TRIANGLE MANAGEMENT
Triangle aims to enrich our client’s knowledge by tapping into the interests and expertise of our team to produce lasting results and positive impacts for the organisations and the communities we work with. Our team is multilingual, collaborative, and distributed over multiple countries and time zones.
We are always on the lookout for forward thinking individuals who can contribute to and further the ethos of the organisation. Whether in policy, research or media, Triangle believes that synergies across its three focus areas not only helps the organisation grow as a whole, but also develops and further enriches the professional and personal needs of its team of specialists and generalists.
Sami Halabi
Sami Halabi is Triangle’s Director of Policy, a researcher and media expert with extensive economic, qualitative and quantitative research training and expertise. At Triangle Sami manages the firm’s operations and provides oversight and quality assurance to all projects. He has over a decade of experience leading evaluation and research projects across multiple geographies, specifically in West Asia and North Africa. Sami has led projects for clients such as the European Union, the UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs, UNDP, UNRWA, and UNICEF, WFP, UNESCWA, the ILO, ICRC, Save the Children, Oxfam, DRC and many others. Previous to Triangle, Sami had a long career in policy journalism with media outlets such as France24 and the Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation. Sami holds a Masters degree in Public Policy with Distinction from The University of Edinburgh.
Nizar Ghanem
Nizar Ghanem is Triangle’s Director of Research, with more than a decade of experience in qualitative and quantitative research, economic development, governance and training. Nizar’s research portfolio includes designing and leading key research projects, needs assessments and baseline surveys for EU, USAID, NORAD, UNDP, UNICEF, ESCWA, and World Learning. Before founding his previous consultancy, Menapolis, Nizar was a Senior Analyst at the Lebanese Centre for Policy Studies. Nizar has also authored several reports and scholarly articles on a variety of topics related to governance and development in the West Asia region. Nizar holds a Bachelors in Business and Accounting from Notre Dame University, Lebanon and a Masters in International Relations and Economics from The School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University, USA.
Specialists and Consultants
Adam Chamseddine
Adam Chamseddine is Triangle’s Policy Advisor with over 10 years of experience in Journalism and communications. Adam manages the editorial content at Triangle and oversees the implementation of editorial standards. Prior to joining Triangle, he worked as an investigative journalist exposing and uncovering corruption within the Lebanese political establishment. Adam has a background in written, broadcast and digital journalism at Al-Hayat and Assafir newspapers and has been a Senior correspondent for over 8 years at Lebanon-based Al-Jadeed TV. Adam has also been a contributor at London-based Middle East Eye and a freelancer with the Wall Street Journal. He also worked as a researcher in political studies at the Lebanese American University. He holds a bachelor’s degree in political studies from the Lebanese American University.
Michael Huijer
Michael Huijer is Triangle’s Executive Editor, with over 18 years’ experience in strategic communication, programme management, publishing processes, and events organisation within the think tank, NGO, and education sectors in Lebanon. Michael leads Triangle’s communications efforts and oversees its editorial process. In addition to his previous role as Communications Manager at the Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs at the American University of Beirut, Michael also worked in a variety of roles for the Carnegie Middle East Center, Chatham House, the Netherlands Institute in Beirut, Nuffic, ACSS, and International Alert. He obtained his MA in Near and Middle Eastern Studies from the School of Oriental and African Studies.
Jonas Truneh
Jonas Truneh is Triangle’s Business Development Officer. With experience in programme development and project management he is able to leverage a diverse international background to develop the organization’s strategic initiatives. Jonas holds an MSc in International Public Policy from University College London, and a BA degree with First-Class Honours in Religion, Politics, and Society from King’s College London.
Benjamin Fève
Benjamin Fève is a Research Analyst at Triangle and a writer at The Badil. He has gathered extensive experience in research and analysis across the Middle East and Europe. At Triangle, Benjamin is currently working on comprehensive research and analysis of Lebanese conflict dynamics and macroeconomic developments. He has also extensively written about Syria’s political economy, authoring dozens of reports on the political, economic, humanitarian, and social situations in the country. Furthermore, Benjamin has experience working on EU foreign policy in the Middle East, publishing various papers and engaging in high-level discussions. Through his varied professional experience, Benjamin has collaborated with several international organizations and has provided insights and analysis to diplomatic bodies. He holds a Master’s in European Studies with a focus on Euro-Mediterranean Relations from the University of Aix-Marseille, France, and an advanced Arabic language certification from the Institut Français du Proche-Orient in Jordan.
Vittorio Maresca di Serracapriola
Vittorio Maresca di Serracapriola is a Research Analyst with Triangle and Journalist for Badil. Vittorio delivers research and analysis of political economy issues in Lebanon. His research interests are at the intersection of political economy and development economics. They include historical political economy, economic history, international monetary system, and public finances. Previously, Vittorio was an Economics Reporter for Reuters. Vittorio holds an MSc in Economic and Social History with Distinction from the University of Oxford.
Leonora Monson
Leonora Monson is a Research Analyst and Editorial Officer. She works on research projects and advocacy programmes, whilst authoring articles for Badil and third-party publications. Leonora also works as part of editorial management helping to ensure content quality and support the editorial process. Leonora holds an MSc in International History with Distinction from the London School of Economics and Political Science and a Bachelor’s Degree in History with First Class Honours from the University of Oxford.
