Rita Chidiac is an accomplished public policy consultant with extensive experience in guiding businesses through successful market entry strategies. She specializes in providing crucial political, legislative, and public policy insights, sharing best practices, and facilitating engagement and advocacy efforts across the Middle East and Africa.

Rita’s previous career journey was with Japan Tobacco International (JTI) starting in 2011 where she assumed responsibility for corporate affairs and communications in the Middle East and Levant region. Her expertise led her to join JTI’s Worldwide Duty-Free team in Geneva and then Later in Dubai, where she managed JTI’s corporate affairs and communications activities, covering Africa, the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), and the Middle East until March 2022.Before her tenure at JTI, Rita served as a Political Analyst for the United Nations Development Program and worked closely with the Minister of State for Administrative Reform in Beirut.

Rita holds a Master’s degree in Public Administration from Notre Dame University in Lebanon, complementing her background in International Affairs and Diplomacy.