Prof. Moneer Tolephih, PhD, is President of the University of Baghdad which is the largest University in Iraq. Previous roles included President of Al-Ayen University, President of Kerbala University and Dean of the Technical College in Baghdad. He has deep experience of working in the mechanical and industrial engineering sectors.

Tolephih is co-author with Tony Nelson of Wisdom for Leadership and he first graduated the pilot phase of the leadership programme and then became chief assessor of the 5,000-word assignment each participant had to write detailing their applied leadership learning. Moneer wrote and delivered a workshop about the leadership of the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) which subsequently informed a chapter in the book exploring the rationalist and humanistic aspects of the Prophet's personality and wisdom as an extraordinary leader.