Career
Kawar was one of the youngest of Jordan"s ambassadors, who at the time of his appointment had been involved in developing Jordan"s information and communications technology sector. Kawar was succeeded by Prince Zeid Ra"ad Zeid al-Hussein, returning to his home country of Jordan. On 21 September 2010, The King"s Academy Board of Trustees announced the appointment of Karim Kawar as chairman of the board, following the resignation of Founding Chairman Professor Safwan Masri.
In 2007 Kawar rejoined the Jordan-based Kawar Group of Companies as its president
Kawar also is the Chairman of IrisGuard, Incorporated., which specializes in the deployment of iris recognition systems for border and homeland security. He is a principal shareholder and advisor to Optimiza Solutions, a provider of management consulting, technology enablement and outsourcing services in the Middle East.
Kawar grew up in Amman, Jordan. He graduated from Boston College, in 1987 with a Bachelor of Science in management, finance and computer science.
At the age of twenty, Kawar established his first company and headed an umbrella group that encompassed ten information systems and software companies.
The Economic Consultative Council was the first 21-member body that included public and private sector leaders established to advise the Monarch on economic and social issues. In 1999 led a team of 40 Jordanian Information Technology professionals under the REACH Initiative to develop a strategy to launch the Information Technology industry in Jordan. Kawar also served as Chairman of the Information Technology Association of Jordan (INTAJ), and before that as President of the Jordan Computer Society.
Kawar was selected as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum and was also selected as an Eisenhower Fellow for the year 2000.
Kawar also served as the Network Coordinator of the United Nations Information and Communication Technologies Task Force - Arab Regional Network.
