Who Is She

Personal information

Consultant
Diane Daccache Mecattaf

Contact information / Private

Ashrafieh, Khabbaz St., Kamel Bldg.
Beirut
Lebanon
Phone: 
961 1 333478 or 961 1 320208
Fax: 
961 4 543709
961 3 202347

Education

Education: 
  • Master's Degree, International Buisness Administration, 1986, Université Paris Dauphine, France.
  • Postgraduate Degree (Diplôme d'études superieures spécialisées), Translation, 1985, Ecole Supérieure D'interprètes et de Traducteurs (ESIT) Paris, France.
  • Master's Degree, Translation, 1984, Ecole Supérieure D'interprètes et de Traducteurs (ESIT) Paris, France.

Areas of expertise

Expertise: 
  • Communication
  • Advertising and Marketing
  • Human Rights
Languages: 
  • Arabic
  • French
  • English
  • Spanish
  • Italian

Work history

Jobs: 
  • Consultant, October 2011- present, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).
  • Project Coordinator, 2009- 2011, Ministry of Interior and Municipalities.
  • Freelance Communication Consultant, 1994- 2009.
  • Director of the International Advertising and Marketing Director for the Middle East, 1989- 1993, Clarins S.A., Paris.
  • Director of the International Development, 1986- 1989, Groupe Marie Claire, Paris.

Honorary office and memberships

  • Founding Member and treasurer of the Memory for the Future Association, 2000- present.

Productions

Exhibitions, lectures & performances: 
  • Speaker, "How to Enhance the Living Conditions of Prisoners" conference, Cairo, 2011.
  • Speaker, opening of Zahle prison for women, Lebanon, 2010.
  • Speaker, launching ceremony of the CINEMARENA project sponsored by the Italian Embassy, Ministry of Social Affairs, Lebanon, 2010.

Awards and Distinctions

Awards: 
  • Awarded by the Communication and Business magazine/Paris as the most promising advertising director in France working for a major magazine "Marie-Calire", 1989.