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From Diplomat to Entrepreneur: Founder of World Trade Advisors Finds Better Quality of Life with Global Services Company

Published: 24 March 2014

Six days before his 33rd birthday, Omar Allam left his secure, comfortable job as a trade diplomat at the Department of Foreign Affairs to pursue his dream of building a trio of global professional services companies.

... The company’s “hand-selected” academy “deans” include McGill University’s Karl Moore, an expert in leadership management strategies. “He bills $6,000 a day to, for example, train Air Canada employees. We’re providing a platform to sell his content.”

Read full article: Ottawa Citizen, March 21, 2014

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