IMPACT LEBANON - Key Persons


Bilal Malaeb - Founder

Job Titles:
  • Founder
  • Research Fellow at the London School of Economics
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

Job Titles:
  • Civil Engineer
  • Founder
Christina is in the field of international development and sustainability. Christina is a civil engineer and her focus is on transport, having earned her Master's in Transport and City Planning from University College London (UCL).

Daniella Chartouni

Job Titles:
  • Board Director - Marketing
  • Digital Account Director
Daniella is a Digital Account Director at a leading creative communications firm in London, specialising in the luxury sector. She holds a bachelor's degree from University College London and Master's degree in Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Ma...

Diana Abbas - Founder

Job Titles:
  • Founder

Elissa Freiha

Job Titles:
  • Womena Founder
Womena founder Elissa Freiha talks to Sibylle George and Raya Khayat, two of the founders of Impact Lebanon who are working on a voluntary basis to raise funds for organizations and people affected by the Beirut blast.

Elissa Sebaaly

Job Titles:
  • Founder and Board Director - Partnerships
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

Job Titles:
  • 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...

Georges El Khoury

Job Titles:
  • Board Director - Mobilisation
Georges el Khoury is currently pursuing his MBA in London Business School. Prior to this, he worked as a management consultant for Strategy& in the Middle East. Georges holds a Bachelor's degree in Computer and Communications Engineering from the ...

Gerard Zouein - Founder

Job Titles:
  • Founder
  • Senior Adviser at NNS Advisers
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...

Jad-Gabriel Habib - Founder

Job Titles:
  • Founder
  • Senior Engineering Consultant in Bioenergy, With Masters
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

Job Titles:
  • Founder
  • Software Engineer
Lucien George is a software engineer who holds a Software Engineering degree from McGill University. He currently works as a senior developer for Shopify, and has led the development of Impact Lebanon's websites since its inception.

Maya Hodroj

Job Titles:
  • Founder and Board Director - Mobilisation
  • Head of News Products UK at LexisNexis
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...

Mohamad Kantar - Founder, VP

Job Titles:
  • Founder
  • Vice President
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

Job Titles:
  • Founder
Myriam Naufal holds a masters degree in Marketing and digital media from ESCP Europe and a BA in Business Administration from the American University of Beirut. She currently works in Grant Acquisition and Management at World Vision Lebanon.

Nader Noueiri - Founder

Job Titles:
  • Founder
  • Product Analyst
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 - Founder

Job Titles:
  • Creative Director
  • 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

Job Titles:
  • Founder
  • Architect With an
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

Job Titles:
  • 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...

Sadir Abdul Hadi

Job Titles:
  • Founder and Board Director - Treasury
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.

Sarah El Houcheimi

Job Titles:
  • Board Director - Partnerships
  • Software Engineer at JP Morgans 's Asset Management Trading Technology
Sarah Houcheimi is a Software Engineer at JP Morgans's Asset Management Trading Technology. She holds a Software Engineering degree from the University of Edinburgh.

Sevine Sabbah - Founder

Job Titles:
  • 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

Job Titles:
  • Founder
  • Marketing Manager at Disperse
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.