A Lebanese national, Ursula El Hage is also honorary citizen of Ecuador. She is EDBA candidate at Paris Dauphine-USJ and holds an MBA from IDE Business School, Ecuador.
Besides being a quality expert at the Saint Joseph University (USJ) and an expert and lecturer on innovation and quality management, she is a TEDx speaker on innovation and a former vice-president of CODEFE, the Ecuadorian partner of EFQM (European Foundation for Quality Management), wherein she is a Trainer and Award Lead Assessor.
Ms. El Hage co-founded the European Management Center in Ecuador and also worked at IDE Business School (IESE group) as the Entrepreneurship Center’s founding director. At the Presidency of the Republic of Ecuador, she has headed the Innovation Office responsible for the conception of the National E-government Plan, the Procedure Simplification Process, and the National Program for Excellence.