Yacine Chikhar

Yacine Chikhar is the Director of Operations and Head of Operations at Algeria Venture since April 2022, overseeing the acceleration program and supporting innovative business start-ups with feasibility assessments, business planning, and market research. Prior to this role, Yacine served as Local Coordinator for the K2K Program at Maastricht School of Management in 2022, managing project coordination and needs assessments for three universities in Algeria. As Executive Program Director at the Algerian Center For Social Entrepreneurship from June 2020 to March 2022, Yacine led incubation programs for impact entrepreneurs and managed program staff. Earlier experience includes roles as Project Manager for UNESCO projects at HDN-Algeria and as an Entrepreneur at CSAUTOMATIK, where Yacine directed company performance and strategic improvements. Yacine's career began with project management at the Friedrich Ebert Foundation, focusing on sustainable development and youth skills training. Yacine holds a Licence en sciences économiques et de gestion in Finance and Financial Services Management from Université Saad Dahlab de Blida (2006-2010).