Colm Lynch is the KGSP Manager at KAUST where he manages internal and external stakeholders on the development of all operational and strategic aspects of the KGSP. Colm arrived at KAUST from the United Arab Emirates where he was on the management team of Dubai Business Associates which is a graduate management training programme under the patronage of H.H. Sheikh Mohammed. Colm was also Associate Director for RewirEd, a global education conference hosted by Dubai Cares and EXPO2020 Dubai and a senior manager at Falcon and Associates, a private strategic office of the Ruler of Dubai. Colm holds an MBA from University College Dublin, a Masters in Higher Education: Research, Evaluation and Enhancement from Lancaster University, a Postgraduate Diploma in Education and Bachelor degree from Trinity College Dublin.

Nabila works closely with the KGSP team on all programmatic areas and coordinates with the Saudi Cultural Mission. Prior to joining KAUST in 2008, Nabila worked on a number of student and professional exchange programs, including the State Department’s Fulbright and Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship programs, and served as a Business Development Manager at the US-Saudi Arabian Business Council. Nabila is a former Fulbright Scholar. She holds a master’s in Arab Studies with a Business Concentration and a Certificate in International Business Diplomacy from the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service. She also has a master’s in English from Indiana University and a bachelor’s degree in ESL and Teacher Training from the Ecole Normale Superieure in Tunisia.