Ali Ayadi is the CIPE Country Director in Tunisia. Ayadi has more than 18 years of professional experience working on issues related to good governance, business advocacy, anti-corruption & transparency, and enterprise ecosystems focusing on the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. He is currently working on several programs in Tunisia that seek to provide local organizations with the technical skills to play an active role in Tunisia’s economic and democratic development through policy reform. Prior to arriving to Tunisia, Ayadi was based in Washington, DC as CIPE’s Program Officer overseeing the Gulf, Iraq, and Yemen portfolios for several years.
Ayadi holds an undergraduate degree in political science and a master’s in international commerce and policy from George Mason University. He is a graduate from the Institute for Organization Management (IOM), a professional development program of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation, and he is a Certified Compliance & Ethics Professional – International (CCEP-I) from the Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics (SCCE). Ayadi is fluent in English, Arabic, and French.