About us
What? Impact Lebanon is a non-profit organisation that brings the community together to pursue initiatives that deliver impact for Lebanon. Our process is to encourage the brainstorming of ideas; promote the sharing of knowledge, resources and expertise; and build strong teams to turn an idea into a successful initiative.
Why? Impact Lebanon was set up to make activism and volunteering accessible, relevant and sustainable for the Lebanese diaspora. We needed a risk-free and impact-focused environment that invites us to tap into our creative and entrepreneurial abilities to help our country and community. Most importantly, we needed a home for our ideas and a family that believes in supporting each other’s initiatives and committing to their success.
Who? The steadily growing team is made up of individuals with diverse backgrounds and unique stories for how we have contributed to Impact Lebanon. The common thread that brings us together is our passion for Lebanon and the Lebanese community, desire to be active citizens, shared set of values, entrepreneurial spirit, and belief in the value of honesty and collaboration. We hope that you will join us and contribute to keeping the momentum and building for the future of Lebanon.
How? Sign up and check out our existing initiatives and click on “I want to volunteer”.
Our Mission
Bring together the Lebanese community to:
1. Promote a shared set of values
2. Advocate for evidence-based measures and
3. Support viable initiatives of change in Lebanon
Our Values
We pledge to remain...
Non-sectarian
Committed
Inclusive
Supportive
We pledge to uphold the values of...
Integrity
Respect
Equality
Justice and Fairness
Accountability
Transparency
We pledge to approach our endeavours always respecting...
Human Rights
The Environment
The Rule of Law
Founders and Directors
Amina Merkebawi
Amina is working at a climate tech scale-up, helping companies reduce and compensate their emissions through CO2-reducing projects in developing countries. She runs the operations, finance, and project sourcing. Prior to this, she was working with...
Bilal Malaeb
Bilal Malaeb is a postdoctoral research fellow at the London School of Economics specialised in development and labour economics. He holds a PhD in Economics and has previously worked at University of Oxford as a research fellow, and consults for ...
Christina Teokari
Christina works for the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) particularly in the Green Cities team. Previously she was a senior transport consultant at Atkins. She is based in London. Christina is a civil engineer and her focus ...
Daniella Chartouni
Daniella is currently pursuing a graduate degree in Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Management at Imperial Business School. Daniella has a background working in Marketing and is a co-founder of Dikkeni, an online concept store supporting emerging...
Diana Abbas
Diana Abbas specializes in Intellectual Property Law with a focus on trademarks in the Middle East with Cedar White Bradley. She has completed the Graduate Diploma in Law and Legal Practice Course from BPP Law. She holds a bachelor’s degree from t...
Elissa Sebaaly
Elissa Sebaaly is a final year student at King’s College London, studying International Development. She is specializing in Sustainable Planning and Urban Development.
Farid Habib
M&A Director at Huhtamäki Oyj, responsible for leading the M&A activities of the firm in Europe, Middle East, Africa and South America. Previously, M&A manager at ArcelorMittal and Vice President in the oil and gas team of Barclays Capital. Mr. Ha...
Gerard Zouein
Gerard Zouein is a Senior Adviser at NNS Advisers.Prior to joining NNS, Mr. Zouein was an investment professional at Fidelity Investments focusing on European financial services and healthcare, and before that a private equity associate at Apax Pa...
Hassan Shuman
Hassan Shuman is a Chief Architect at IBM, providing clients with strategic guidance on their IT requirements/solutions. He read Biomedical Engineering at Surrey University for this PhD, specialising in the application of AI to enhance human inte...
Jad Habib
Jad-Gabriel Habib is a senior engineering consultant in Bioenergy, with Masters degrees in Chemical and Environmental Engineering from Imperial College London. He is particularly interested in initiatives to improve solid waste management, environ...
Lucien George
Lucien George is a software engineer who holds a Software Engineering degree from McGill University. He currently works as a Lead Teacher and Software Engineer at Le Wagon, and has led the development of Impact Lebanon’s websites since its inception.
Maya Hodroj
Maya Hodroj is the head of News Products UK at LexisNexis. She is a former strategy consultant at the Boston Consulting Group in London and Booz & Company in the Middle East. Maya holds an MBA from Duke University and a BA in Economics from the Am...
Maya Murad
Maya Murad is an ex-management consultant based out of Boston. Maya is currently pursuing a graduate degree in Engineering and Management at MIT. Maya has deep expertise working in strategy across multiple industries. She also worked as an innovat...
Mohamad Kantar
Mohamad Kantar is the Vice President at a world leading events producer and training provider for the ENERGY infrastructure industries with a focus on the Middle East and Africa. Mohamad hold a BSc degree in Environmental Health from AUB and MSc d...
Mohammad Issam Zeitoun
Issam Zeitoun is a graduate of Political Science from the American University of Beirut and holds a Graduate Diploma in Law from BPP University London. He is pursuing a career as a solicitor all the while running a fruits and vegetable export star...
Myriam Naufal
Myriam Naufal is a Brand Specialist at Amazon UK, she holds a masters degree in Marketing and digital media from ESCP Europe and a BA in Business Administration from the American University of Beirut.
Nader Noueiri
Nader Noueiri is a Product Analyst at a London based investment firm. Nader previously worked in Investor Relations MENA team at Colony Capital, looking after GCC institutional clients. He holds a BBA in Finance from the American University of Bei...
Nisrine Jaafar
Nisrine Jaafar is a Creative Director in the field of Art and Cultural Heritage. She read Middle Eastern Studies for her DPhil at the University of Oxford where she taught for 8 years. She currently consults for various cultural organisations and ...
Rami Kanaan
Rami Kanaan is a trained architect with an MA in Interior Design from the Royal College of Art where he focused his research on corruption in the built environment, specifically in the Beirut area. He is currently working on a number of initiative...
Raya Khayat
Raya is a tech professional working in the business development & strategy team at Apple, based out of London. She previously held two roles at Facebook; the first in Austin, Texas where she managed $100M/year of advertising sales for small and me...
Rony Yaacoub
New York and Beirut licensed lawyer based in London. Rony is a capital markets and derivatives lawyer at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD). Prior to joining the EBRD, Rony worked with law firms in Lebanon (A&P) and the Un...
Sadir Abdul Hadi
Sadir Abdul Hadi is an M&A Operations Consulting Associate at PwC. He holds an MEng in Computer Science from University College London and has previously interned at the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia.
Sevine Sabbah
Sévine Sabbah is a graduate from Coventry University. She holds an MA in film production and 21st century media practice. Her documentaries are mostly centered around social injustice in Lebanon.
Sibylle George
Sibylle George is a Marketing Manager at Disperse, a Construction Technology startup. An architect by trade, she worked at Renzo Piano Building Workshop prior to joining Disperse. Sibylle leads the Marketing Team at Impact Lebanon.
Tarek Cheaib
Tarek is an investment professional at CDC Group, UK’s development bank. Trained as a civil engineer, he previously worked as an engineer designing low carbon buildings and renewable energy projects, before specialising in climate finance across ...