Mr. Nabil G. Sawabini  

Mr. Michel Pierre Pharaon

  Mr. Walid Rasamny
Mr. Yassine Jaber  

Mr. Rami El Nimer

  Mrs. Bushra Jabre

Mr. Majid Joumblat

 

Mr. Georges N. Frem

  Mrs. Nayla de Freige
Mr. Salah N. Osseiran   Mr. Mohamad Safadi   Mr. Rafic Gazzaoui
Dr. Hayan Haydar  

Dr. Florence Eid

  Mr. Ramy Hourie
Mr. Ramzi El Hafez   Mr. Fadi Abboud   Mr. Sharif Idriss
Mrs. Rania Frem El-Khoury   Mr. Ali Ghandour   Mr. Joseph Mouawad

 

 

 

Founder, Chairman & CEO. MENA Capital SAL. Founder, President & CEO. Middle East Capital Group Limited (1996-2003). Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Entrepreneurial Development Foundation. Member of the Board of Directors of Wardieh Holding SAL and Power International SAL. Former Chairman of Park View Realty Company SAL. Former Board Member of Regional Capital Finance Company SAL, Capital Finance Company, RECO (Homeline) SAL and Rasamny Younis Motor Company (RYMCO) SAL. Former President of the AUB Alumni Association of North America. Former Managing Director of J P Morgan – New York (1977 -1995).

Former Minister of Public Works and Transport (2004-2005). Former Minister of Economy and Trade (1995-1998), Member of Parliament since 1996 . Businessman with interests in both Lebanon and the U.K. Founder and President of Kamel Jaber Cultural and Social Center in Nabatieh-South Lebanon. President of the Association for Supporting Public Schools in the Nabatieh region. Honorary President of Al-Ahli Football Club. Member of Board of Trustees of Islamic Association for Higher Education and Scientific Guidance. Member of Board of Directors of British-Lebanese Association in London. Former President of AUB Alumni Association (U.K.) (1992-1995). Member of Consultative Committee of the Arab Community in Britain.Honorable Board member of American Alumni Association of Lebanon. Member of Board of Trustees of American community School – Beirut.


 
 
 

Vice-Governor of the Central Bank of Lebanon (2003-present). Board Member and former Secretary General of the Druze Foundation for Social Welfare (1982-present). Former Board Member of Casino du Liban (1997-2003). Board Member and former President of the Lebanese NG0 Forum (1997-1999). Former Board Member of Intra Investment Company (1988-1990). Vice-Governor of the Central Bank of Lebanon (1985-1990). Former Secretary General - by proxy - of The Association of Banks in Lebanon. Executive Director of the Association of Banks in Lebanon (1974-1978).
 
 

In Lebanon, Mr. Osseiran is a director of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry; he is also a Chairman of “Sabil Water”, “MEICO”, LBCI and MIDCO. And he is as well director of other companies in Europe and the USA.Mr. Osseiran is a philanthropist and supports many needy causes in the country.

 
 

Owner of HEADS, an engineering firm, Dr. Haidar was Assistant General Manager of the National Bank for Industrial and Touristic Development (1974-1999), also former member of various governmental boards between 1977 &1994: CDR, Higher Council for Urban Planning, National Fund for Social Security, Housing Bank, BLCbank (2002-2005). Also worked with Dar Al-Handasah and other Arab and Pan-Arab organizations. Member of the Order of Engineers, Syndicate of Lebanese Contractors, LMA, RDCL, National Population Committee (governmental), IPPF (London), the Islamic Association, Arab Demographers' Association (Tunis), Arab Cultural Club, La Foundation Nationale du Patrimone, International Tyre Preservation A., Arab National Forum, Third Force, Lebanon Family Planning A., Forum for National Action, Development Studies Forum, “Amel” Association, IC & British Universities Alumni and Former President of the Rotary Club of Beirut.

 
 
Owner-Publisher of InfoPro Management, Owner of InfoPro Consulting-Lebanon. Secretary of the National Council of Tourism of Lebanon (CNTL). Mr. El Hafez is a Member of the Rassemblement des Chefs d'Entreprise Libanais (RDCL) and the National Committee for the selection of "Man and Woman of the Year". Former Shareholder and Director of Operations at USLAN Systems Corporation (USA), Former General Manager of Regency Consulting Services - Washington, DC and Former owner and General Manager of ComputerLand - Switzerland.
 
 

Executive Director of Indevco Foundation since 1999. Formerly, Task Force Leader at INDEVCO Business Development Department, 1993-1999. Mrs. Frem El-Khoury was also Deputy General Manager at New Okal - Member of INDEVCO Group, 1993-1994.

 
 

Minister of State for Parliamentary affairs since July 2005. Member of Parliament, Deputy of Beirut since 1996. Chairman of the board of Delta Near East, Pharaon Holding, Delta Africa Holding and Murex Holding. Member of the board of MedNet Liban, le Commerce du Levant and LBCI. Mr. Pharaon is also Vice president of the superior council of the Greek Catholics, member of Trustees of Patriarchal School and founder of the free health care center at "St Sauveur".

