Background
Yasser Elshantaf was born in Al-Shati camp in Gaza Strip on January 20, 1983. His parents became refugees after they fled their homes in Jaffa during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.
2009
Stuttgart
Yasser Elshantaf, Nationaler IT-Gipfel
2015
Hannover, Germany
Yasser Elshantaf, CeBIT 2015
2018
Berlin
Yasser Elshantaf, Alghad TV
Yāsir Elshāntāf
entrepreneur Chief Executive Officer
Yasser Elshantaf was born in Al-Shati camp in Gaza Strip on January 20, 1983. His parents became refugees after they fled their homes in Jaffa during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.
He studied computer information systems, political science and crisis management.
Elshantaf started his career in Palestine as IT consultant and served in various capacities in the field of organizational development and strategy. Since 2004, he carried out consulting projects for the World Bank, European Union, and the American Friends Service Committee.
He is currently Managing Partner & CEO of PhoenixBird Diversity Management GmbH in Berlin, and also Co-founder of PhoenixBird Information Technology and Systems L.T.D.
Elshantaf is liberal and a democrat who believes peace has to be made between people, rather than between governments.
It is better for those who claim patriotism to respect and appreciate the citizen.
Quotations: The Palestinian private sector not looking for donation, it’s looking for real business partners.
co-founder of the German-Palestinian Business Council DPW e.V , Germany
International Non-Profit Business Association for CEOs and Entrepreneurs , United States
Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Berlin , Germany
The Palestinian Information Technology Association of Companies , Palestinian Territory
Creative, skeptical, and driven.
He is married and has a son and a daughter.