Mr Willy Tan

Founder, Habibi International, USA



PD03 – Strategic Global Partnerships For Humanitarian Impact
MC07 – Global Partnerships for Social Transformation – The Story of Habibi International


Mr Willy Tan is one of the founders and CEO of Habibi International - a humanitarian organization that serves some 50,000 refugees and internally-displaced persons in the Middle East. He graduated from Biola University and Fuller Seminary and is currently a doctoral candidate at Gordon-Conwell Seminary. He also studied leadership and management at the Drucker School of Management in Claremont, California. Prior to full-time humanitarian work, Mr Tan spent 15 years working as a portfolio manager in the wealth management industry. He is married to Christy, a Nurse Practitioner who serves alongside him in Northern Iraq. They have 2 children, Amber and Hudson.