Badr Jafar is CEO of Crescent Enterprises and President of Crescent Petroleum. He is active in other industries including ports and logistics, serving as Chair of the Executive Board of Gulftainer, and private equity, serving on the board of GrowthGate Capital. Badr founded the Pearl Initiative, a non-profit organisation in cooperation with the United Nations Office for Partnerships to promote a corporate culture of transparency and accountability across the Gulf Region of the Middle East. Through his passion for social entrepreneurship, Badr serves on the Boards of Advisors of Sharjah Entrepreneurship Centre and Gaza Sky Geeks, and is Chairman of Endeavor UAE. Badr is active with higher education institutions, serving as a member of the Advisory Boards of Cambridge University Judge Business School, American University of Beirut and American University of Sharjah. Badr was honoured as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum in 2011, is Co-chair of their Family Business Community and is a member of the Stewardship Board of the System Initiative on Economic Progress.