Hala is the Founder and CEO of Hala Bou Alwan (HBA) Consultancy firm specialized in Governance, Compliance, CSR, AI & Financial and Cyber crimes’ advisory and training. In addition to this, Hala is the Co - Founder of H.A.D Consultants specialised in self-empowerment events adhering to the UN Sustainability Developments Goals. She is a lawyer, member of the Lebanese Lawyers’ Bar Association who holds dual Masters degrees LLM specialised in Artificial intelligence & Law from Universite La Sagesse, Lebanon and another Master’s degree ELLM in International Business Law from Boston University USA. Hala as well is a member at the Arab Monetary Fund Regional Fintech Working Group and registered trainer and speaker at several governmental authorities & highly reputable organisations. She is an Advisory Board member at the British University in Dubai – Faculty of Business and Law and has more than 19 years of success helping regulators, governments, boards and high-profile organizations pave their governance, compliance, CSR, financial and cybercrimes mitigation roadmaps.