Bader Young Entrepreneurs Program and Bank Audi sal – Audi Saradar Group announced the signature, on September 12, 2011, of a five-year exclusive agreement, at Bank Audi Head Office in Bab Idriss.

The agreement signature event was attended by MP Robert Fadel, President of Bader,

Mr. Antoine Abou-Samra, Managing Director of Bader, Mrs. Hala Fadel, Chair of the MIT Enterprise Forum of the Pan-Arab Region and Bader Founding Member, Dr. Khater Abi Habib, Chairman and General Manager of Kafalat and Bader Founding Member, as well as Mr. Marc Audi, Bank Audi General Manager – Country Manager Lebanon and Mr. Ibrahim Salibi, Bank Audi Assistant General Manager – Corporate and Commercial Banking.

In line with this landmark agreement, Bank Audi will be the exclusive bank sponsor of Bader and will be involved in major financial activities under a productive and mutually beneficial exclusive collaboration.

MP Robert Fadel highlighted the importance of this exclusive collaboration stating that “Bank Audi is a leading institution known for its involvement and constant support to growing businesses and this is the reason why Bader chose Bank Audi in particular to empower the nation's future entrepreneurs. We are deeply grateful for its generous support that will ultimately benefit young entrepreneurs and the business community as a whole.”

Commenting on this agreement, Mr. Marc Audi praised the pioneering role of Bader in promoting new projects and businesses and said: “We truly appreciate Bader’s achievements and are happy to be joining forces to support young and promising entrepreneurs.” He further underlined that “this five-year collaboration agreement will undoubtedly translate into more start-ups growing beyond their potential.”

The signature of this exclusive agreement is the cornerstone of a long-term collaboration in line with Bank Audi and Bader’s common belief in the value of human capital and their endeavor to boost entrepreneurship and innovation.