Lara Arab is the Program Manager for the Hawkamah Institute for Corporate Governance, developing and managing programs for Banks & Financial Institutions and Family Owned Enterprises. In her role, Lara is also responsible for identifying strategic partners for the institute, developing market incentives to promote good corporate governance, developing sector and/or function specific capacity building programs, and speaking at regional conferences and events. She is currently leading two MENA Task Forces on Corporate Governance, namely for the Insurance and the Private Equity industries. Prior to joining Hawkamah, Lara worked as a Business Development Manager for CMCS, Primavera Sys. Inc.'s representative in the Middle East where she headed the Training and Consultancy Department. Lara graduated from the American University of Beirut with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and has hands on experience in Corporate Governance and Project Management. She speaks Arabic, English and French fluently.