Ahmed Mostafa Kamal

International Career Development Advisor

• International Career Development Advisor
• National Career Development Association (NCDA) Global Connection Committee (GCC) Co-Chair
• Career Development Network (CDN) Board Member
• Assistant Executive Director for the Career Development Network & Director of Mena Operation (San Jose, CA)
• Co-Founder & Senior Partner – GROWAT Saudi Arabia
• UNICEF Advisor
• CRG Sole Licensed Associate in the MENA region (Canada)
• National Career Development Association Leader
• MENA distributor for the career assessment instruments from Career Research & Testing, Inc.
• AM Foundation for career development – Founder
• Former National Career Development Association Affiliate
• Former Advisory Board Member, National Board for Certified Counselor (NBCC) International
• Ahmed is rapidly becoming the career development leader and expert throughout the Middle East. He is the
• founder of Career Development in the MENA Region. He began the first career development project in Egypt
• funded by USAID in 2006. Then he extended his efforts to other countries in the region. Later he worked in other
• countries in Europe and Asia and worked in the USA and Canada. His main focus as enriching Arab individuals,
• teams, organizations, and even countries with the required knowledge, materials, tools, and experiences to benefit
• from a professional career development process—all translated and adapted for the Arab culture.
• • 2019 got his credential as a certified master career services (CMCS) from the NCDA
• • 2018 got his credential as a certified career service provider (CCSP) from the NCDA
• • 2015 got his certificate as Mental Health Facilitator (MHF) from the national board for certified counselor
• (NBCC) & Center for credential & Education (CCE)
• • 2013 elected to the NBCC International Advisory Council
• • 2012 became the first international graduate from the NCDA leadership academy.
• • 2011 became the first National Career Development Association (NCDA) International Career
• Development Facilitator (CDF) Master Trainer
• • July 2010, he was certified and became the first and only CRG Licensed Associate in the MENA region.
• • June 2010 became the NCDA Affiliate.
• • June 2009 became the first certified Career Development Facilitator Instructor (CDFI) in the MENA
• region.
• His work has included training over than 1000 counselors, facilitators, coaches, and guides in Egypt and KSA,
• Qatar, Turkey since October 2009.
• October 2009 – Present, he is responsible of the establishment of the first career development model for youth
• (Funded by the UNICEF) among Ministry of Youth and other non-profit organization.
• August 2010- March 2011, he was responsible of establishing the first career development model in education
• (funded by British international school)
• August 2011 – Jan 2012, he was responsible of the first career development model for the Ministry of Education
• in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (Funded by the CSR unit of the Rawabi Holding – Alkhobar KSA)
• Mr. Mostafa holds nine additional international certifications in career development, Mental Health, business, and
• Distance learning.
• Mr. Mostafa won the international award from the National Career Development Association (NCDA-USA) 2011
• as the best international career development practitioner, and the GCDF award from the National Board for
• Certified Counselor (NBCC-USA) as the best international Global Career Development Facilitator 2015.