The chair of the Lebanese Packaging Center (LibanPack) Suha Atallah was appointed vice president of the World Packaging Organization (WPO) by its president, Pierre Peinaar, during the Organization’s board meeting in Rio, Brazil. To recall, this is the first time an Arab holds this post within the WPO, noting that the organization is a non-governmental, non-profit, international federation of national packaging institutes and associations embracing 66 world countries. Atallah will be responsible for the world conferences, exhibitions and prizes in the packaging section. She comes with 17 years of experience in industrial development, packaging, packing and food safety in Lebanon and the Arab region, and is co-founder of LibanPack. Atallah has an established presence in the industry sector here in Lebanon, particularly through raising awareness on the importance of packaging, besides initiating the student Starpack annual awards. Throughout her career life, Atallah has provided consultation services in the packaging and marketing areas to more than 200 industrial enterprises in Lebanon and the region and has worked as an international packaging and marketing expert at UNIDO for more than 10 years. She holds a master’s degree from LAU and has recently completed a course in marketing management at Harvard School of Business. (Al Mustaqbal, December 14, 2017)