Nancy Ehrenberg-Peters
Nancy Ehrenberg-Peters is a Research Analyst at Triangle. She has over three years of experience at SCRAP Weapons, an institute affiliated with SOAS University, where she co-led the Feminist Disarmament Project. At SCRAP she edited a special issue of the journal ‘ZeFKo Studies in Peace and Conflict’ titled ‘Gender Approaches to Disarmament, Arms Control, Peace and Conflict’. Nancy has also researched the gendered impact of the illicit proliferation of weapons in Lebanon and contributed to implementing the Women Peace and Security agenda locally. Nancy holds a Scottish MA in Arabic and Spanish from the University of Edinburgh and a Master of Science degree in Violence, Conflict, and Development from SOAS University, London. She specialised in the political economy of conflict, conflict resolution, and ‘post-conflict’ reconstruction in the Levant, along with advanced Arabic, and has a keen interest in war and peace economies.
Michal Misiak
Michal Misiak is a Research Consultant at Triangle, specializing in behavioural science and data analysis. Concurrently, he serves as a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Wroclaw in Poland. His research focuses on understanding the impact of cross-cultural and environmental factors on moral psychology, cooperation, and conflict. In his fieldwork, Michal conducts studies among non-industrialized populations, such as hunter-gatherers and pastoralists in Tanzania, as well as horticulturalists in New Guinea. He is also actively involved in the Big Team Science movement, collaborating on large-scale studies with diverse populations from over 70 countries. Michal earned his PhD in Psychology from the University of Wroclaw and holds a research affiliate position at the University of Oxford, School of Anthropology & Museum Ethnography.
Ylva Van Den Berg
Ylva Van Den Berg is a Child Protection, Child Safeguarding and a Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Specialist with over 15 years’ experience in managing programme quality and programme development in humanitarian and protracted conflict settings. Ylva’s portfolio includes work with international organisations such as Save the Children, War Child and UNICEF. She has a long track record in different contexts (urban, rural, refugee, internal displacement and conflict) with vulnerable groups, such as unaccompanied and separated children, across regions with emphasis on countries in the Middle East and (Eastern) Europe. As a consultant she has been part of various research, evaluation, assessment, policy reform and capacity development projects. Alongside her current work as a humanitarian consultant, she works as a therapist and runs a mobile practice for children affected by adversity, migration and displacement in schools, refugee centres and protection homes in the Netherlands. Ylva holds a Masters degree in Conflict Studies and Human Rights, a Bachelors with Distinction in Arabic Language and Cultural Studies where her major was International Relations and Political History from the University of Utrecht in the Netherlands, and a Bachelors in Social Work and a Masters with Distinction as a Play and Movement Therapist from the University of Applied Sciences in the Netherlands.
Yosr Abid-Fourati
Yosr Abid-Fourati is an economic analyst specialized in Research, Monitoring and Evaluation, quantitative and qualitative research, with extensive experience in project and capacity building strategy design. She is currently the director of research and evaluation at Vision Development, a research company based in Tunisia. Yosr’s research portfolio includes work with organisations such as the African Development Bank, the European Union, The German Technical Cooperation, the Embassy of the Netherlands, the World Bank, the United Nations organizations (UNDP, IOM, WFP), and the Danish Programme Office, amongst other. In addition, Yosr has published several scholarly works on economic policies and has a long track record of teaching Macroeconomics at university level. Yosr holds a Bachelor’s in Economics from the University Toulouse in France, a Master’s in international economics and finance from the University of Paris IX Dauphine, Paris, in France, and a PhD in Economics from the National University of Ireland, Galway, in Ireland.
Alberto Giera
Alberto Giera is a Security Specialist, Context Analyst and Risk Manager with over 15 years of experience in the humanitarian, development, and peacekeeping sectors. His extensive portfolio encompasses roles with international non-governmental organizations (INGOs), UN-DPKO (UNMISS and UNIFIL), and INSO. With a background in providing strategic and operational advice, risk analysis, and early warning to senior leadership, Alberto has served as a United Nations security analyst with UN Peacekeeping Missions in South Sudan and Lebanon. He has also played a key role in producing high-quality analysis and scenarios of political and security trends while supporting partner NGOs with risk and crisis management in conflict zones such as Syria and Ukraine. In addition to his field experience, Alberto serves as a freelance consultant for organizations such as Triangle, Save the Children, and others. He holds a Master’s Degree with Distinction in Economic Policy Applied to the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) from the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) in London. Additionally, he has shared his expertise by lecturing on Analytical Thinking and Conflict Analysis at the Institute for the Studies of International Politics (ISPI) in Milan.
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Triangle always seeks out highly motivated individuals who can bring their expertise, ambitions and creativity to our projects. Team members at Triangle are expected to be able to manage projects independently, and deliver exceptional results. In return, Triangle offers unusual autonomy and opportunities for growth, and we pride ourselves on being open to ideas, approaches and modes of operation of its staff.
If this sounds like the team you’ve been looking for, we would love to hear from you.