The first round of Lebanon’s Award for Distinguished Women for 2012 was organised last week under the auspices of the Minister of Economy and Trade, Charbel Nahhas. The event was held during a ceremony organised at the UNESCO Palace in Beirut in collaboration with the Union of Chambers of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture of Lebanon. The awards were distributed to the successful candidate after a review of reports about the 15 finalists. The awardees included: the first business woman for 2013, engineer Rula Moussa and CEO of Netways and executive director of LARD Lebanese Association for Rural Development in addition to Balkees Ghalayini for the professionality category, Nadya Shaib for the leadership category, Omaya Mousharafieh for job accomplishments, Nada Alaa Al-Din for innovation, Najwa Chelala Khoury for strategic and financial planning and Souad Abou Chahine for social contributions.
Source: Al-Diyar 8 August 2013