#Iconic_Audencians: Ramin Shahzamani (EuroMBA 22), supporting vulnerable children
- Business
- Le 18 septembre 2023
Ramin Shahzamani, EuroMBA 2022, CEO War Child, Amsterdam
Ramin was born in Iran, which he left at the age of 10, then spent a year in Britain and the rest of his childhood in Canada. He speaks English, Spanish and Persian, to which he adds some Italian and French.
In this brief presentation of Ramin Shahzamani, we mention no less than eleven countries. How else to describe the incredible international journey of a man whose career is driven by the desire to help the most disadvantaged?
Although he is realistic about the scale of the task - some 220 million children are affected by conflict around the world - Ramin is nonetheless fundamentally optimistic, an essential trait for working in the humanitarian sector.
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