The Lebanese Private Sector Network: A strategy to grow, sustain, and protect

by Rima Freiji, Brigitte KhairMountain Iman Tabbara & Riccardo Hosri February 22, 2023

written by Rima Freiji, Brigitte KhairMountain Iman Tabbara & Riccardo Hosri February 22, 2023

For the Lebanese Private Sector Network (LPSN), the year of 2023 is the year of action, a year where we will focus on vigorously pursuing a major employment creation initiative along with further developing our regular initiatives, financial access, and international outreach. After our organization’s establishment in late 2021; a peak time of economic collapse and a time when inaction in decision making had been manifesting itself as an enduring and destructive political pattern, 2022 for us was a year of formation and reaching the stage of credibility. We completed last year with the successful filing to register LPSN as a non-governmental organization at the Ministry of Interior and Municipalities. In the current year, however, we are acting upon our foundation of last year’s successes in developing our membership, networking, and building trust with our stakeholders, which include our employees and partners in the Lebanese economy. From our inception during

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.

Brigitte KhairMountain

Head of International Advocacy

Iman Tabbara

Iman Tabbara is an Attorney at Law and Legal Consultant since 2004, managing law firms in Saudi Arabia and Lebanon, where she is the Managing Partner at Tabbara Law Firm since 2017. She is also a guest lecturer at several Saudi universities and a part-time instructor at Effat University. Iman is a board member of the Lebanese Private Sector Network and an active member of multiple associations. She holds a BA in Public Administration from the American University of Beirut, a Civil Law degree from La Sagesse University, completed the Program for Leadership Development at Harvard Business School, and has a Professional Certificate for Mediation.

Riccardo Hosri

Riccardo Fernand HOSRI, born in Beirut in 1973, has translated his early exposure to business into a distinguished career, serving as CEO of Sacotel sal since 2015, where he has maintained the company’s leadership in telecom, security, automation, and renewable energy across the MENA region. Educated at Collège Des Frères Maristes Champville, The International School of Choueifat UK, and The Lebanese American University (LAU), Riccardo is also a key leader in several organizations, including FBN Levant and the Syndicate of Security and Safety Professionals in Lebanon (SSSPL). He chairs the "Energy" Workgroup at RDCL and serves on the board of the Lebanese Private Sector Network (LPSN).

The Lebanese Private Sector Network: A strategy to grow, sustain, and protect

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