 
 

Chairman & General Manager of Beirut Building Company, Chairman & General Manager of First National Bank SAL and Chairman of Lebanon Invest Venture Holding. Mr. El-Nimer is also a Shareholder & Member of Board of Directors at Massaya Holding and United Investment Holding. Mr. El-Nimer is a Member of the Board of Trustees at the Lebanese American University and the Palestinian Health Care Society.

 
 
 

Former Minister of Industry (2000-2003), Former Minister of Post and Telecommunication (1982-1985), Former Minister of Electricity and Hydraulic Resources (1992-1993) and Former Minister of Industry and Petroleum (1982-1985). Owner and Chairman of INDEVCO For Industrial Development. Founder and Chairman of the INDEVCO Foundation, a foundation committed to social and civic activities. INDEVCO has been contributing to many philanthropic organizations in Lebanon and the USA, and is actively involved in supporting social programs by way of availing staff and funds. Member of the Caux Round Table (CRT) of international business leaders.

 
 
Minister of Transport and Public Works. Member of the Lebanese parliament since 2000, Chairman & General Manager of Safadi Group Holding, Société Libanaise pour L'investissement et le Développement (SOLID) and Executive Aircraft Services Company. Member of the Board of Trustees of the Lebanese American University and Member of its Audit & Development Committe. Member of the Board of Trustees of the American Community School. Founder and President of the SAFADI FOUNDATION, a non-profit NGO, that promotes development of human resources and capacity building on the educational, agricultural, social, medical and environmental sectors.
 
 

After earning her Ph.D. in Organization Economics from MIT, Florence Eid joined the graduate School of Business and management at AUB in February 2000, were she teaches economics and finance to undergraduate and MBA’s. Dr. Eid returned to Lebanon after 10 years in the United States, working for the World Bank and the Ford Foundation, and pursuing graduate studies at UCLA, Harvard and MIT. She is a founding member of Lebanon's Entrepreneurship network, to encourage and finance innovative business ideas with strong potential. Florence Eid's involvement in the EDF combines her non-profit experience with foundations in the US and her interest in the economic development of Lebanon.

 
 
President of the Lebanese Industrialists Association, also, Member of Young President’s Organization (YPO) and Member of American Lebanese Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Abboud is President of GPI Lebanon (General Packaging Industries Sarl), Director of Gempco Lebanon (General Machines & Metal Processing Co Ltd) and Director of Tuula Fashion House Ltd. UK.
 
 
CEO of Gandour Food & Beverage Industries, running operations in Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, India, Malaysia and The Philippines and exporting to over 55 countries. Mr. Ghandour is also Member of the Board of Directors of Byblos Bank S.A.L. and Member of the Lebanese Equestrian Team.
 
 
Chairman and General Manager of Century Motor Company SAL since 1994. President of Rasamny Reality Group, Danbury, Connecticut, USA. (1982-1994). Mr. Rasamny was also Group Legal Advisor for The Olayan Group of Companies, Greece and Saudi Arabia (1978-1982).
 
 
Senior Communication Advisor of the Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs for the past 15 years. She is the Project Director of "Arab Women Speak Out" and "The Emerging Leadership" project and directs the annual "Arabic Advances in Development Communication Regional Workshop". She has worked in most of the Arab countries, the South Pacific, Africa, Caucasia and Central Asian Republics. She served as the Chief of the Near East/Eastern European Division from 1991-1994 and was the Regional Advisor on Health Communication with the UNICEF Regional Office in Amman, Jordan.
 

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Managing Director of the daily French newspaper “L’Orient Le Jour”, Chairman and General Manager of the economic magazine “Le Commerce du Levant”, member of the Executive Committee of “Baalbeck International Festival”, in charge of Communication and Public Relations. Mrs. Nayla de Freige is also the co-Author of “Illustrated History of the Lebanon” edited by Larousse in 1987. Decoration: “Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres”, presented to her in June 2002 by Mr. Jean-Jacques Aillagon, French Minister of Culture and Communication.

Chairman and General Manager of RAFIC GAZZAOUI & CO. SAL; General Manager of RGCO – INTERTRADE: Commercial companies running import; export, wholesale and distribution operations in Lebanon, Syria and Middle East. Vice Chairman and Board Member in offshore companies conducting investment operations. Treasurer of the Nejmeh Football Club (1993 – 1997). Member in several welfare and charity organizations.

 
 
 
Vice President and partner in Entreprises A.R Hourie, one of the largest contracting companies in Lebanon. Formerly a partner and General Manager of ADH (1988-1994), a real estate development company operating in France and is presently developing some real estate projects in the country. Mr. Hourie is also a board member of Arope Insurance Co., and member of Annadwa El Iktissadia.
 
 

Mr. Idriss is President of Mabsout and Idriss SAL and Eco Finance Holding SAL. He is the co-founder of Ajyalouna (a social welfare association) and member of its Board of Trustrees. Mr. Idriss is also the founder of the Lebanese-Dutch Business Association and member of its Board of Trustees.

 
 
Chairman and General Manager of Mouawad Investment Group SAL (Holding) specialized in the development of prime real estate projects in Lebanon. Member of the North Lebanon Order of Engineers. Member of the Milad El-Ghazal Mouawad Foundation – a non-lucrative organization that provides assistance to deprived people in North Lebanon.
 
 

 

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