About SIMA Partners
The capital, the systems, and the expertise required to rebuild Syria will not arrive on their own. Someone has to facilitate entry & that is exactly what we do.
Syria's reconstruction requires international capital, but international capital requires infrastructure that does not exist inside the country yet: trusted intelligence, verified counterparties, institutional-standard advisory, and a team that can execute on the ground. We came back to Damascus in June 2025 to build that infrastructure from the inside.
We serve both sides of the equation. For investors and corporates, we provide the research, advisory, and execution capability that makes it possible to commit capital responsibly. For Syrian government ministries and bodies, we provide advisory and institutional expertise pro bono, because reconstruction will move faster when both sides of the table are operating to the same standard.
We work commercially with investors and corporations. Where it serves reconstruction, we advise government pro bono. That distinction gives us access and credibility that no outside firm can replicate.
SIMA Insights, our research publication, makes some of this work public: sector analysis, regulatory briefings, and political economy research published freely on Substack. Every engagement is structured for compliance from the outset.
Hani moved back to Damascus in June 2025 to build the institutional infrastructure that Syria's reconstruction requires. He left a health-tech venture he was building because he saw that the opportunity unfolding in Syria was larger and more urgent than anything else he could be working on. He is deeply bullish on the country and founded SIMA to bridge the gap between the international capital that wants to enter Syria and the local institutions that need it to arrive in a structured, responsible way.
Hani brings 17 years of experience across corporate, entrepreneurial, and advisory environments. He has held P&L and senior commercial roles at Procter & Gamble and Coty in MENA and has founded two businesses prior to SIMA. He holds an MBA from IE Business School and a degree in Finance from the American University of Beirut.
Delivery Network
Researchers and field specialists inside Syria
SIMA is supported by a network of field researchers and sector specialists on the ground. They conduct primary interviews, stakeholder mapping, site verification, and the quantitative work that underpins every engagement.
Compliance by design. Every engagement is structured for full sanctions compliance from the outset. Due diligence, screening, and legal review are embedded in our process, not added after the fact.
A network of senior professionals across finance, healthcare, energy, real estate, technology, and strategy. They bring institutional relationships, sector expertise, and operational experience that we draw on directly in our mandates and in our pro bono work with Syrian government ministries.
Karim Shibani
Senior AdvisorHarvard MBA. Energy economics and infrastructure across the Gulf and MENA. Deep expertise in natural resources, power generation, and the policy frameworks that govern them.
Hamza Kachlan
Senior AdvisorFormer McKinsey. Wharton MBA. Strategy design and institutional engagement across complex mandates, from first brief through to recommendation.
Ninwa Hanna
Senior AdvisorManagement consulting background at PwC with experience in due diligence, institutional structuring, tourism, and destination management. She brings operational rigour and structured review methodology to the mandates she is involved in.
Gonzalo Quincot
Senior AdvisorInfrastructure and financial advisory experience across Latin America, Europe, and the Middle East with Teneo, Deloitte, and AECOM. He brings global execution capability and structured advisory methodology to complex, multi-stakeholder infrastructure engagements.
Firas Khalife
Senior AdvisorInventor and co-founder of Sync. Applied AI, industrial systems, and digital infrastructure. Thinks about what technology actually means for frontier economies.
Mansour Nehlawi
Senior AdvisorFormer Citi, covering Europe, Asia, and the Americas. Financial institutions, correspondent banking, and the cross-border capital structures that connect emerging markets to global finance.
Khodor Mekkaoui
Senior AdvisorFormer Medtronic, covering Asia, Europe, and Africa. Medical devices, health systems, and the operational knowledge of how healthcare infrastructure gets built.
Tell us the sector and the decision. We will tell you what we can do.
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