Ambassador Massoud Maalouf Bio

Ambassador Massoud Maalouf, President and CEO of Maharat for Development(M4D), was a career diplomat. He served as the Ambassador of Lebanon in Chile, Poland and Canada.

He was also Chargé d’Affaires at the Embassy of Lebanon in Washington, D.C. and Consul in Montreal, Canada and Lagos, Nigeria. He also served as the Counselor of the Lebanese Embassy to the Vatican and Deputy Representative of Lebanon to the Arab League in Tunisia.

Since his retirement, Ambassador Maalouf resided in the United States and established a business in consulting in International Affairs.

He also founded Maharat for Development, an NGO that deals with Human Rights, Freedom of Expression, Gender Equality and Access to Information in the MENA region.