Board Members

ICOMON Board 2022-2025

Chair Dr. Asma Ibrahim
State Bank of Pakistan Museum, Archives, & Art Gallery
Karachi, Pakistan.
Vice-Chair Dr. Damon Monzavi
Bank Melli Museum
Tehran, Iran
Secretary Ms. Juliana Pons
Museo da bolsa do Brasil
São Paulo, Brazil
Treasurer Dr. Jesse Kraft
American Numismatic Society
New York, USA
Member Mr. Majed Alotaibi
Museums Commission, Saudi Arabia Ministry of Culture
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Member Mr. Rochdi Bernoussi
Musées de Bank Al-Maghrib
Rabat, Morocco

 

Dr. Asma Ibrahim
Director, State Bank of Pakistan Museum, Archives, & Art Gallery

An eminent scholar in the fields of Archaeology, Museology, Numismatics and Conservation, Dr. Asma did her Post Doctoral Fellowship as a Fulbright scholar in United States in Archaeological Chemistry, doctor of philosophy(Ph.D) in General History (Numismatics, University of Karachi, Fellow of Salzburg seminar. She is serving as Director, State Bank Museum & Art Gallery Department and has established the first Monetary Museum of Pakistan inaugurated on 1stJuly, 2011, that has earned international acclaim. The task was multi dimensional: theme of the Museum, acquisition of the material as per theme, and training of the staff, designing of the displays and other related works.
She has to her credit first ever Braille Guide book and tactile objects for the visually impaired people visiting State Bank Museum. Special educational and recreational programs for visitors with special needs and others are also devised. This makes this Museum the only fully accessible Museum of Pakistan. State Bank Museum is the First Museum of Pakistan to get the membership of ICOM (International Committee of Museums) and CAM (Commonwealth Association of Museums).

 

Dr. Damon Monzavi
Exhibition Manager, Bank Meli Museum 

Dr. Monzavi is the Exhibition Manager at Bank Melli Museum, Iran. He is a member of ICOM since 2005. He has served as Board member of ICOM MPR – International Committee for Marketing and Public Relations for two terms (2013-2016, 2010-2013) and co-opt Technical advisor of ICOM MPR between 2016-2019.

 

Ms. Juliana Pons

 

Dr. Jesse Kraft
Resolute America Assistant Curator, American Numismatic Society

Jesse is the Resolute Americana Assistant Curator at the American Numismatic Society in New York, USA. His responsibilities include all coins, tokens, medals, and paper currencies of both North and South America. He is currently expanding his dissertation into a book that explores the methods used by consumers and merchants to successfully navigate the circulation of foreign coinage in the United States (and earlier colonies), ca. 1650-1857. He has published articles and chapters on an array of monetary issues from the turn of the 16th century to the present, such as a contrast between the Lima and Potosí mints in the 16th and 17th centuries, Philadelphia goldsmiths of the late 18th century, and the divisive Stone Mountain commemorative half dollar of 1925.

 

Mr. Majed Alotaibi
Partnerships Portfolio Manager, Museums Commission

Mr. Alotaibi is a cultural and heritage professional currently serving as a Partnerships Portfolio Manager at the Museums Commission within the Ministry of Culture for Saudi Arabia. He is a specialist in Islamic numismatics, with a particular focus on Umayyad and early Abbasid cionage, and has participated in numerous international conferences on numismatics. He is also the author of two literature books in Arabic, published in 2010 and 2015, alongside a wide range of articles and publications in various journals, magazines, and newspapers.

 

Mr. Rochdi Bernoussi

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