André Abiawad & Rima Freiji

André Abiawad

Since 2008, Andre Abi Awad trained entrepreneurs and business owners from 54 countries on how to start a business, grow their ventures, and increase the value of their companies before getting investment or selling the business.

He's the founder of Entreprenergy, one of the largest communities of Arab entrepreneurs, and he sold his company Digital Smarter, a customer acquisition digital marketing company in 2022.

Rima Freiji

Rima Freiji is the Chairwoman of Tanmia-Lebanon and a Board member and Chief Corporate Governance Officer of Wadi Holdings SAE in Egypt. In parallel she leads performance optimization, top team leadership development, corporate governance, and corporate restructuring initiatives across the Group.

She is a founding member and President of the Lebanese Private Sector Network, a Board Member at the Syndicate of Lebanese Food Industrialists, and serves on several other local and international Associations.