Dr. Kamal Shehadi is a Lebanese chief executive, economist, policy expert, and technology leader, serving since 2025 as Minister of State for Information Technology and Artificial Intelligence and Minister of the Displaced. He holds a B.A. in Economics (cum laude) from Harvard and a Ph.D. in International Political Economy from Columbia, and has taught at Columbia, Harvard, and AUB. He previously chaired Lebanon’s Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (2007–2010) and held senior legal, regulatory, and strategy roles at UAE-based e& (formerly Etisalat), alongside leading telecom and tech consulting across the Middle East. He also served on the investment committee of Dubai Angel Investors. Today, Dr. Shehadi is driving Lebanon’s digital future, prioritizing national digital identity, modernizing government services, applying AI for public welfare and reconstruction, and building the legal, regulatory, and talent frameworks needed to anchor a knowledge economy at home and across the diaspora.