Coming Sukleen

by Thomas Schellen & Matt Nash November 9, 2015

written by Thomas Schellen & Matt Nash November 9, 2015

Photo courtesy of Averda

After protests outside their Lebanon plant and activist allegations of corruption, the CEO of Averda gives his first ever interview to a media organization. Little known by name in Lebanon, Averda is a waste management company founded in 1993 by Lebanese engineer Maysarah Sukkar. It is the parent company of Sukleen and Sukomi. Maysarah’s son, Malek, has been a top manager since the company’s inception, and today leads the company as it continues an expansion abroad that began a few years ago. Contracted by the government to collect, treat and dispose of Beirut’s waste in the early 1990s, Sukleen and Sukomi – which even Sukkar refers to collectively as Sukleen, a play on the family name – the companies quickly took on more municipalities in Lebanon and have been handling waste in the capital and all of the Mount Lebanon governorate (except Jbail) for around 20 years. Previously media shy,

Thomas Schellen

Thomas Schellen is Executive's editor-at-large. He has been reporting on Middle Eastern business and economy for over 20 years. Send mail

Matt Nash

Matt was Executive's Economics & Policy Editor and Real Estate Editor from May 2014 to November 2017. He began reporting in Lebanon in April 2007, and his coverage focused on oil and gas, public policy and human rights.

2 comments

George Sabat (ACMA) November 12, 2015 - 4:49 AM

Bullshit! Mr. Sukkar. Do you seriously think that sensible citizens will easily swallow your discourse? Come on, Mr. Sukkar, there are still a lot of reasonable people left in Lebanon. Why not address them in a “reasonable” way? And here I do not mean retorting: “This not MY fault. It was YOURS!”. That is not what the Lebanese want to read and hear, at the moment. All they need and want now are “SOLUTIONS”. Give them “SOLUTIONS”, Mr. Sukkar, and you can be sure that they will listen attentively, in spite of their grievances, and their suspicions.

Salim mortaji November 29, 2015 - 1:48 PM

Proud to be on your differents teams who are putting on the ground your strategies mr sukkar, even if in another country. Keep doing what you are doing. God bless Averda family

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