Education creates opportunities, but confidence and critical thinking turn those opportunities into success.
Dr. Ahmed Bakri is an international finance and real estate trainer with over 17 years of global teaching and consulting experience. He specializes in capital budgeting, corporate finance, real estate investment, hospitality finance, valuation, and data-driven decision-making.
He holds a PhD in Finance and an MSc in International Finance from the University of Dundee, Scotland, UK, where his doctoral research focused on capital budgeting and investment decision-making, a core pillar of real estate finance. He also holds a Certificate in Real Estate Investment from the University of Oxford, further strengthening his expertise in real estate markets and investment analysis. Dr. Bakri is an active researcher with several published academic articles in international journals.
He trains executives across Europe and the Middle East and teaches at leading institutions including Les Roches Marbella, Glion London, EAE Business School Madrid, and Universidad Europea. At EAE Business School, he also serves as the Director of the Master in Finance. His programs are known for their practical, analytics-driven approach, using applied cases and advanced Excel-based financial models.
PhD in Accountancy and Finance, University of Dundee, Scotland, UK
• Bakri, A., & López, R. S. C. (2026). From Data to Decisions: Educating Future Leaders in AI-Enhanced Hotel Investment. In The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Hospitality Education (pp. 1-30). IGI Global Scientific Publishing.
• Bakri, A., Fifield, S., & Power, D. (2026). Perceptions of capital budgeting and political risk among small-and medium-sized enterprises: evidence from Lebanon. International Journal of Islamic and Middle Eastern Finance and Management, 19(3), 824-839.
• Ashaal, A., Bakri, A., AlKhatib, N., Chreif, M., & Zakhem, N. B. (2024). Harvesting sustainability: Navigating green practices and barriers in Lebanon’s hospitality sector. Business Strategy & Development, 7(2), e369.
• Bakri, A., Fifield, S. G., and Power, D. M. (2022). Capital budgeting practices and political risk: evidence from Lebanon. Qualitative Research in Financial Markets, 14(3), 483-504.
• Alaaraj, H. and Bakri, A. (2020). The Effect of Financial Literacy on Investment Decision Making in Southern Lebanon. International Business and Accounting Research Journal, 4(1), pp.37-43.
• Alaaraj, H. and Bakri, A. (2019). The Effect of Lean Manufacturing on the Financial Performance: Case of the Manufacturing Companies in South Lebanon. Journal of Business and Social Review in Emerging Economies, 5 (2), 237-246
• Ahmed Bakri and Ahmad Ashaal. (2018). A Multidimensional Poverty Analysis: Evidence from Lebanese Data. International Journal of Recent Technology and Engineering (IJRTE) ISSN: 2277-3878
• Ahmed Bakri and Mohammad Saad, Islamic Finance VS Conventional Finance Book, 2018. ISBN: 978-614-426-944-2
• 1st International Conference on Economics Business and Social Science. 2ND IRC 2017- LIU CHAPTER | DECEMBER 21-22, 2017 | “Sustainable Development: Connecting Business and Society in Emerging Economies”
Education creates opportunities, but confidence and critical thinking turn those opportunities into success.