DECEMBER 2015

THE WILL TO PREVAIL

Environment Costs of the trash crisis
Cabinet’s approach to waste management comes with very high costs

Oil & gas Legislation needed
Legislation needed to move oil and gas sector forward

Telecoms Slow progress
Lebanon is reporting little progress in implementing a new vision for telecoms

Monetary Central bank plays government
Lebanon’s central bank steps in where lawmakers and ministers have failed

Lebanon’s fiscal challenges Deficits and high debt
Lebanon must begin to implement credible fiscal management

Accounts and the EBRD Q&A with Alain Bifani
Overcoming the country’s problems requires cash injection and smart financing

Sustainable energy market Positive plans in the works
The sustainable energy market in Lebanon: an unexpected uptick

Jbeil electricity plan Waiting for approval
A mighty plan is on the agenda, but will it be approved?

Health care Drug prescriptions
The role of the pharmaceutical industry and its impact on health

Refugee crisis Lebanon’s collective responsibility
Lebanon and the international community must not abandon Syria’s refugees

An unquantifiable tragedy
The Syrian tragedy Q&A with UNHCR representative Mireille Girard

The mechanics that keep the boat afloat
Banking sector maintains its performance in 2015

Banking outlook Predictions for 2016
Bankers project many-colored shades of optimism and realism on 2016

Insurance overview New initiatives
Acquiring key skills for the evolving job market

Insuring Lebanon Q&A with Max Zaccar
Lebanese insurance companies embark on new initiatives

The science behind the Top 20
How EXECUTIVE chose Lebanon’s top entrepreneurs

The top 20 Lebanese entrepreneurs
Lebanon’s success stories

Sector overview A lack of data
The real estate market continues to lack solid price and demand statistics

2015 real estate in review Setting the facts straight
Slow is not dead for Beirut’s property market

Pushing for reform
Developing new rules for the real estate market is a slow process

Overview Seeking new tactics and markets
Food and agriculture producers seek new tactics and markets

Make it or break it Q&A with Hassan Hajj Hassan
Lebanon’s manufacturing industry continues to sail a tumultuous sea

Export dynamics Q&A with Mounir Bissat
Food industry is looking for new markets

Agriculture sector Q&A with Maurice Saade
Executive talks targets for agriculture with Maurice Saade of the FAO

Repositioning Lebanon
Lebanon’s tourism minister talks rural boom, culture, garbage and future plans

Hotel sector overview Ebbs and flows
Beirut’s hotels hang on despite the many challenges

Hotel industry Q&A with Pierre Ashkar
The head of Lebanon’s Hotel Owners Association on the country’s struggling industry

Regional expansion Q&A with Rudi Jagersbacher
Hilton sees opportunity to grow despite setbacks in Lebanon

F&B sector overview Changing with the market
The Lebanese food and beverage sector embraces the changing market

Addmind: a success story Q&A with Tony Habre
Executive speaks with Addmind about managing two regional hospitality hotspots

Retail sector overview Adaptation skills
Lebanon’s retailers respond to a sticky situation

Fury road: the Lebanese chapter
The automotive sector in 2015

Easy riding
Motorbiking overview of 2015

Speed bumps ahead Q&A with Antoine Boukather
The automotive sector drives through another slow year

Sector overview A city and its art
Per aspera ad artem

Cultural wealth A key to prosperity
Art and culture as a means to economic prosperity

Elitism, disruptiveness and a lack of strategy
Peculiarities and challenges of Beirut museum landscape

Sector overview Regulating the industry
The trials, tribulations and steady growth of the local wine industry

Wine profiles Two new vintages
Two new labels released in 2015

Chateau Musar Family and tradition
Passing on Chateau Musar’s wine-making history through the generations

Promoting Lebanese wine Q&A with Zafer Chaoui
The helping hands getting Lebanese wine on tables worldwide