WORLD TAEKWONDO COUNCIL BIOGRAPHY
- Education
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- Graduate Diploma in Business Administration and Management – 2005 – AICL Sydney
- Graduate Diploma in Public Relations – 2003 – AICL Sydney
- BA in Accounting – 1998 – Baghdad University
- Career/Occupation
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- Founder/CEO of EzyMart Group, From: 2001 – To: Present
- Sports Career/Accomplishments
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- 2020 - El-Hassan Open Championship, Referee Chairman
- 2019 - Asian Junior Taekwondo Championships, Technical Delegate (TD)
- 2019 - Asian Para Taekwondo Open Championships, Technical Delegate (TD)
- 2019 - El-Hassan Open Championship, Referee Chairman
- 2019 - 7th Australian Open, Technical Delegate (TD)
- 2019 - Oceania Open Para, Technical Delegate (TD)
- 2019 - WT President's Cup - Oceania region, Technical Delegate (TD)
- 2019 - 7th Fujairah Open Championship, Technical Delegate (TD)
- 2018 - El-Hassan Open Championship, Referee Chairman
- 2018 - Buenos Aires Youth Olympic Games, Olympic Referee
- 2017 - 5th Fujairah Open Championship, Referee Chairman
- 2016 - Rio Olympic Games, Olympic Referee
- 2014 - Nanjing Youth Olympic Games, Olympic Referee
- Sports Administration
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- Council Member, WT From: 2019 – To: Present
- Trustee, Taekwondo Humanitarian Foundation From: 2019 – To: Present
- Member of Taekwondo for All Committee, WT From: 2019 – To: Present
- Executive Board Member, WTO From: 2018 – To: Present
- Member of the Marketing Committee, WT From: 2017 – To: 2018
- Project Lead, Azraq camp, THF From: 2017 – To: 2018
- Taekwondo NSW Referee Chairman, STA From: 2006 – To: 2016
- Awards
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- 2019 –Excellence in the Business Industry Award, ALCCI
- 2018 –Recipient of Best International Referee in the World Award, MASS Taekwondo
- 2014 –Recipient of Best International Referee in the World Award, MASS Taekwondo
- 2012–Australian Ethnic Business Award
- Languages
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- Vision/Purpose/Goals
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- Always seeking for ways to give back, Maher is currently involved in the World Taekwondo Humanitarian Foundation, which provides health, wellbeing and personal development services in refugee camps and less advantagedcommunities around the world.
As a result of his passionaboutbenefiting those less fortunate, Maher has foundedhis own Non-for-Profit Organization“The Maher Foundation”. Under his leadership, “The Maher Foundation” provideshelp and support to youth and several less advantaged communities.
- Hobbies
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- Spending time with wise friends
- Sports Practiced
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- Taekwondo(8thDan), Tennis and Athletics