Alex Makled

Alex Makled is a Managing Director at Accenture and an outspoken advocate for Syria’s Druze community.

Alex is an American Druze who was born in Sweida City, Syria. He is very passionate about the Druze cause and has various positions in civic organizations, including the American Druze Society and Jabal Alrayan Foundation which promote the peace and security of the Syrian and Lebanese Druze in the Middle East. He has a home in Sweida Syria and visits there occasionally. He has strong relationships with the current Druze leadership on the ground and he is in constant communication with them and up to speed with current tragic circumstances engulfing the Druze minority population in Syria.

He holds a B.S. in Civil Engineering from the University of Massachusetts and graduate degrees in engineering and business administration from Florida Atlantic University and the University of Miami.