IBJ Syria Program
Husein Bakri has 23 years of experience in the legal field, primarily in Syria. Graduating from Damascus University in 1994, he occupied a number of legal positions and currently functions as IBJ’s Senior Legal Advisor. Most recently, he held the position of Governance Consultant and Governance Advisor at the EU Local Councils Program and the Local Administration Councils Unit (LACU) respectively. Among his impressive credentials, he was a judge for the Syrian Council of State for 17 years, a judge at the Supreme Administrative Court for 5 years and a senior legal adviser of the Syrian government for 10. Since 2011, he performed as the Acting Minister of Finance, Minister of Local Administration and as Secretary General for the Syrian Interim Government. He has built a wide network of partnerships within the local councils, judgeships and universities in Syria. Over the course of his career, he has demonstrated his expertise in strategic planning and legislation among other areas. His legal knowledge, qualifications and drive make him a valuable addition to the IBJ team as the Senior Legal Adviser of the Syria program.
Hasan al-Mousa – IBJ Field Coordinator
Born in 1963, Hasan graduated from Aleppo Law School in 1995. He started working as a lawyer in 1996 after joining Aleppo Bar Association in the same year and later as became a member of the Arab Lawyers Union in 2005. He presided a committee that drafted a bill on the legal profession and the elections of the Central Bar Associations. Hasan held many positions with Aleppo Bar Association including Vice President, Secretary-General, and most recently its President. He started working with IBJ in Aug 2018 as a Field Coordinating Lawyer working on pro-bono cases, organizing roundtable and rights awareness events, and establishing IBJ’s relationships with other bar associations and legal entities inside Syria.
Ahmad Alhamad – IBJ Field Senior Finance Officer
Born in 1986 in Azaz, northern Aleppo, Syria, Ahmad completed his secondary education there and then earned a Bachelor’s degree in English Language and Literature from the University of Aleppo in 2009. In 2022, he also completed the preliminary stage of a Master’s in Arts in English Linguistics at the University of Aleppo in the liberated areas. Following his graduation, he began his career as an English teacher in schools and educational institutes in Azaz. In 2014, he worked as Administrative Officer and Accountant at Al-Salam Educational Foundation in Azaz. He later worked as Finance Field Officer with Adam Smith International from 2016 until 2017. Between 2019 and 2024, he worked as District Coordinator Assistant at World Vision International. In May 2024, he began working as Finance Officer with the Free Aleppo Bar Association, a position he held until December 2024.