Arab Hoballah supported SEED in 2017 as Executive Director. Prior to joining SEED, Arab served as the Chief of Sustainable Consumption and Production/SCP in UNEP since 2005. A major outcome of this work is the 10YFP, the 10 Year Framework of Programmes on SCP, adopted at the 2012 Earth Summit/RIO+20; worth noting: it was the only programme adopted in the Outcome Document of "The Future We Want", following the request of Rio 92 and Johannesburg 2002.

Arab spent 14 years working in the UNEP Regional Seas programme as Deputy Director of the Blue Plan and then Deputy Coordinator of the Mediterranean Action Plan (MAP). He established and managed the Mediterranean Commission on Sustainable Development, and assisted several countries in developing sustainable development strategies and coastal areas management plans. Prior to 1991, he worked for several institutions in developing countries, including several years with World Bank projects in Yemen.

Educated in a multicultural environment (Lebanon, Senegal, France and Colombia), Dr. Hoballah holds a MSc in Economic Tools and Prospective Analysis, a MSc in Law and International Relations and a PhD in Economic Development.