Founder & Managing Partner
With over four decades of cross-border trade experience, Mohannad Medani serves as the visionary foundation of Cornerstone Trading Group. He has spent more than 40 years establishing reliable import pathways, wholesale networks, and industrial partnerships across the Levant, building a distinct specialization in the Syrian market and broader regional trade corridors.
His career is defined by introducing premium International FMCG portfolios—spanning specialty packaged foods, dairy, confectionery, beverages, and personal care essentials—into regional retail ecosystems. Beyond direct finished-goods distribution, Mohannad has structured pioneering contract manufacturing, private-label packaging, and licensed co-packing agreements between leading International brand principals and state-of-the-art Syrian industrial facilities. He oversees end-to-end operational workflows, ensuring strict adherence to International production quality standards, certified formulation compliance, and efficient raw material sourcing.
Renowned for enduring relationships with regional merchant networks, local industrial producers, and Tier-1 distributors, he leads Cornerstone’s cross-border operations, ensuring international partners secure compliant, scalable, and resilient manufacturing and distribution access across Syria and neighboring territories.