EMBASSY BEIRUT NOMINEES FOR THE PRESIDENTIAL

UNCLAS BEIRUT 001261 C O R R E C T E D C O P Y (CORRECTED CAPTIONS) SIPDIS DEPT FOR S/P BEHRMAN E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: ECON EAID PREL SOCI LE SUBJECT: EMBASSY BEIRUT NOMINEES FOR THE PRESIDENTIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP SUMMIT REF: STATE 112495 ¶1. (U) Post nominated the following ten individuals for the Presidential Entrepreneurship Summit: - Mr. Fawaz Hamidi, General Manager, Business Incubation Association Tripoli and Northern Lebanon (BIAT); - Mr. Nicolas Rouhana, Business Development & Communication Director, Berytech Technological Pole; - Mr. Kamal Mouzawak, a USAID Synergos Institute Arab World Social Innovators Program grantee and creator of the Souk el Tayeb market; - Mr. Antoine Abou Samra, Managing Director, BADER; - Mr. Charles Arbid, Head of the Lebanese Franchise Association; - Mr. Youssef Fares, Owner of an olive oil company; - Mr. Rania Frem El Khoury, Managing Director, Georges N. Foundation; - Mr. Ali Ezzedine, Vice-President & Executive Chairman of Association for the Development of Rural Capacities (ADR); - Ms. Nada Tarraf, founding member and Treasurer of the Lebanese League for Women in Business (LLWB; - Ms. Tania Helou, General Manager of Saradar Foundation. ¶2. (U) Post will send bios of the nominees via e-mail. DAUGHTON