Sadegh Akbari

Sadegh Akbari

CEO's Advisor on Legal Affairs, Properties and Investment

Resume and Work Experience

Executive and Management Experience:

1. Expert at Urban Planning Studies Center, Ministry of Interior (1996-2000)
2. Secretary of Water Resources Pollution Prevention Commission (Waste Management), Ministry of Interior's Development Planning Office (2001)
3. Head of Planning Group, Ministry of Interior's Development Planning Office (2002)
4. Acting Head of Rural Affairs Office and General Manager of Municipalities and Rural Districts Organization (2003)
5. General Manager of Rural Studies and Planning Office, Municipalities and Rural Districts Organization (2005-December 2007)
6. Research Deputy at Urban and Rural Studies Research Institute, Municipalities Organization (December 2007-April 2008)
7. Advisor to Deputy Minister and Head of Organization for Investment, Economic and Technical Assistance of Iran (2008)
8. General Manager of Foreign Economic Relations Office, Organization for Investment, Economic and Technical Assistance of Iran, Ministry of Economic Affairs and Finance (April 2009-December 2017)
9. Executive Board Member of New Cities Development Company, Ministry of Roads and Urban Development (December 2017-present)
10. Executive Officer of Economic and Trade Working Group, Supreme Council of Iranians Abroad (2008-2013)
11. Board Member of Khuzestan Industrial Towns Company (2014-December 2017)
12. Minister's Representative, Manager, Coordinator and Organizer of Joint Economic Cooperation Commission Meetings with China, Germany, India, Czech Republic, Hungary, South Africa, Pakistan, Brazil, Bosnia and Herzegovina
13. Chairman of Economic, Investment and Banking Committee in Joint Commission Meetings with South Africa, Russia, India, China, Bulgaria, Germany, Brazil, Czech Republic, Hungary, Afghanistan, Ghana, Algeria and others
14. Board Member of New Cities Development Company (Specialized Parent)

Short-term Training Courses:

1. Completed "Planning and Financing Urban Local Economic Development" course at Human Settlement Management Institute (HSMI), India (November 25-December 6, 2002)
2. Completed "Poverty & Social Impact of Reform" course at Management and Planning Organization in collaboration with UNDP and World Bank (October 19-21, 2002)
3. Completed Seven Basic Computer Skills (ICDL) course
4. Completed Industrial and Semi-industrial Project Feasibility Study course based on UNIDO method using COMFAR Expert III software, Iran Industrial Training and Research Center (24 hours, 2009)
5. Completed "Introduction to Financing Potentials in Iran" course at Investment Organization (12 hours, 2011)
6. Participated in International Workshop on "Public-Private Partnership" (PPP) (24 hours, 2011)
7. Completed "Introduction to Modern Financing and Investment Methods" course (4 hours, 2010)
8. Completed Management Ethics course at State Management Training Center (20 hours, 2012)
9. Completed Network and Information Security in Organizations course (8 hours, 2016)
10. Workshop Intercultural Business Communication, Tehran, January 18, 2017
11. Introduction to Government Financial Regulations Law and its Amendments, Institute for Management and Planning Training and Research affiliated with Presidency (6 hours, 2016)
12. Completed National Security 2 course for managers and sensitive position holders, General Security Office (16 hours, 2015)
13. Completed International Banking Arrangements and Transactions course at Middle East Bank (10 hours, 2017)
14. Completed "Financing and Building Smart Cities" course in China (104 hours, October 2019)

List of Scientific and Research Articles:

1. Presented "Social Development Indicators of the Country" at Social Development Seminar, Ministry of Interior, Social Affairs Office, Collection of Social Development Conference Articles, Scientific and Cultural Publications, 2001
2. Democracy in Municipal Affairs Management and Citizen Participation (Translation), Urban Planning and Management, Theoretical and Practical Challenges, Municipalities Organization Publications, 2002
3. How Councils Can Understand Their City's Problems, Municipalities Monthly Magazine, No. 6, November 1999
4. Livable Street, Municipalities Monthly Magazine, No. 8, January 2000
5. Book Review: "Urban Spaces, Methods of Perception and Experience" by Peter Dickens, Book of the Month, December 2000
6. Scientific Research Article "Social Capital and Urban Governance", Geographic Research Quarterly, Isfahan University, Amir Kabir Research Institute and Climatology Research Institute, Year 21, No. 4, Winter 2006
7. Scientific Research Article "Rural-Urban Relations and Factors of Iran's Underdevelopment in Qajar Period", Geography Quarterly, Scientific-Research Journal of Iranian Geographic Association, Year 3, No. 6 and 7, Fall and Winter 2005, Published 2008
8. Scientific Research Article "Rural-Urban Relations and Their Developmental Effects: Case Study of Savojbolagh County", Geography Quarterly, Scientific-Research Journal of Iranian Geographic Association, Year 3, No. 16 and 17, Spring and Summer 2008
9. Presented "Role and Position of Foreign Investment in Financing Economic Projects of ECO Member Countries" at National Conference on Iran and Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO), March 2011, Political and International Studies Office, Ministry of Foreign Affairs