Nizar Younes

Nizar Younes is the Founder and Chairman of BUTEC Corporation which was founded in 1966 and has become one of the leading construction companies in Lebanon and the Middle East with offices in Algeria, France, Germany, Jordan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and UAE.

Prior to this leadership position, Dr. Younes was Senior Partner and Managing Director at BUTEC; he was member of the High Commission at the Ministry of Planning; he also was an economic and engineering consultant and taught at Saint Joseph University and the Lebanese University on the business and engineering faculties.

He ran for parliament in 2000 but was not elected, and has published several political books. His brother Fayek also ran, unsuccessfully, for parliament in 2005 alongside Free Patriotic Movement leader and Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil.