Professor Hardeep Anant has led the BBA and MBA programs at CUCA since their inception. He has a PhD in Business Management from the University Business School, Panjab University, India; where he taught courses like Organizational Behavior & Business Communication to MBA students for several years. During a career that spans three decades he has served several multinational organizations as a behavioral consultant, led an entrepreneurial venture (a training institute), served in key leadership roles in industry and academia, and taught Organizational Behavior and Soft Skills at leading business schools in Singapore, Dubai and India.  He has presented research papers at international academic conferences in USA, UK, UAE, Europe and India. His core research interests are related to the domains of interpersonal communication within organizations, and learning and development.

Dr. Muhamad Jumaa is an Associate Professor, BBA coordinator and Department Chair of Finance and Accounting at City University College of Ajman. He earned his PhD with a specialization in Economics from Damascus University. He had previously completed his Master’s and Bachelor’s with concentration in Economics from the University of Damascus and respectively. Apart from these coveted academic qualifications, Dr. Jumaa gained a professional qualification of Certified Management Accountant (CMA) and Certified Financial Manager (CFM).

He has over 18 years of teaching experience at various institutions in UAE and Syria. Dr. Jumaa has a vast research-based experience, having published and presented several papers in the areas of Accounting, Finance and Economics in reputable peer-reviewed journals and conferences. He has rich administrative experiencing in different universities. His current and future research interests include, but not limited to accounting, finance and economics.

Dr. Gihan received her PhD from Fayoum University – Cairo Egypt in 2011 and holds 20 years of educational background, which enabled her to get a wide perspective of Tourism and Hospitality courses. Dr. Gihan has taught for several years in Egypt and three years in both The American University of Sharjah and the University of Sharjah. She has proven expertise in her teaching that covers a wide range of courses in Tourism Guidance such as: Tourism Management, Tourism Marketing, Arabian Peninsula History & Archeology, Islamic Culture& Civilization, Islamic Architecture, and also few general courses and has published various academic books and research.

Dr. Saju holds a Mechanical Engineering degree from National Institute of Technology NIT, Kozhikode (India) and an MBA degree from Faculty of Management Studies (FMS), Delhi University. He received his Ph.D. in Management (Marketing) from Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT), India. He has 18 years of industry experience and 16 years of academic experience.

Before moving into full-time academics, he had worked with companies such as Bosch (India) Ltd, SRF Ltd and Contract Advertising (J Walter Thompson group company), in various capacities. His industry experience spans over production, project Management and marketing & advertising. Prior to joining CUCA, UAE, he worked for leading business schools such as XIME Bangalore, ICFAI University Business School Kochi and SCMS Kochi.

Dr. Saju is a reviewer for Journal of Marketing and Logistics of Emerald Publications and a Ph.D. examiner for Bharathiar University, a public university located in Coimbatore, India. He has many research papers and book chapters to his credit. Dr. Saju is the author of the book “Status Consumption – A Honey Trap: Materialism and Social Pressure As Key Contributors.

Dr. Bassam is an Associate Professor of Information Technology/Information Systems and Department Chair of Management Information Systems at the City University College of Ajman (CUCA). He obtained his PhD in Information Technology/Information Systems from the University of Utara Malaysia, Malaysia in 2010, Master of Software for Computers and Computer-Aided Systems (Information Systems) in 1997, and a Bachelor of Software for Computers and Computer-Aided Systems (Information Systems) in 1996. He has been involved in higher education since 1998, and taught both undergraduate and postgraduate courses. In addition, he has extensive experience working in quality assurance at the higher education level.

Dr. Bassam has also presented research at leading academic conferences, such as the International Conference on Business Strategies and Consumer Behavior along with the International Conference for Knowledge. His research has been published in several American journals including the American Academic and Scholarly Research Journal and the American Journal of Scientific Research.

Since 1998, He held a number of academic positions. These include Associate Professor and Department Chair of Management Information Systems at the City University College of Ajman, Assistant Professor of Information Systems at Al Faisal University (KSA), Assistant Professor of Information Systems at Jarash University (Jordan), and Lecturer of Information Systems at the University of Utara Malaysia (Malaysia). In addition, he is an external examiner for three PhD theses. Finally, he has supervised two master’s theses and published 24 scientific papers that has been cited nearly 616 times.

Dr. Wafaa has been in the ELT profession for almost 20 years. Teaching has always been her passion and her drive. She’s particularly interested in FLA as well as the research related to linguistic competence and performance. She has obtained a master’s degree in English Language and Linguistics from the University of Khartoum, as well as the CELTA and DELTA through the British Council in Dubai. Her Proficiency in Arabic (her mother tongue), English, and French, as well as my Diploma in translation and interpreting, have qualified her to take up professional translation and interpreting at some point in her career (the French Embassy in Khartoum, The British Embassy in Khartoum and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Khartoum). She has been in CUCA for seven years, teaching General English, Exam preparation classes, as well as Academic Writing courses. She has been in the position of Acting Department Chair for the English Department for nearly two years now.

Dr. Adel received his licentiate of Law, Cairo University, Bani Sweif Branch in 1990, with Grade “A”, and was appointed as a teaching assistant in the College in 1992. He received his Master’s of Law from the Faculty of Law, Cairo University in 1993, and was appointed as an assistant professor in 1993 in the Faculty of Law, Bani Sweif Branch. He received his Ph. D. of Law from Cairo University in association with Paris University in 2003, and was appointed as an Associate Professor in 2003. In 2010, he was appointed as Head of the International Private Law Section and was assigned as Head of Law Dept. in City University College in Ajman since 2013 till present. He has conducted 11 research papers and 10 study books.

Dr. Ali received his BDS, MSc, PhD Graduated from University of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq. Following the Doctorate, joined University of Baghdad in Baghdad as an assistant professor in the Department of Conservation. In 2006 joined Ajman University (Fujairah campus) as a permanent faculty member in Restorative department. In 2011 was appointed as Deputy Dean of the college in Fujairah. Successfully headed the faculty members for the development of the College in Fujairah through a perfect expansion and development plan, leading the dental internship training program in Fujairah campus and to be one of the most frequent external examiner for postgraduate program in Ajman University and undergraduate programs in Gulf dental and Ras Al Khaima dental schools. In 2019, Acting Dean at the college of Dentistry University of Science and technology in Fujairah. Currently is Associate Professor and Dean of the Dentistry program at CUCA.