Mazoon College , Institutional Standards Reassessment II, May 2022
 
Dr. Brian Poole
 
Dr Brian Poole has taught and managed at universities in various countries around the world, but principally in the UK, Oman and Singapore. In Oman he has worked in senior quality assurance roles at Sohar University and the former Caledonian College of Engineering, and as a QA advisor in the Ministry of Manpower. However, his main affiliation in the Sultanate has been at Majan University College, where he has completed a total of nine years of service in a variety of roles (Head of English, College Director of Quality Assurance, and now Associate Dean for Teaching and Research). Dr Brian’s doctoral thesis was on the subject of ‘professional doctorates’ (such as EdD and DBA) and the extent to which they are seen as equivalent to PhD by academics in the UK. He has also published widely on other aspects of higher education, including quality assurance, and on issues in the fields of discourse analysis, English lexicology and English language teaching. He has been an external examiner at two UK universities and has presented at international conferences in, for example, Thailand, Singapore, Turkey, Serbia and Oman.

 
Prof. Gerhard Apfelthaler
 
Gerhard Apfelthaler is Dean and Professor at the School of Management at California Lutheran University in Thousand Oaks, California. He received his Ph. D. in Social and Economic Sciences from the Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration (WU) in Vienna, Austria after studies in Austria, Taiwan, and the United States. He authored several books in English and German, and he published articles in leading academic journals including Industrial Marketing Management, the Service Industries Journal, the Journal of World Business, the European Journal of International Management, the Journal of Small Business Management, the International Journal of Management Education, the Journal of International Learning, and several others. He is also a co-founder and editor of the European Journal of International Management. He has lectured at universities in a number of countries including Austria, Australia, Austria, Colombia, Iceland, Oman, Pakistan, Singapore, Thailand, and the United States, and is the co-founder of several companies including Oak Therapeutics, Inc., (USA), CURE Pharmaceutical (USA), AT Consult (USA and Austria), and the non-profit organization Start-Up Kids. Before moving to California, he has been the Chair of the Department of International Management at FH Joanneum University of Applied Sciences in Graz (Austria). Previously, he served as Commercial Attaché to the Austrian Embassy in Singapore, as Austria’s Deputy Trade Commissioner to the United States (Los Angeles office), as Dean of International Business Studies at FHS Kufstein Tirol, and as coordinator of the international postgraduate program of the Community of European Management Schools (CEMS), among others. 
 
Dr Saleh Al Khusaiby
 
Dr Saleh Mohammed Al Khusaiby graduated in 1974 from University of Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania and joined the Ministry of Health in Oman in 1976.  Dr Saleh was awarded the Diploma of Tropical Child Health from the University of Liverpool in 1980 and was awarded a higher degree MRCP (UK) in 1982.  He sub-specialized in Pediatric Neonatology at the University Hospital in London where he undertook research on Perinatal Mortality and Morbidity and was awarded PhD in 1992 from the University of London.   In 1989 Dr Saleh was appointed as a Consultant Pediatrician and Head of Neonatal services in the Ministry of Health and was responsible for the development of the neonatal services in Oman.  He later became the Head of Child Health and was extensively involved in developing all child health programs.  He was made the Deputy DG of the Royal Hospital in Muscat, involved in the administration of the hospital.   Within the Ministry of Health, Dr Saleh was elected to chair many national committees and participated extensively in the organization and improvement of the health services in the country.  Dr Saleh has actively contributed in postgraduate and undergraduate teaching and training.  In September 2004, Dr Saleh was seconded by the Ministry of Health and appointed to join the Oman Medical College as Dean.   Dr Saleh has been an examiner of both national and international Boards of Examinations.  He is currently Chief Organizer and Examiner of the Royal College of Pediatrics and Child Health (UK).  He has received a number of International Awards, including the Charles C. Shepard Science Award (CDC 2002) and was honored in 2004 by the World Health Organization.  In 2006, he was appointed as a member of the Oman Research Council (Health and Social Services) and also appointed as a member of the Board of Trustees of the Oman Medical Specialty Board.
 
Dr Shakir Al Musili
 
Dr. Shakir Al-Musili received a B.Sc. degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Baghdad, in 1981 and worked in the adhesives industry as a Production Engineer for several years. Joined the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering at Loughborough University of Technology-UK, as Teaching and Research Assistant in 1986 working towards his Ph.D. degree, which was awarded in 1991, specializing in the field of Power Electronics and Machine Drives. Between 1992 and 1997 Dr. Al-Musili worked as Engineering Director establishing and managing the operations of the Bonding Pastes Industry in Amman, Jordan. In 1993 and until 2000 he also worked for the Faculty of Engineering at Al Isra Private University, Amman-Jordan, as an Assistant Professor, where he served as Head of the Electrical Engineering Department between 1994 and 1998. Dr. Al-Musili then moved to Canada and joined Schneider-Electric, Mississauga, Ontario, as a Research Engineer during 2001-2002 working on the design and development of a Programmable DC Protective Relay unit. In 2002 he joined the Ministry of Manpower, Muscat-Oman, first as Dean of Al Musanna College of Technology and, in 2010, as Dean of Nizwa College of Technology where he provided leadership for pedagogical development and delivery of various disciplines in Engineering, IT and Business programs.  Between 2011-2021 he worked as Technological Education Expert with the Directorate General for Technological Education, Ministry of Manpower, and then the University of Technology and Applied Science, Muscat-Oman supervising the design, delivery, and evaluation of effectiveness of programs and curricula, and advised in the areas of Strategic Planning, Training Needs Assessments, Leadership Training, Performance Management, Development of Legislations, Policies and Strategic Planning. Since the inception of the Oman Authority for Academic Accreditation and Quality Assurance of Education (OAAAQA), he was involved as an external reviewer and participated in auditing and institutional accreditation of many Omani higher education institutes and was involved in the development of the Oman Qualification Framework (OQF). Since August 2021 Dr. Al-Musili is still engaged with the (OAAAQA) as a freelance higher education reviewer based in Dubai-UAE.