Talal Abu-Ghazaleh

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Talal Abu-Ghazaleh born on April 22nd, 1938 in Jaffa - Palestine, He went on to pursue his higher education at the American University of Beirut. He is the Chairman and Founder of Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Organization (TAGorg), the largest Arab global group of professional service firms in the fields of accounting, management consulting,and related lines of business.

1 Selected Honours
2 Academic Associations
3 Artistic Sponsorships
4 External Links
5 References

[edit] Selected Honours

Mr. Talal Abu-Ghazaleh

▪ Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters, Canisius College, New York, USA, 1988.
▪ Decoration of the Republic of Tunisia, 1985.
▪ Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur, France, 1985.
▪ Coat of Arms of the Kuwaiti Association of Accountants and Auditors, 1983.
▪ Gold Mercury International Award, Bahrain, 1978.
▪ Decoration of Independence of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, Jordan 1967.

[edit] Academic Associations

▪ Microsoft Academy for Business Solutions/ Talal Abu-Ghazaleh College of Business (TAGCB) in collaboration with the German Jordanian University and Microsoft.
▪ Talal Abu-Ghazaleh College of Business (TAGCB) at the German Jordanian University (2006).
▪ Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Graduate School of Business and Management at the American University of Beirut, Lebanon (1980).
▪ Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Research Center, Canisius College, Buffalo, USA (1988).
▪ Abu-Ghazaleh Cambridge IT Skills Center, Amman, Jordan(2001).

[edit] Artistic Sponsorships

▪ Patron, L’Association pour le Rayonnement de l’Opéra national de Paris (AROP), since 2004.
▪ Patron, Lebanese National Symphony Orchestra (LNSO), since 2003.
▪ Patron, Freunde der Salzburger Festspâele since 1976.
▪ Board of Trustees and Chair, National Music Conservatory (NMC), Amman, Jordan (2003-2005).
▪ Patron, The Second Modernity: The Artistic Collaboration of Fairuz and Ziad Rahbani Conference, Anis Makdisi Program in Literature, American University in Beirut (AUB), Lebanon (2006).
▪ Patron, Walid Gholmieh Symphonies (2006).
▪ 28th General Assembly for the International Music Council, Petra (Jordan), 22-25 September 1999.
▪ TAGO Golden Jubilee concert, London, July 1997.