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Yasmina Azhari
Partner & Deputy General Manager
Trade Coordination Office (1979)
Founder, Owner and General Manager, Mira Trading LLC ( 2010)
Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year Syria 2011
Email: y-azhari@scs-net.org
Address: Al Moutanabbi strt, Aounah Buildng, Lattakia, Syria
Telephone: +963 41 235183
Since 1979, Yasmina Azhari, a pioneer businesswoman in Syria, is the founder, owner and general manager of Mira Trading, LLC. Yasmina is also a partner and vice president of Trade Coordination Office (TCO), a shipping agency representing Maersk Shipping Line in Syria.
Through great will and driven entrepreneurial charisma, Yasmina made TCO a prosperous business, enjoying loyal clients and a favorable workplace for approximately 80 employees around Syria, a market traditionally dominated by men. Today Yasmina’s time is focused on Mira Trading that owns and operates malls. She also spends time on the import/export business AL YAM LLC.
Following her family’s legacy in commerce and charitable and community work, she founded Mawared, an NGO aimed at supporting female ventures; a committee to protect Slunfeh and Kassab forests; and was elected a president of Bashaer Al Nour, an NGO that cares for individuals with autism and Down syndrome. She also entered into an arrangement with Tishreen University to train fresh graduates.
In 1999, Yasmina was nominated to be the Honorary Consul of the Netherlands at Lattakia & Tartous as well as a representative of the Dutch organization PUM, which promotes self-sustainability and private sector development. She was the first woman to be on the board of the Lattakia Chamber of Commerce and was elected three times as the Head of Lattakia Business Women’s Committee.
Yasmina has been a board member and advisor for many organizations, was selected twice by Forbes as one of the 50 most powerful Arab Business Women and was chosen among the most 100 powerful women in the Arab World by the Arabian Business.
Yasmina was decorated by H.M The Queen of The Netherlands as a "Knight".
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