Lebanon’s Selim A. Bassoul recognized as one of WFF’s industry titans

May 15,2019 0 Rita Ghantous

Recently retired Chairman and CEO at Middleby Corporation Brands Selim A. Bassoul was elected one of this year’s Women’s Foodservice Forum personalities. He will be recognized as a WFF Industry Titan at the 2019 Annual Leadership Development Conference. Bassoul, through his unrelenting dedication, helped solve one of the industry’s toughest challenges. In so doing, he inspired others to support and cultivate opportunities for women in leadership roles further empowering the companies they work for.

The awards recognize those who are publicly committed to creating opportunities for women in their companies and the industry. At its 2019 annual leadership development conference, the WFF will salute C-Suite vanguards who are publicly committing to help create limitless opportunities for women in their companies and the industry.

WFF Industry Titans are forward-thinking leaders in the food industry who are being recognized for their public commitment to prioritizing women’s advancement in their own organizations, leveraging their influence to urge their peers to do the same and creating change that will increase opportunities for women across the industry.

The honorees have joined ranks to help implement WFF’s call for industry-wide gender equity solutions driven by CEO engagement that will enable the industry to win the war for talent, reap the proven rewards of gender-diversity and drive business growth.

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Rita Ghantous

Publication Executive

Rita Ghantous is a hospitality aficionado and a passionate writer with over 9 years’ experience in journalism and 5 years experience in the hospitality sector. Her passion for the performance arts and writing, started early. At 10 years old she was praised for her solo performance of the Beatles song “All My Love” accompanied by a guitarist, and was approached by a French talent scout during her school play. However, her love for writing was stronger. Fresh out of school, she became a freelance journalist for Noun Magazine and was awarded the Silver Award Cup for Outstanding Poetry, by The International Library of Poetry (Washington DC). She studied Business Management and earned a Masters degree from Saint Joseph University (USJ), her thesis was published in the Proche-Orient, Études en Management book. She then pursued a career in the hospitality industry but didn’t give up writing, that is why she launched the Four Points by Sheraton Le Verdun Newsletter. Her love for the industry and journalism led her to Hospitality Services - the organizers of the HORECA trade show in Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Jordan, as well as Salon Du Chocolat, Beirut Cooking Festival, Whisky Live and other regional shows. She is currently the Publications Executive of Hospitality News Middle East, Taste & Flavors and Lebanon Traveler. It is with ultimate devotion for her magazines that she demonstrates her hospitality savoir-faire.