Zaidoun M.A. Abu Hassan
Representative of the Social Security Corporation
APC Board Member representing Social Security Corporation as of April 09, 2023. Mr. Zaidoun Abu Hassan currently holds the position of Advisor to the President of the Social Security Investment Fund, with a professional experience exceeds more than (33) years, twenty years of which were in the Social Security Investment Fund, the Investment Unit formerly, where Mr. Abu Hassan held several positions, including: Director of the Projects and Special Contributions Finance Department, Director of the Business Development Department in the Investment Unit of the Social Security Corporation, and Director of the Financial and Administrative Department, Human Resources, and Information Technology. Mr. Zaidoun Abu Hassan contributed to the establishment of the investment unit and transferred funds from the Social Security Corporation to the investment unit in 2003.
Mr. Zaidoun Abu Hassan held several other positions in the private sector before joining the Social Security Investment Fund in 2002; where he worked as Director of Contracts at United Business Machines (IBM Jordan), Director of Finance at Al-Jaidah Company in Qatar (one of the largest private companies in Qatar), General Manager of the Eastern Arts Company for Ceramic Production, Commercial Director at the International Trading and Marketing Company for Seafood Importing, and Deputy Branch Manager at Bank of America in the United States of America from (1989 – 1993).
Mr. Zaidoun Abu Hassan is an economic researcher and investment advisor specialized in investment affairs and techniques and international best practices in pension fund investments. He also contributed to reviewing the investment policies of the International Social Security Association of the International Labor Organization in Geneva, Switzerland. He was appointed as Vice-Chairman of the Investment Committee in Switzerland since 2022. Mr. Zaidoun Abu Hassan was a member of the boards of directors of the Jordanian Alra’i Newspaper, the Central Electricity Generating Company, the Jordanian Electric Power Company, and the Arab Phoenix Holdings Company.
Mr. Zaidoun Abu Hassan has many economic and investment articles and publications, many of which have been published in Jordanian daily newspapers. He also lectured on the governance, policies, and methodology of investing pension funds in 2009 at the International Training Center in Toronto, Italy, in addition to his participation in many international, regional, and local seminars and conferences. Mr. Zaidoun Abu Hassan holds a bachelor’s degree in Financial Management/Finance from the University of Southern California, Marshall School of Business, in Los Angeles in 1988. He also obtained a banking license by passing Bank of America Preferred Banking Training Program in 1990.