Journey of Service: Georges Kettaneh
&
the Lebanese Red Cross
1980
Georges Kettaneh begins his career at the Lebanese Red Cross as a volunteer first aid worker.
1983 – 1987
License en administration des affaires, Universite Saint-Joseph, Jesuite-
Beyrouth
1987 – 1989
Law Studies, Lebanese University Faculty of Law and Political Sciences Branch
2 – Jal el dib, Lebanon
1992 - 1995
Director of the Emergency Medical Services – Lebanese Red Cross 1992-2013
Member of the Coordination Committee between the Lebanese Red Cross and the Ministry of Public Health - 1995
2003 - 2005
Member of the Lebanon Disaster Management Project (Lebanese Red Cross) - 2003
Member of the Medical Planning Committee for Evacuation at ESCWA
Member of the National Committee for Ambulance and Emergency Services with the Lebanese Government
Coordinator of Operations and Disaster Management – Lebanese Red Cross 2005-2011
2008 – 2010
Member of the Disaster Management Reference Committee of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies – Middle East and North Africa Region – 2008
Member of the Disaster Management Steering Committee of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies – Middle East and North Africa Region – 2009
Member of the Board of Directors of the United Nations Development Programme Project for the Office of the Prime Minister (Building Capacity for Disaster Risk Management in Lebanon) – 2010
Member of the National Committee for Preparing a Plan to Counter the Threats of Weapons of Mass Destruction and Nuclear, Radiological and Biological Threats (CBRN) – 2010
Member of the National Committee for Preparing the National Disaster Response Plan – 2010
2011 - 2013
Member of the Advisory Committee in the Project to Improve the Blood Transfusion Process at the National Level – 2011
Director of Operations and Disaster Management – Lebanese Red Cross 2011-2013
Disaster Coordinator for the Arab Red Crescent and Red Cross General Secretariat Working Group – 2012
Rapporteur of the Arab Team for Preparing the Arab Emergency Plan – General Secretariat of the Arab Red Crescent and Red Cross Organization – 2013
Member of the National Committee for Preparing a Comprehensive Study on Emergency and Ambulance Services from Traffic Accidents – 2013
2013
Elected as the Secretary-General of the Lebanese Red Cross. 2013 - Present
2019
Serves as the Vice-President of the International Conference of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement.
2020 - Present
University Lecturer in disaster management.
Member of the Committee for Monitoring Measures and Preventive Procedures for Coronavirus - 2020