Amina Merkebawi
partnerships director
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
founder
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
founder and initiatives director
Christina is a senior transport consultant at Atkins in London. She is a civil engineer and her focus is particularly transport, having earned her Master’s in transport and city planning from University College London.
Diana Abbas
founder and mobilisation director
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
founder
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
founder
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
founder
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
initiatives director
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
founder and initiatives director
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
founder
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
founder
Maya Hodroj, head of News Products UK at LexisNexis. Former strategy consultant at the Boston Consulting Group and Booz & Company. MBA from Duke University.
Maya Murad
strategy director
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
founder and partnerships director
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...
Myriam Naufal
founder
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
founder
Nader Noueiri is a Product Analyst and has recently adapted to support The Business Development team at Chenavari Investment Managers. Nader previously worked in Investor Relations MENA team at Colony Capital, looking after GCC institutional clien...
Nisrine Jaafar
founder
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
founder and marketing director
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
founder
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
legal and risk management director
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
founder
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
founder
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
founder and marketing director
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.
