Under the patronage of HE Mr. Riad Salamah, Governor of the Banque du Liban, and at the invitation of the Bank Group and the Investor, a conference entitled “Risk Mitigation and Sanctions, From Awareness to Caution” was organized at the Four Seasons Hotel in Beirut with the participation of economic and banking figures.

Dr. Mohamed Baasiri, Deputy Governor of the Banque du Liban, and Alberto Moslem, former Deputy Chief Executive Officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, spoke about risk mitigation and the banks role . “Graham Wiesner, senior counsel at the law firm Manatt, Phelps & Philips LLP, And Mr. Marwan Mikhael, Head of Research and Studies at BLOM BANK, spoke about the global
financial sanctions: changing the scene. In the last session, Sarkis Yogortdjian, adviser and general Director Assistant for banking supervision and organization in the Board of Governors Federal Collapse in Washington, and Maurice Iskandar, head of the International Business Division – Lebanese French Bank, Josanne Maalouf, General Manager for the East Bank JPMorgan, who all have talked about the role of the regulators: the Lebanese experience;