Mohammad Makki is a Social and Solidarity Economy expert, a consultant, and a faculty member. Mohammad holds a PhD degree in sustainable development and policy. He has intensive experience in research and has published in different areas including economic public policy, digital economy, renewable energy, social entrepreneurship, and sustainable development. He served as the economic department chair for six years at the Lebanese International University and has taught a wide array of economics courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels. He is currently a full-time faculty member at the School of Business at USEK, and the Co-director of the Social Economy Unit at COSV for the MENA Region. He served as a national consultant for several INGOs and has conducted a series of financial mechanism reports for Lebanon regarding the country’s failing banking sector. He was also assigned as a national consultant and generated an economic map for the Ministry of Economy and Trade in Lebanon. Alongside his consulting work, he co-founded the innovation center at the Lebanese International University and has trained a great number of students on ideation to startup processes. He has coached many SMEs in several sectors and has since focused his research and activities on fostering social entrepreneurship in young economies like Lebanon and Syria.
Jeanne Mawad, Ph.D., is an academic and researcher in the fields of economics, finance, and renewable energy. She currently serves as the Head of the Management and Entrepreneurship Program at the USEK Business School and has been teaching these subjects at various Lebanese universities since 2016. With a focus on behavioral economics and finance, as well as economic policy, Dr. Mawad has made a number of contributions to the academic community through her research. In 2020, she earned her Ph.D. in Economics from the Lebanese University of Beirut.
