Waleed Jarjouhi is a Board Member and Strategic Advisor at Creative Space Beirut, a non-profit fashion design school providing fully funded education to talented young people from underserved communities in Lebanon. His work spans strategy, governance and academic development, including the systems, pedagogy and professional pathways that support students into industry.

Before moving into the creative and social-impact sector, he spent more than two decades in international finance across Montreal, Kuwait and London, most recently leading Trade Finance & Financial Institutions at National Bank of Kuwait International.

Today, his work brings together two perspectives often treated separately: how creative talent is developed, and what young designers need to turn that talent into professional agency. He is particularly interested in how education, industry experience and institutional support can help emerging creatives make informed choices about the careers they build.