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Yasser Elshantaf

Yasser Elshantaf (Arabic: ياسر الشنتف ‎, Yāsir Elshāntāf; born January 20, 1983) is a Palestinian entrepreneur.Elshantaf was born in Al-Shati camp in Gaza Strip. His parents became refugees after they fled their homes in Jaffa during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. He studied computer information systems, political science and crisis management.In 2009, he traveled to Germany after winning the Konrad-Zuse-Program as an entrepreneur. The prize was presented by the German Foreign Office, and focuses on research and development in the information technology field.He is currently the CEO, of PhoenixBird Diversity Management GmbH in Berlin, that focuses on a wide variety of industries including business management, education, energy and utilities, financial services, healthcare, manufacturing, innovation management, infrastructure and transportation, technology, media and telecommunication. He is also the vice chairman of PhoenixBird Information Technology and Systems L.T.D.Elshantaf has started his career as a consultant with several organizations like the World Bank, European Union, and the American Friends Service Committee.On 29 and 30 March 2012, Elshantaf was invited by the German Foundation for International Legal Cooperation and Center for International Peace Operations to a workshop under the title of Corruption and Compliance in Transition Countries in North Africa to talk about strategies and best practices for international legal cooperation in the fight against corruption in transitional societies.Elshantaf participated in the 12th German-Arab Business Forum, which was held in cooperation between the Arab-German Chamber of Commerce and the German Chamber of Commerce and Industry. He presented a lecture under the title "ICT, the future for Palestine". During his speech, he said famously "the Palestinian private sector not looking for donation, it’s looking for real business partners".Elshantaf talks about the public concern over China's growing economic power, classification criteria for leading companies, and challenges facing the German private sector on the Deutsche Welle program Made in Germany on January 29, 2014 Elshantaf is a co-founder of the German-Palestinian Business Council DPW e.V.; a member of the International Non-Profit Business Association for CEOs and Entrepreneurs, the Junior Chamber International, Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Berlin, and the Palestinian Information Technology Association.He has also been involved in many activities supporting the community and the Palestinian economy.