Bachir Ayoub
Deputy Country Director, Programmes at Oxfam
Bachir Ayoub is currently the Country Director –at Oxfam in Lebanon and has over fifteen years’ experience in the aid sector. He had previously held the post of Policy Lead and Deputy Country Director at Oxfam in Lebanon for three and half years and lead on influencing activities on both humanitarian and development projects. Bachir has co-authored “The IMF & Lebanon: the Long Road Ahead”, “Making Aid Work in Lebanon” and “Without a Net- Social Assistance in Lebanon”.
In 2005, Bachir graduated from McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and returned to Lebanon in 2006. His career began after the conclusion of the July War in 2006 where he managed projects related to agriculture, good governance and capacity building with a diverse group of stakeholders throughout Lebanon. In 2013, he began working on the response to the Syrian refugees crisis and held positions in Monitoring and Evaluation and as Area Manager and Programme Director.