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Ahmed Larouz is a founder of Bridgizz ltd an Amsterdam-based global Communication, Marketing and Design company, focusing on Diversity in Europe as well as in the MENA region. Prior to that he was advisor (more than 15 years) on Intercultural Management, he is active in the fields of diversity, integration and immigration. Ahmed has consulted commercial businesses government and social organizations but also coached trained researched communicated and scouted thousands of people for the labor market.

Ahmed is associate at Koeweiden Postma and Brand New. They are one of the leading graphic design agencies in the Netherlands. Specialised in corporate and brand identities.

Ahmed is a Board Member of various organizations in The Netherlands as well as at the international level. Among these are The Cedar Network (Europe’s First Muslim Professional’s Network), Rabobank (2006-2008 at Rabobank Sloten-Badhoevedorp, before the fusion with Rabobank Amsterdam in 2009), TANS, (co-founder and chairman between 2000-2006) a network of highly educated immigrants, Marokko Fonds (co-founder and vice-president, a fund to promote cooperation and development in Morocco). He is a founding member of different ethnic entrepreneurs networks: MON (Moroccan) and Nanto (Antillean), Samen in Zaken a platform of Amsterdam's Entrepreneurs Networks and advisor of the board of the Agency for International Business Cooperation in The Netherlands.

Ahmed has also invented, initiated and organized Ramadan Festival. The first of its kind in the western world. Focuses on making the daily lives and experiences of Western Muslims more transparent and accessible to Non-Muslims. Ahmed is implementing this approach in different cities through the globe. The festival comprises over 1000 activities in more than forty Dutch cities, Belgium, Switzerland, Norway, UK with Poland, France and the United States in the pipeline.

Ahmed Larouz was also a winner of the Marketplace of Ideas competition at the United Nation's Alliance of Civilizations in Turkey (april 2009).

Mr. Larouz holds a bachelor's degree in [Information and Computer Science] from the Hague Polytechnic.