Elissar Sarrouh

Elissar Sarrouh is a Professor of Practice on Governance and Sustainability at the Institute for the Study of International Development (ISID) at McGill University in Montreal, Canada. She is the Founder/CEO of Expert Consulting on Governance Inc., and former United Nations Diplomat/Representative. Elissar is also Vice President of the Canadian Association of International Development Professionals and a member of the Institute of Public Administration of Canada.

During her career with the UN, she held several senior representational, leadership and advisory positions in several countries including New York, Belgium, Egypt, Lebanon, United Arab Emirates, Qatar and Sultanate of Oman. Her professional profile includes extensive experience in Canada with the Parliamentary Centre, CIDA, IDRC, and Canadian Development and Humanitarian organizations. She served on several Canadian and International Boards including the Parliamentary Center Board of Directors and the Laussane based The Evian Group - Economic Order in the Global Era Board of Directors.

Elissar Sarrouh is a leading expert on governance reforms, development planning and strategies, and CSR for sustainable inclusive development. Her areas of expertise include in-depth knowledge of governance institutions, policies and models; development priorities, public institutions and public service reforms, social policies, inclusive economic policy challenges, and political institutions reforms in transition and post-conflict countries. While her expertise is of a global scope, her specialized expertise is MENA and Arab Gulf states.

Professor Sarrouh is an author of several policy and research papers, Governance and Development Global and Regional Reports, UN development frameworks and strategic plans, national development strategies and programs and key UN/UNDP publications.