Experience

• American University of Ras Al Khaimah

  Professor of Marketing

  Prof. Zafar is the Founder, President and CEO of Academy of Global Business Advancement (www.agba.us), a Texas (USA) based charitable NGO. Prof. Zafar was a Tenured Full Professor of Marketing and International Business at the Texas A&M University at Commerce, (USA) before moving overseas in 2007. Prof. Zafar earned his BBA in International Business from the University of the State of New York’s Regents College at Albany (USA), an MBA in International Business from the Texas A&M International University (USA), and a Ph.D., with a focus on Branding from the Utah State University (USA) in 1988. Prof. Zafar has well over 10+ year industry experience earned across Africa as an exporter and global entrepreneur, and 30+ years academic experience to his credit accumulated at six different universities across the United States. Prof. Zafar has been advisor and consultant to numerous governmental organizations such as Singapore Ministry of Foreign Affairs, United Nations Development Program, Japan International Cooperation Agency, British Commonwealth Secretariat, and MNCs across Africa and Asia. Prof. Zafar He has got more than 200+ world-class refereed scholarly publications to his credit, has organized and presided over more than 14 global conferences across the world, serves on the editorial board of more than 10 world-class journals, and serves as the Founder and Editor-in-Chief, UK based Journal for Global Business Advancement (www.inderscience.com/jgba), and Founder and Honorary Chief Editor, UK based Journal for International Business and Entrepreneurship Development (www.inderscience.com/jibed).