Diana Fadel is the founder and president of Fondation Diane – a non-governmental organization for the development of Civic Awareness and Eco-Sustainable Development. She co-founded ABC Department Stores and co-managed them for over 4 decades with her late husband Maurice.

Fadel is renowned for her strong belief in education, mobilization, and action, the three keys she deems are necessary for good citizenship. This has incited her to create the Chair in Education for Eco-citizenship and Sustainable Development – an interdisciplinary platform dedicated to environmental issues hosted at USJ, and to establish the Citizen Circle – an active lobbying platform to inform and motivate citizens through gatherings, events, operations, and several unusual concepts and campaigns like the Citizen Café, Stop Eco(sui)cide, Green Market, and Batteries Collection. She has also set up the Viridis Investment Fund which identifies the best green initiatives, encourages them and provides them the necessary financial and operational support, to help them grow and achieve their goals.

She was recently awarded the IM Capital Super Angel trophy. She is a graduate of the Seeders – Lebanese Women Angel Fund Masterclass for Business Angels MBA Class of 2018-2019. She sits on the Board of ABC Department Stores and the Nature Conservation Center at the American University of Beirut.