Sana is an award-winning, gender expert, women advocate, and public speaker on feminism and women issues. In 2016, she established Womenpreneur Initiative that aims to advance women’s place in the entrepreneurial scene, technology, innovation & society. Since its establishment, Womenpreneur has trained 16,000 women in Belgium and the MENA region. Through her work, Sana reached thousands of women, to drive visibility, social impact, and resources for women in the ecosystem and beyond.​ In recognition of her achievements, Sana received recognition by the World Bank, Adecco Group, and many more. ​

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Asmahan established Aramex in Lebanon and served in different executive positions for twenty-seven years. While in Aramex she was elected the first Female President of the Freight Forwarders Syndicate in Lebanon. In 2014, Asmahan started Filovault Crypta s.a.l which was the franchise of Infofort LLC. Throughout her career, she served on several boards, as the Vice Chair of Amideast Advisory Board in Lebanon until 2016 in addition to Vice Chair of Injaz Lebanon until 2017. She was the President of Lebanese League for Women in Business (LLWB), and she is currently an Advisor to the Board of LLWB. She is currently the Vice-Chair of Ruwwad Al Tanmiya Lebanon, Board member of Rural Entrepreneurs, Board member of Alfanar Advisory Board Lebanon, a member of the steering committee of the United Nations Global Compact Lebanon, and member of NCC/AUB (Nature Conservation Center) advisory board, in addition to being the Chairperson of Seeders/LWAF, a group of angel investors in Lebanon.

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Madiha is the president of the Women Leaders Council of Lebanon that she founded in 2018 to further empower pioneering businesswomen in Lebanon and to enhance their participation as leaders and decision-makers impacting job creation and opening new doors for economic growth. Madiha was also the vice president of the Lebanese Franchise Association for 9 years and was chosen amongst 20 women from the Middle East to complete the ‘Vital Voices Grow’ program by Harvard University to invest in women leaders with a daring vision. In 2002 she founded Darling’s Touch offering a wide array of ready-to-wear creations for style-conscious women across the Middle East.

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Nayla Tueni Maktabi is a Lebanese journalist and politician. She was a member of the Lebanese Parliament for almost ten years (2009-2018), representing the district of Achrafieh. Tueni is the CEO of one of Lebanon’s most famous newspapers, An-Nahar. Tueni is a fourth generation journalist. An Nahar was established by her great-grandfather, Gebran Tueni, in 1933. Her grandfather, Ghassan Tueni, ran the newspaper for decades. She is heiress along with her siblings to the newspaper dynasty and currently a member of the Board and the Deputy General Manager of An Nahar. She is also a board trustee of the Mentor Arabia, a non-governmental regional organization that promotes drug prevention and raises awareness on various issues among Arab youth

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Yasmina Audi is a Strategic Brand Builder with over 20 years of experience in Marketing, Communication and Strategic Planning – helping startups and SMES build their brands to the greatest potential. She is also a Marketing Manager with over 20 years of experience in the Marketing Field heading marketing and sales team divisions in major companies. In addition, she has experience in FMCG, F&B, Education, and Digital marketplace. She is an entrepreneur and mentor, supporting startups and SMEs. Some of her projects are Elle Fiesta, Super Mama Arabia and, the latest, Sparks Factory.

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Carla Saba comes from the Telecommunications industry where she last served as the Executive Vice-President for an international telecom provider of services and high-value turnkey solutions to public and private entities in the Middle East and Africa. Previously, she held several operational roles leading to a rapid promotion to COO position in a family investments office operating in the Middle East and African region and managing a portfolio of multi-million dollars investments projects in different sectors. Carla has spent more than a decade roaming around several countries in the Middle East and African region and dealing closely with Presidents, Prime Ministers, Ministers, Regulators and top Government officials on regulatory and industry development programs and initiatives, thus bringing back exposure and broad advisory expertise of reference to her home country Lebanon.  

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​​Experienced in Corporate Communication, PR, Government relations, Investors relations and CSR Mireille is named Corporate Communication Officer at FFA Private Bank Group as well as being a Real Estate professional heading Business Development at FFA Real Estate with a demonstrated history of working in the real estate industry in Lebanon and the region. Skilled in Branding, positioning, PR, Negotiation, Corporate Communication, Market Research, Marketing Strategy, Business Strategy and Expansion. Mireille Korab Abi Nasr is a real estate and Communication professional with a Bachelor of Business Administration from American University of Beirut AUB. she believes in the need to cope with the omnipresent challenging markets of Lebanon and the region by nurturing innovation, integrity, transparency, equality and social responsibility that will lead to best practices in Banking and Real Estate. Mireille is the Vice President of REDAL(Real Estate Developers Association of Lebanon) in addition to being a founding member of the “Beirut Institute” Policy maker think tank and member of its Advisory Board. She is also founding and board member of the Women Leaders Council of Lebanon WLC where she is the treasurer.

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Named Momtrepreneur of the Year 2022 in the Middle East region by The Entrepreneur Magazine and MasterCard, Jennifer Mansour is a mom of two girls, Melanie and Tiffany, and the founder of Little Melly, a fresh baby food company. Jennifer has been attesting to how mothers can indeed excel in their careers while raising a family in a healthy way. Through Little Melly, she is finally making fresh food accessible to today’s busy parents. Earlier in her career, Jennifer specialized in marketing, including digital marketing, website and mobile app development, and content strategies. She has also shown a passion for business development in her various career occupations. Jennifer has a Bachelor in Business Administration from the American University of Beirut, Lebanon and received her Master’s degree in Corporate Innovation and Entrepreneurship from Penn State University, USA in 2021.

