Thursday 08 October 2020
5pm - 6:30pm
Zoom
LSESU Developing Markets Society's Give it a go event!
In October 2019 protests which began opposing a "WhatsApp Tax" have now overtaken the country. Since October 2019, the Lebanese pound has lost 70% of its value against the US dollar in secondary markets and food prices have increased by 55% in 2020 alone. The World Bank estimated that nearly 48% of the population was living below the poverty line in 2019. This number has clearly increased since.
Join us in a talk moderated by seasoned middle-east policy activist Jordan Perry with Dr Fadi Hassan and portfolio manager Gerard Zouein to learn more!
The event will take place on the 8th of October 2020 from 5.00pm BST to 6.30pm BST over Zoom.
Zoom Link: https://lse.zoom.us/j/94714216485
Information about the speakers and moderator:
Dr Fadi Hassan: A Senior Economist at the Bank of Italy. He was previously Assistant Professor of Economics at Trinity College Dublin and am a Research Associate at the CEP, London School of Economics. He is an applied economist with a focus on international and development economics, and have also worked as an advisor to UniCredit Research as well as a consultant for the European Central Bank, the European Commission, and the World Bank. He obtained his PhD in Economics from the LSE in 2013.
Gerard Zouein: Gerard is a Senior Adviser (Portfolio Manager) at a multi-billion family office. In his current role, Gerard focuses on multi-asset principal investing with an emphasis on investments in public and private equity. Prior to joining NNS Advisers, Gerard was an investment professional at Fidelity Investments, a leading asset manager, where he was focused on European financial services (including banks) and healthcare. Prior to joining Fidelity, Gerard was an associate at Apax Partners, a global private equity firm, where he was focused on financial and business services transactions globally. Gerard started his career in 2007 at Credit Suisse as an investment banking analyst focused on European mergers & acquisitions and emerging markets transactions. Gerard holds an MBA from Harvard Business School (Baker Scholar, High Distinction), a MS of civil engineering from École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées (ENPC) and École Supérieure d'Ingénieurs de Beyrouth (ESIB), and a MA in Project Finance - Structured Finance (ENPC-UPX).
Jordan Perry (moderator): Jordan Perry is a seasoned Middle East policy analyst and researcher. He has 9+ years' experience in both British government and private-sector consulting including briefing experience with Ministers, senior officials and intelligence, as well as numerous energy, extractive and retail firms. He has a specialist focus on Israel, Palestine, Jordan, Lebanon and the Middle East Peace Process, and has previously worked on Iraqi and Kurdish issues.