Prof. Dr. Jean-Marc Aractingi is President of UIPM Global and Chairman of the UIPM Global Board of Professors, providing strategic academic leadership, curriculum oversight, research governance, and quality assurance for UIPM's international academic programmes.

A distinguished French-Lebanese academic, engineer, former Ambassador Extraordinary, international author, and researcher, his multidisciplinary expertise spans engineering, diplomacy, geopolitics, renewable energy, comparative religion, Middle Eastern studies, and higher education.

With more than four decades of international experience, Prof. Aractingi has served as lecturer, researcher, author, engineering executive, and diplomatic representative, contributing to global academic collaboration, innovation, sustainable development, and educational excellence. As a Judge for the QS Reimagine Education Awards 2026, he brings extensive expertise in higher education leadership, quality assurance, interdisciplinary research, and educational innovation.