USJ Business School was thrilled to host the 2nd Executive Program in the ongoing series, delivered in collaboration with CSTouch. This program, titled "Foundations of Effective Governance for Profit and Non-Profit Organizations," tackled essential questions such as:

• What are the foundations of effective governance?
• What are the key steps to implement a strong governance structure?
• What best practices can we learn from well-functioning boards?
• What key decisions do boards need to make to ensure sustainable value creation, both financially and from an ESG perspective?

Aimed at senior-level staff and board members of both profit and non-profit organizations, the program featured proven frameworks and real-life case-studies from successful organizations with best-in-class governance practices, in addition to round tables with experts, CEOs and board members of major corporates, scaleups and NGOs in Lebanon and the MENA including Fady Debbane Executive Chairman of the Debbane Saikali Group, Nadine El khoury Kadi COO of The Quinta Group, Hady Farah Founder of Hiram Finance and board member of ABC Lebanon, Hady Nassif CEO of Saint-Gobain EMME, Kamel Abdallah CEO of Canal Sugar, Raphael Debbane Former Chairman of Debbane Saikali Group, Yusr Sabra CEO and founder of Wakilni, Maissa Ghanem board director of HOLDAL Group, Mario Massoud CEO of @Biomass organic, Dr. Fouad Zmokhol Dean of USJ Business School - Faculté de Gestion et de Management (FGM), Yasser Akkaoui CEO of Capital Concept - ESG & Sustainable Finance Consultants

All participants received certificates of participation. Stay tuned for our next Executive Program in October 2024.