development and marketing
perspective and shaping the strategy to move forward across the Central
Region.
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Ramiz has been working with Cambridge English for the past two years and
has been responsible for increasing the number of candidates taking
Cambridge Assessment English exams in several key countries in the
region. He has extensive experience in the field of educational
qualifications and worked in the USA, Jordan, and Iraq for ten years in
the university sector as a university instructor and certified trainer,
qualifications and assessment expert and ELT specialist. He also has
substantial experience in international relations, communications, the
charity and NGO sector and the petrochemical industry. He is a holder of
a bachelor’s degree in English and German, and two master’s degrees in
American Studies and in Communications. Ramiz’s role involves supporting
Cambridge’s work with Ministries of Education and other government
departments throughout the region across the Central Region from
curriculum review and language policy review to professional development
of teachers and other English language consultation services.
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Ramiz and Nassim join Regional Director Liam Vint as the senior
management team of Cambridge Assessment English’s Central Region, which
covers the Middle East, Africa and South Asia as well as Russia, Turkey,
Ukraine, the Caucasus and Central Asia. The regional team is responsible
for helping Cambridge Assessment English to deliver on its mission to
help people learn English and prove their skills to the world.
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<h2>Contacts</h2>
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<b>Cambridge Assessment English</b><br>Omar Al-Sharif, +97144378077<br><a target="_blank" href="mailto:mea@cambridgeenglish.org">mea@cambridgeenglish.org</a>
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