KAROUN DAIRIES    

Karoun Dairies Owner President CEO

Ara Baghdassarian grown in the family dairy business is a food quality expert.

He holds in addition to his MBA degree from the American University of Beirut (AUB), an ISO 22000 Practical & Implementation Training Certificate from the Lloyds Register Quality Assurance (LRQA) London, UK and a HACCP in practice Certificate – credit pass from the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH) London, UK.

       Ara Baghdassarian held, among others, the following positions:

• Member of the Board of Directors of the Industrial Research Institute (IRI)

• Treasurer and President of the Strategies, Planning and Scientific Research 
      Commission of the Syndicate of the Lebanese Food Industries (SLFI)

• Member of the Lebanese Higher Council of Agro-Industries

• Member of the Lebanese-Syrian Commission of Food Production

• Vice President of the Vocational and Technical School for Food Industries