Dr Moneim El-Meligi received his earlier education in Egypt; he obtained his undergraduate degree in Philosophy from Alexandria University, a Diploma of Education from Ain-Shams University and an MA in Psychology from Cairo University. He pursued his graduate education in UK where he obtained his PhD in 1954 from the Institute of Psychiatry of London University.

From 1955-1961, he taught at both Ain-Shams and Cairo Universities. He was a founding member of the Egyptian Association of Psychological Studies and participated in drafting the Egyptian national legislation governing the practice of psychotherapy.

In 1961, he was Visiting Professor at the State University of New York at New Paltz. From there, he joined the New Jersey Neuro- Psychiatric Institute at Princeton to further his research in the diagnosis and treatment of mental illness.

In 1965, the Rutgers Graduate School of Management invited him to participate in seminars to train executives from major American corporations. The enthusiasm with which the executives received his presentations led to the offer of a position as Professor of Organization Management at Rutgers University, a position he held from 1972 until 1983.

While at Rutgers, Professor El-Meligi embarked on his consultancy career with J P Morgan where he developed the widely acclaimed Organization Management Seminars, now known around the world as OM I and OM II. Currently, his teaching and consultancy work extends to Europe and South East Asia. For the last twenty years, he has been a consultant for different organizations in Singapore, both public and private.

Dr El-Meligi is affiliated to various scientific and professional organizations including the American Psychological Association, World Federation of Mental Health and the International Society of General Semantics. He is also a Founding Fellow of the Academy of Ortho-molecular Medicine.

His publications include several books (in English, Arabic and French) and over 100 articles, case studies, and psychological tests. Some of his psychological tests have been translated into French, Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese. He was also a frequent guest lecturer at universities in the US, Canada, Germany and Malaysia.

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