Dr. Hasan Youness

Hasan Youness is specialized in international business management, educational administration, educational leadership, CSR, and innovation. Having earned his degrees from NDU, KEDGE Business School, and Saint Louis University respectively, he went on to pursue an executive CSR program at Harvard Business School Executive Education. He started teaching at the university level at the age of 23 and has been teaching at four universities ever since.

In addition, he is also a researcher, author, project designer, mentor, and trainer on a wide variety of management, entrepreneurship, social entrepreneurship, CSR, innovation, and communication topics in Lebanon and abroad, and also has worked as a news anchor and TV presenter. In addition, he has been a Tedx speaker and guest on leading TV channels in the Arab world. Despite having worked with leading companies, he did not limit himself to the business sector; rather, he has chosen to work with UNIDO, UNGC and UNRWA, in addition to many NGOs and projects, such as those of Berytech, BDL Accelerate, GCNL, PRME, Caux, Sustainable brands, among others. Over time, he participated in and/or prepared multiple national and international conferences, workshops, and competitions, and was awarded several prestigious awards for representing Lebanon on several occasions. An influencer in his field, he has contributed to enhance the outreach of his organizations via remarkable events and networking activities among leading corporations, universities, and NGOs. He is also the co-founder and managing partner of Insights’ for Consultancy S.A.R.L and EON Training and Development center S.A.R.L.

He was appointed as the UNGC ambassador in Lebanon, becoming the strategic advisor. He is the author of #TrendsOfBusiness. Trends of Business and Innovating for life were exemplary events that gained great publicity and revealed his ability to create a buzz around the causes he advocates via handling big projects from inception to press and TV release, rubbing elbows with the gurus in the field, leading corporations, major CSOs, and governmental bodies.