“With his deep and varied experience in both academia and government, Dr. Yousef Al Zalzalah was well-pre- pared, to put it mildly, when he entered the business world in 2006. At the University of Kuwait, he has chaired a department and held senior administrative positions involved in both academic and student affairs. In the Kuwait government he has served as a Member of Parliament (MP) and Chairman of its Financial and Economic Committee, and also as the Minister of Commerce and Industry.”