Rabih Yazbeck

Rabih has over 25 years of international development experience in the Middle East, Africa, and Caucasus with expertise in program design, strategic planning, donor engagement, revenue and resource mobilization, learning capture and program management in complex and fragile settings. Prior to rejoining NEF in 2012, he worked for NEF's Regional Offices in Cairo and Amman, where he worked on multi-million dollar social and economic development programs in six countries in the Middle East. Rabih also was the Executive Director of HCI Middle East region where he was responsible for developing and managing over 70 innovative, quick-impact interventions to address socio-economic issues in post-conflict zones. Rabih holds a B.Sc. in civil engineering with specialization in public work from the Lebanese University; a M.Sc. in IT for E-commerce with focus on rural development from Sussex University, UK; and, a M.A. in Social Entrepreneurship from Goldsmiths University of London. A native of Lebanon, he is now based in London.