Zaki Aslan is the Regional Representative of ICCROM for the Arab States and founding director of the ICCROM-Sharjah Regional Conservation Centre, UAE. He is conservation architect who, since 2003, has been Manager of ICCROM's ATHAR Programme (Conservation of Cultural Heritage in the Arab Region), Rome, Italy. He has provided technical advice to Member States on issues related to heritage conservation, management and national planning/ policies; World Heritage procedures; implementation of field projects; and, education, public outreach, capacity building, and curricula development.
He holds a Ph.D. in Heritage Conservation and Management from University College London, U.K., and an MSc degree in Conservation of the Built Environment from the University of Montreal, Canada.