Iskandar Boustany is an economist and public-finance expert, a lecturer at Saint Joseph University of Beirut, and currently director of the consulting firm 'Obergine,' which primarily provides cost-benefit analysis of public interventions and impact evaluations. Among his areas of expertise are public financial management, social protection, and access to social services. He has more than 12 years of experience in macro-fiscal analysis, fiscal transparency, expenditure reviews, tax reform, financial database management, and editorial process management.