Nima Abu-Wardeh (

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: نعمة أبو وردة; born June 1968) is a British keynote speaker, creator of online programmes, journalist, columnist and coach. Her talks focus on Equality and Bias, and the Financial Facts Females Find Out The Hard Way. Nima was named Ambassador for Women In Construction - the Big 5, and a judge for WomenTech Network.

Early life and education

Abu-Wardeh was born in

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, Lancashire and is of British-Palestinian and Irish heritage. She moved to Kuwait at the age of 7. Upon returning to England, Abu-Wardeh studied medical engineering at the

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. She went on to pursue a

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(MSc) in health service.

Career

Her work in the area of behavioural economics led her to creating grass-roots personal finance events. UAE Saves Week , created by Nima, trended in 2013. She is of

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& Irish descent and was born in the UK. She presented BBC World's business and finance programme, ''

Middle East Business Report Middle East Business Report is a monthly half-hour programme broadcast globally on BBC World News; covering business stories across the Middle East. Presented by Nima Abu-Wardeh the programme was billed as "''Getting behind the issues of trade ...

'' for its lifetime and was part of the team that set it up. She has written

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s for ''Forbes Arabia'' and has taught media courses at

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in the

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as a visiting lecturer. Nima is an Advisory Board Member for the University of Surrey's GSA (Guildford School of Acting), and a former board member of the Arab Thought Foundation, and the World Congress of History Producers.

References

External links

BBC Middle East Business Report bio pageNima Abu-Wardeh's personal blog
{{DEFAULTSORT:Abu-Wardeh, Nima Living people 1968 births Alumni of the University of Kent BBC newsreaders and journalists BBC World News English people of Irish descent English people of Palestinian descent People from Chorley