Eng. Mazen Sinokrot

Chairman and CEO of the Sinokrot Global Group since 1982, the Founder and Ex-Chairman of the Palestinian Food Industries Association, and the Regional Director of the Arab Food Industries Federation since 1997. He is also a member of the Board of Directors of:  The Public-Private Joint Economic Committee, the National Reform Committee, the Palestinian Economic Task Force, the Palestinian Free Zone and Industrial Zones Association, and the Board of Registry and Sanction at the Ministry of Higher Education; serves as Secretary of the Private Sector Coordinating Council; member of the Palestinian Businessmen Association and of the Higher Council for Technical Vocational and Education; He also serves as Chairman or Vice-chairman of: The Industrial Modernization Center the Universal Group for Engineering and Consulting the Palestinian Federation of Industries; Vice-Chairman of the Palestinian Standards Institute; He also acted as representative of the Palestinian private sector in local and international activities; has been an associate member in all committees in charge of formulating laws and legislation related to the Palestinian economy (incl. labor, income tax, investment, … etc.); has contributed to many economic trade studies between the PA and other countries; was appointed PA Minister of National Economy in the cabinet of PM Ahmed Qrei’a in Feb. 2005. Mr. Sinokrot holds a BSc with Honors in Industrial Engineering and Production Management from the University of Nottingham in the United Kingdom (1980).