Q & A: Fouad Siniora – Forward thinking

Former finance minister Fouad Siniora has been involved in the shaping of the country’s economic policies for the past 12 years as cabinet member and key right hand man of assassinated former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. Although he moved to the top post at Hariri-affiliated Banque Méditerranée at the beginning of 2005, from the day of the assassination Siniora strongly lent his voice to the cause of change. EXECUTIVE asked him about the priorities of the current period, the challenges and opportunities of the future, and the succession of Hariri’s leadership in economic policy making. Lebanon is situated at a crossroads and the atmosphere in the country is seen as tense. How do you perceive the situation? First of all, one has to resolve the urgent political issues. This is something very important and I think the opposition made a good deal of progress over the last two weeks of