Hamoud al-Mahmoud heads the research desk at Arab Reporters for Investigative Journalism. He is also a regional researcher with the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project, providing journalists in the Middle East and North Africa region with the tools and skills to investigate companies and governments in corruption cases. Al-Mahmoud has also worked as an investigative reporter, a coach for reporters, a lecturer at Damascus University, and the editor in chief for the Aliqtisadi business magazine and the Aliqtisadi website.