Joe Saddi

Joe Saddi has served as Lebanon’s minister of energy and water since February 2025. He brings to the role more than three decades of experience as a senior business leader and management consultant, advising governments and major companies on strategy, organisational development, governance and performance, with a particular focus on the energy sector.

Before joining government, he was senior partner (2014–2018) and senior executive adviser (2018–2024) at Strategy&. He previously held some of the most senior positions at Booz & Company, serving as senior partner and chairman of the firm’s global board of directors (2008–2014) and as managing director for the Middle East, where he advised governments and public enterprises in the Gulf and North Africa on oil, gas and electricity, national economic strategies and public sector reform. His association with the firm dates back to 1993, when he co-established Booz Allen Hamilton’s management consulting operations in the Middle East. He went on to serve as managing director of Booz Allen Hamilton for the Middle East (2003–2008) and as a member of the firm’s global board of directors (2008–2014). Earlier in his career, he was a manager at Bain & Company in Paris (1986–1993), leading assignments for multinational companies in Europe and the United States in strategy, mergers and acquisitions, and restructuring.

He holds an MBA from Cornell University, New York (1993), and a degree from ESSEC Business School, Paris (1981).