Kamal Hamdan is the Managing Director at “Consultation and Research Institute” (CRI) established in Beirut in 1977. He has supervised and coordinated a wide range of studies and projects covering social and economic issues, for local and international entities in both private and public sectors. He contributed as senior consultant to many research studies conducted by international institutions, including the World Bank, EU institutions, UNDP, ILO, UNICEF, UNESCWA, UNRISD, UNFPA, UNESCO. He also worked with the private sector on many market and financial feasibility studies. Backed with a highly diversified carrier path, he served as senior consultant to several Lebanese ministerial committees for economic evaluation and reform purposes. His major specific areas of interest are: macroeconomics, labor economics, competitiveness and social development. He has produced many books and tens of publications in well known Lebanese, Arab and international economic reviews and periodicals.

Roger is a partner and a senior consultant at the Consultation and Research Institute since 1990. He was head of the statistics department at CRI between 1977 and 1989. He has participated in many studies undertaken by CRI, mainly those pertaining to statistical surveys, market studies and sectoral economic studies. He was the Research Director of the survey on the Lebanese Population and the war displaced population during 1975-1987 conducted by Saint Joseph University- Beirut and Laval University – Canada. He was a senior statistician and coordinator of surveys at the Central Directorate of Statistics at the Lebanese Ministry of Planning between 1969 and 1976. Roger Hage is a statistical and economics engineer and has graduated from the Ecole Nationale de la Statistique et de l’Administration Economique (ENSAE). He has several publications such as “The manufacturing Industry and the Gross National Product” UN/ESCWA, 1987 and “Project of the reconstruction of Beirut Central District” Socio-economic analysis and prospective scenarios, Oger-Liban, 1983

Redha is a senior statistician and Vice-Managing Director of CRI since 2004. He acted as team leader and expert on various studies covering several fields of expertise such as socio-economic studies, field surveys and feasibility studies. He worked as a statistician-economist at ESCWA Beirut. He was market research Manager at France Telecom Mobile Lebanon (FTML-Cellis) for several years. Between 1995-1998, Redha was a Lecturer of Economics at the Lebanese University and Conservatoire National des Arts et Metiers, Beirut.
He holds a Maitrise in Econometrics from the Lumiere University (Lyon II), France.

Rania is a public administration and finance consultant at CRI since 2008 and has participated in a variety of studies including sectoral analyses, socio-economic surveys, financial and managerial studies and development studies. Rania attended Indiana University – School of Public and Environmental Affairs and has completed the course work for a Doctorate in Public Affairs. She also holds a Master of Public Health from the American University of Beirut.

Rima is the database manager and field coordinator at CRI since 1996. She holds a Master in Biochemistry from the Lebanese University and is currently studying for her BA in sociology at the Lebanese University. She has taken part and supervised various socio-economic and feasibility studies.

Lea is a social and economic development researcher at CRI since 2009 and has participated in a variety of studies including the socio-economic and development studies. Previously she worked as a research analyst at Georges Corm Financial and Economic Consultancy Office. Lea holds a DEA in Political science from Saint Joseph University, and an MSc in Development studies from the School of Oriental and African studies.

Mira joined the CRI team in 2009 as a researcher in social and economic development issues. Prior to this, she had worked with several NGOs after obtaining a BA in sociology from AUB and an Msc in Development studies from the London School of Economics.

Alexandre is a social and economic development researcher who, most recently, joined CRI team. Previously he was based in Kuwait, working at ARA Research and Consultancy as a senior marketing analyst (2002-2010). He holds a degree from the Moscow State University in political economy.

The Consultation and Research Institute’s database also includes expert consultants on a variety of topics from agriculture, to public finance, local development, the environment, IT, health, development economics, etc. The expertise of these consultants is utilized on a per project base depending on the need of the studies at hand. CRI works in close coordination with the consultants to ensure timely execution of high quality reports.
Further than this, CRI has also developed an extensive network of over one hundred experienced and trained field surveyors across Lebanon. These surveyors are contacted and trained on a need basis and have experience working in various regions and settings.