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2012 ANNUAL REPORT
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Dr. Raouf Ghabbour
Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer
Dr. Raouf Ghabbour founded the Ghabbour Group of Companies, which he began
incepting in 1985. Dr. Ghabbour began his career working in his family’s auto-related
trading business, where he initially established himself in the tire division. Having quickly
gained a commendable reputation in the market for his business savvy, Dr. Ghabbour went
on to acquire agency agreements from global OEMs, which he transformed into successful
businesses. Dr. Ghabbour has grown the Company to a leading automotive assembler and
distributor in the Middle East and North Africa.
Mr. Aladdin Hassouna Saba
Independent Director
Mr. Aladdin Hassouna Saba is the co-founder and Chairman of Beltone Financial,
a leading regional financial services institution operating in the fields of Investment
Banking, Asset Management, Private Equity, Brokerage and Equity Research. Mr. Saba
is also a founding member of the Egyptian Investment Management Association, in
addition to the Egyptian Capital Markets Association. Mr. Saba sits on the boards of
The Egyptian Stock Exchange, National Bank of Egypt, as well as various corporations
and investment funds.
Board of Directors
Mr. Hassan Abdalla
Independent Director
Mr. Hassan Abdalla is the Vice Chairman and Managing Director of the Arab African
International Bank (AAIB). He sits on the boards of a number of prominent private
and government businesses, including the Central Bank of Egypt, the Egyptian Stock
Exchange, and UBAF Bank in Hong Kong. Mr. Abdalla is Chairman of the Arab
African Investment Management Company and the founder and former chairman of
the Egyptian Junior Business Association.
Mr. Ali Pandir
Independent Director
Mr. Ali Pandir recently retired from his position as Chief Executive Officer of Tofas, a joint
venture between Fiat of Italy and Koc of Turkey, and the largest automotive manufacturer
and market leader in Turkey. During his tenure at Tofas, production capacity nearly doubled,
two light commercial vehicles and one passenger car were engineered, developed, launched
and exported to Fiat, PSA and GMunder different brand names. Mr. Pandir has 16 years
experience with global leader GM, where he worked his way fromAftersales Manager in
Turkey to President of GM Indonesia. Mr. Pandir began his career at Tekersan in Turkey as a
press tool design engineer, and was promoted to tool shop manager after only one year.