As part of a series of 12 talks powered by Hospitality News Middle East and funded by the USAID Lebanon Enterprise development (LED) project, Nagi Morkos, founder and managing partner of Hodema Consulting Services moderated the panel “From Lebanon to the world: connecting local brands to international buyers” which was held on March 25th, 2021. The seventh virtual roundtable invited producers and importers to discuss challenges and opportunities, and highlighted ways food and beverage firms in Lebanon could enter the export market. The panel included: Rani Azzi, commercial director of Sodimo (France); Joseph Bitar, CEO of Lebanos Food Trading; Marwan Fares, CEO of Food Choice Companies; Fady Gemayel, president of the Association of Lebanese Industrialists (ALI); Georges Nasrawi, VP of the Association of Lebanese Industrialists (ALI); Laila Slim, director of Tropifrais; Philippe Massoud, founder and owner of ilili Restaurant and ilili Box; and Faouzi Issa, co-owner and winemaker of Domaine des Tourelles.
To watch the full video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7los-6ps7y4