Diana Kaissy is an energy governance specialist and policy expert with extensive experience in transparency, accountability, and energy transition in the MENA region. 

She is currently the deputy program director-Levant of civil society engagement at the International Republican Institute-IRI/Lebanon-MENA program. She is also a consultant at RENEWA MENA – World Bank Group. She is a board member of the Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative (EITI.org) representing civil society in MENA, Europe and North American. She is the first Arab to sit on the board of the EITI. Also, she is the board member of the Lebanese Oil and Gas Initiative and of the of the Palestine Association for Children Encouragement of Sports-PACES Lebanon.  

Previously, she was the Executive director of the Lebanese Oil and Gas Initiative-LOGI and a Regional coordinator for the Middle East and North Africa, and Asia Pacific at Publish What You Pay organization.

Diana Kaissy is also a university lecturer on the Fundamentals of Oil and Gas, Engineering Management, Leadership &Ethics, Public Policy and a published author and frequent speaker at international energy forum

She holds an MS. In Energy Studies and BA in Sociology-Anthropology from AUB.