Yara A. Asmar is a Vice President with Teneo’s Strategy and Communications business, based in Dubai. She has ten years of experience in political communications, civic education and policy advocacy, primarily in the MENA region.
Yara previously served as the Resident Program Manager at the International Republican Institute in Iraq, focusing on grassroots advocacy and policy reform. She also held the role of Regional Strategy Manager at the Friedrich Naumann Foundation in Jordan, where she led a regional Innovation in Politics forum and competition, collaborating with governmental and non-governmental entities in both the MENA region and the EU to facilitate policy reform initiatives.
She holds a Master’s Degree in International Relations from Central European University, specializing in contentious politics in the MENA region.