Mr Hussam HAWWA

Founder / CEO, Difaf SAL

BSc. in Agriculture & Biosystems Engineering from the American University of Beirut, and MSc. in Rural Development Studies with minor in Integrated Water Resources Management from Wageningen University, Netherlands. Over 12 years of experience in conducting, managing or assessing projects in the water, wastewater, and environment sectors, collaborating with INGOs, donors, government, water establishments, municipalities, and local communities across Lebanon and around the Mediterranean region.  Hussam is the founder and current CEO of Difaf SAL, an environmental engineering and consultancy company in Lebanon. Difaf projects address water conservation, rainwater harvesting, wastewater treatment, water quality monitoring, pollution mapping, feasibility studies, environmental impact assessments, sustainable agriculturen, water-use efficiency, waste-to-resource (circular economy), ecological restoration, green entrepreneurship,  environmental policy.