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<p class="gmail-updated"><strong>Updated:</strong> May 03, 2018 03:00 AM EDT</p>
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<p>DUBAI, United Arab Emirates--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 3,
2018--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.</p><p>This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: <a href="https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180503005101/en/">https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180503005101/en/</a></p><p>Nassim Abu Ershaed, Regional Commercial Head, Cambridge Assessment English (Photo: AETOSWire)</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>
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</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>View source version on businesswire.com:https://<a href="http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180503005101/en/">www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180503005101/en/</a></p><p> CONTACT: Cambridge Assessment English</p><p>Omar Al-Sharif, +97144378077</p><p> <a href="mailto:mea@cambridgeenglish.org">mea@cambridgeenglish.org</a></p><p>KEYWORD: UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNITED KINGDOM EUROPE AFRICA MIDDLE EAST
</p><p>INDUSTRY KEYWORD: EDUCATION UNIVERSITY TRAINING
</p><p>SOURCE: Cambridge Assessment English
</p><p>Copyright Business Wire 2018.
</p><p>PUB: 05/03/2018 03:00 AM/DISC: 05/03/2018 03:00 AM</p><p><a href="http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180503005101/en">http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180503005101/en</a></p></div>
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