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Mayssam Daaboul is an ethical economist, Founder Carpe Verum, Research affiliate & Coordinator at Sensorica. He has worked as a consultant for the United Nations, European Union & Skills4sports – ENI CBC MED program, Taaheel, NGO dedicated to Children with Special Needs & Learning Disabilities in Lebanon, and is currently working with Blockchain Services Consulting – Silverline – in Dubai.

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Sobhiya Najjar is a news reporter\news anchor, TV producer and has more than a decade of experience in handling media and news production. She has implemented and supervised news, film, television production, and Social Media campaign and started covering, political, social, environmental, and humanitarian topics including women’s rights, refugees and migration, local and international elections, and youth political participation.

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Danielle Hatem is the founder of D does Business. She has experience and financial consulting as she has worked at FFa Private Bank and Levant International Ltd. In addition, she holds a master in Economics and Finance from the University of Warwick and an executive master in Finance from HEC Paris.

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Elie Akhrass is the Director of the Asher Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the Université Saint Esprit Kaslik (USEK). Prior to USEK, Elie used to manage the UK Lebanon Tech Hub as their programs manager and director of the International Research Center. His work resulted in creating and growing more than 80 startups and funding 5 applied research collaborations. Elie started his career at Kafalat where he assessed the financial and credit risk of more than 1500 SME projects across Lebanon. Elie holds a Masters’ degree in Economics from Saint Joseph University, a Certificate in Research Commercialization from Cambridge Institute and a Post Graduate Diploma in Innovation and Design Thinking from MIT, Columbia University and Tuck at Dartmouth. He is an expert in finance, innovation, entrepreneurship, design thinking and community building.

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Fidele is the Founder & CEO of FoodSight, a Consultancy Services platform that empowers food businesses to simplify all their Food Industry activities and comply with Local & International Food Safety & Quality requirements while connecting them to top freelance talent. She is an experienced food safety consultant with a background in quality control management & lead auditing. Before launching her own business, Fidele spent over 9 years in the Lebanese food industry working with private & public sectors, NGOs and local food associations, in food technology, quality assurance, project management, inspections & audits on multiple systems (ISO, BRC, IFS, AIB standards…). 

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Lea Lteif is the founder of Boèm Home Boutique. In addition, she has experience in strategic planning, business process management and business development, marketing, brand building and positioning with LTEIF GROUP. 

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Layal Jebran founded her first successful startup Lyl Big Designs during her university years, while serving as CEO & Co-founder of Moubarmij and on the advisory board of Codi.tech, served as well on the executive board of ISOC Lebanon. Started PiC, an NGO which was among the final 20 out of 394 global initiatives, at the Hivos Social Innovation Award in the Netherlands in 2014. Currently, she advises multiple crowdfunding campaigns after two years in Heading the Projects Management Department at Zoomaal and becoming the Crowdfunding Expert in the MENA region and turning ideas from drafts into fully working applications and then advising them on successful campaigns. As well as establishing a consulting career in technology mainly ICT and Cyber Security.

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Economist and public policy practitioner with more than 20 years of experience in formulating economic policy, advising on reform implementation, and working with governments and international organizations. Between 2017 and 2020, worked as economic advisor to Prime Minister Saad Hariri; led the formulation and implementation of the Lebanese government economic policies and reforms, managed dialogue with international development and financial institutions, and was a key contributor to the design and planning of the CEDRE conference and vision document; oversaw the implementation of Lebanon’s National Poverty Targeting Program, spearheaded Lebanon’s Sustainable Development Goals process, and worked closely with Mckinsey & Company to develop Lebanon’s productive sectors strategy; managed the UNDP Project aimed at “Enhancing decision-making capacities at the Presidency of the Council of Ministers”.

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Sarine is a Haigazian graduate with MBA in Marketing. On April 15, 2017, Sarine joined the Dekmak Family. The team started growing rapidly with very passionate individuals the Dekmaks now call them family. Today, Dekmak is composed of 18 hard working members from talented animators to designers, web developers, marketing strategists, filter creators, copywriters, coordinators and so on. 

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Layal Mansour Ichrakieh is an academic with experience in the field of Economics. She has worked as an instructor, research associate and teaching assistant at the Lebanese American University (LAU), the American UNiversity of Beirut, the Lebanese University and Université Lumière in Lyon, France. She has also worked as an economic advisor and program coordinator at the Ministry of Labor in Beirut, Lebanon. 

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Nisrine El Makkouk is the co-founder and CSO of Kamkalima. She has a background experience on education and research. She was an education program manager at Anera and an Adolescent and Youth Program Officer at UNICEF. In addition, she worked as a senior researcher as the Center for Lebanese Studies. 

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Nour Itani is an investment analyst at Finance In Motion. Previously she worked as an Assistant Relationship Manager and Customer Service Representative at BankMed. SHe studied Banking and Financial SUpport Services at Beirut Arab University. 

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