Ursula El Hage is lecturer in Innovation and quality expert for Saint-Joseph University of Beirut (USJ). She is former Vice-President of CODEFE, a European Foundation for Quality Management partner organization. At the Presidency of the Republic of Ecuador she served as Head of the Innovation Office. Ursula El Hage is a DBA candidate at Paris-Dauphine. She holds a BA in Management from USJ and an MBA from IDE Business School. She volunteers as Faculty Sponsor for the University Innovation Fellows and as an international assessor for EFQM. In 2009, she received the Ecuadorian nationality for Relevant Homeland Services in Education.