After nearly two decades in the public arena, Ara Sisserian has created a new platform from which to serve the Armenian community. Graduating with a degree in Business Administration and Management from Haigazian University, he travelled to France where he met and established his relationship with former Prime Lebanese Minister Rafic Hariri. Later he began working in Armenia for various humanitarian aid projects, but was asked to return to Beirut and assume the assistant to the Chief of Protocol position for Hariri.

Since 2005, he has continued to serve as the Chief of Protocol for the current Prime Minister, Saad Hariri. Mr. Sisserian’s objective for founding Radio Sevan was to have a free and independent station where all Armenians could have their voices heard, in the community as well as in the Diaspora. It was also an opportunity to open the channels of communication between Armenia and those living abroad, to strengthen cultural ties and promote greater awareness of each other.

Radio Sevan has successfully grown over the past few years with Mr. Sisserian at its helm, and as a result has been a point of reference for community radio in the entire region.