Dr. Majed is a Customs Consulting Partner at BDO Samman Tax Consulting Co. His experience covers customs valuation, tariff matters, customs operations and strategic planning, combining senior positions at Jordan Customs and Dubai Customs with university teaching and research in accounting.
At Jordan Customs, he served as Director of Planning and Organisation, Director of Valuation Affairs, and head of several customs centres. He participated in committees reviewing valuation and tariff disputes and customs grievances, and contributed to procedural simplification, organisational restructuring and the customs single window initiative. He also led the monitoring and evaluation team for the Jordan Customs modernisation project undertaken in cooperation with the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC). At Dubai Customs, he served as Senior Strategic Planning Specialist.
Dr. Majed held assistant professor positions in accounting at Applied Science Private University, the University of Petra and Philadelphia University. He has published 19 peer-reviewed research papers in Scopus-indexed journals. He also represented Jordan Customs in international meetings and workshops and delivered customs valuation training for Djibouti Customs and participants from Arab customs administrations.
Professional affiliations
- Head of the Commercial and Economic Sector, Union of Arab Academics and Scientists.
- Member, Jordanian Tax Experts Association.
- Member, Union of Arab Tax Experts.
- Member, Union of Arab Academics and Scientists.
- Member, Jordanian Society for Scientific Research and Entrepreneurship.
Professional credentials
- Accredited tax representative and authorised agent, Category A, Jordan’s Income and Sales Tax Department.
- Assessor certificate for the King Abdullah II Award for Excellence in Government Performance and Transparency, King Abdullah II Center for Excellence.
- Training of Trainers certificate, ILM, United Kingdom, 2015.