الحلقة ٣١ - إعادة التفكير في أدوات التمويل لدعم ريادة الأعمال الريفية في لبنان
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نيكولاس فوتيادس ، المستشار المالي ومؤسس Orion Financial Solutions ، يناقش مع لينا س. مداح تأثير الأزمات على رواد الأعمال بحكم الضرورة في المناطق الريفية ، من الناحية المالية. يتناول البودكاست تطوير وتكامل أدوات التمويل البديلة (التقليدية والرقمية) التي يمكن أن تدعم ريادة الأعمال الريفية خلال الأزمات ، وبعد ذلك ، على مستوى أكثر استراتيجية.
نيكولاس فوتيادس هو مصرفي استثماري ومستشار مالي يتمتع بخبرة تزيد عن 30 عامًا في لندن وباريس ومنطقة الشرق الأوسط وشمال إفريقيا. وهو المؤسس والشريك الإداري (منذ 2002) لشركة Orion Financial Solutions. نيكولاس متخصص في إعادة هيكلة الديون وتنويع التمويل وأسواق رأس المال والأسهم والأسهم الخاصة وعمليات الدمج والاستحواذ. كما يتمتع بخبرة واسعة في التطوير المصرفي والتصنيف الائتماني. السيد فوتيادس حاصل على درجة الماجستير في التمويل والاستثمار من جامعة إكستر في المملكة المتحدة وبكالوريوس في الاقتصاد من الجامعة الأمريكية في بيروت (AUB).
Nicolas Photiades, financial advisor and founder of Orion Financial Solutions, discusses with Lina Maddah the impact of the crises on NDEs in rural areas, from a financial point of view. The podcast addresses the development and integration of alternative financing vehicles and tools (both conventional and digital) that can support rural entrepreneurship during the crises, and afterwards, on a more strategic level.
Nicolas Photiades is an investment banker and financial advisor with over 30 years of experience in London, Paris and the MENA region. He is the founder and managing partner (since 2002) of Orion Financial Solutions. Nicholas specializes in debt restructuring, financing diversification, capital markets, equity, private equity and mergers and acquisitions. He also has extensive experience in banking development and credit rating. Mr. Photiades holds a Master’s degree in Finance and Investment from University of Exeter in the UK and BA in Economics from the American University of Beirut (AUB).
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