Meet the editor

Dr. Josiane Fahed-Sreih is a full-time Associate Professor of Management at the School of Business, Lebanese American University. She is the founder and director of the Institute of Family and Entrepreneurial Business and chairperson of the Department of Management at the same university. She was previously the assistant dean of the school. She holds a Ph.D. from Sorbonne University, France, and is a fellow member of

the Family Firm Institute, USA, where she is the Middle East coordinator. She is also a family wealth and family business consultant. She received the 2007 International Award from the Family Firm Institute in recognition of her outstanding achievement in furthering the understanding of family business issues that occur between two or more countries. She has participated in and organized international conferences, workshops, and seminars. She has presented at both national and international conferences and consulted on management issues in many countries in the Middle East (Saudi Arabia, Dubai, Jordan, Qatar, Kuwait, Syria, Bahrain, Oman, France, Cyprus, and Lebanon). She sits on five boards of directors as a shareholder, two as a chairman of the board, and one as an independent director in the private sector. She is also involved as an advisor on boards of community service organizations. Dr. Fahed-Sreih speaks regularly to trade and professional groups and presents her research at academic conferences worldwide. She is frequently invited as a keynote speaker to recognized family business and corporate governance conferences. Her research interests are in management, family business management, board of directors functioning, and corporate governance. She has written and published three books. Moreover, she has contributed many compendiums on family business management in the Middle East in articles, book chapters, book reviews, and journals. She is on the editorial board of the *Journal of Family Business Management* and is a reviewer for academic family business, corporate governance, and management journals.
