People
The people you can interview, the leadership and board behind them, and downloadable press photography.
Who to contact
Four doors, and taking the right one is the difference between a same-day answer and a forwarded email.
| You want | Go to |
|---|---|
| An interview, a quote, a press asset, a fact checked | Mark Elian, mark.elian@haqq.ai |
| A demo, pricing, anything commercial | haqq.ai/contact |
| To partner, resell or build on HAQQ | The partner form on Partner with HAQQ |
| Anything else | info@haqq.ai |
Spokespeople
Four people available for interviews, podcasts, panels and written commentary. To arrange one, email mark.elian@haqq.ai with the outlet, the format and the date.
Antoine Kanaan, CEO & Co-Founder
The future of the legal profession, access to justice, AI and the rule of law, building in MENA
Antoine sets HAQQ's vision and is its sharpest voice on where law and AI meet. He is known for winning over skeptical lawyers and investors in live debate, and he knows the market, the competitors, and the stakes cold.
Speaks on: The future of the legal profession, access to justice, AI and the rule of law, building in MENA · LinkedIn
Abbas M. Kabalan, CLO & Co-Founder
Legal ethics and AI, trust and accountability, the lawyer's role after AI
A lawyer by training, Abbas is HAQQ's authority on legal ethics, professional trust, and what responsible AI actually looks like inside a working practice.
Speaks on: Legal ethics and AI, trust and accountability, the lawyer's role after AI · LinkedIn
Roc Khalil, Chief Technology Officer
Building a legal AI engine, reliability and hallucination, engineering from MENA
Roc rebuilt HAQQ's engineering and leads the team behind Justinian, its legal AI engine. He speaks to what it takes to make legal AI reliable enough to trust.
Speaks on: Building a legal AI engine, reliability and hallucination, engineering from MENA · LinkedIn
Stephane Boghossian, Head of Growth
AI-search and LLM discovery, emerging-market go-to-market, growth engineering
Stephane runs HAQQ's go-to-market and its AI-search discovery strategy, previously at Lovable. He speaks to growth in emerging markets and how brands get found in the AI era.
Speaks on: AI-search and LLM discovery, emerging-market go-to-market, growth engineering · LinkedIn
Leadership
The people who run HAQQ, as published on haqq.ai/team, which is where this list is kept current.
| Name | Role | Profile |
|---|---|---|
| Antoine Kanaan | CEO & Co-Founder | |
| Abbas Kabalan | CLO & Co-Founder | |
| Stephane Boghossian | Head of Growth | |
| Roc Khalil | Chief Technology Officer | |
| Jad Jabbour | Technology Leader & AI Lead | |
| Sherif Adnan | Country Director (Egypt) | |
| Ronald Harfouche | Vice President, Sales | |
| Steve Hoyek | Vice President, Product | |
| Rayan Shaikh | Vice President, GCC | |
| Joseph Samman | Chief Operating Officer |
Board
| Name | Role | Profile |
|---|---|---|
| Dr. Anatoli van der Krans | Chairman | |
| Abdo Achkar | Board Member | |
| Roy Nasr | Treasurer | |
| Robb McDaniels | Chairman & CEO at Beatport |
Departments
HAQQ runs on three departments. Operations run out of Beirut against a Delaware holding company (see About HAQQ).
| Department | What it owns |
|---|---|
| Growth | Marketing, demand generation, content, and go-to-market across MENA and beyond. |
| Product | Engineering, design and the Justinian legal AI engine behind every HAQQ product. |
| Operations | Finance, legal, people, and the day-to-day running of the company. |
Headcount, reporting lines and the names of individual staff are not published. A request for a named contact in a specific team goes to the press desk.
Press photos
High-resolution founder photography for press and media use. Use them as they are. Do not crop out the subject, recolour, or composite them into another image.
Individual headshots
Antoine Kanaan
CEO & Co-Founder
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Antoine Kanaan
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Abbas M. Kabalan
CLO & Co-Founder
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Founders together
Three approved frames of Antoine and Abbas, for a piece that needs the two of them rather than a headshot.
In the office
Antoine Kanaan and Abbas M. Kabalan
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In the office
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Founders portrait
Posed
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