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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. Ahmed El Matbouly
Director of Commercial Vehicles
Mr. Ahmed El Matbouly began his career
at GB Auto 13 years ago, upon graduating
from business school in 2000. Start-
ing off as a marketing executive he was
engaged in marketing activities across
the full product portfolio at the time.
Three years later he went on to get a
Masters degree in International Business
Administration from France for one year
and then rejoined GB Auto in 2004 as a
Commercial Vehicles After Sales Assis-
tant Manager and later as a Commercial
Vehicles Sales Assistant Manager. In 2006
he was appointed as LCV Sales Depart-
ment Manger where he achieved notable
success and sustainable growth resulting
in his appointment, in 2008, as Commer-
cial Vehicles Sales Director. With proven
managerial capabilities, he was appointed
Director of Commercial Vehicles and
remains, to date, responsible for all opera-
tions across the business unit, including
both Sales and After Sales departments.
Mr. Ahmet Satiroglu
Chief Manufacturing Officer
Mr. Ahmet Satiroglu is a Mechanical
Engineering graduate of Istanbul Techni-
cal University. Prior to joining GB Auto in
August 2012, Mr. Satiroglu spent his en-
tire career with the company now known
as Ford Otosan AS (Ford of Turkey). He
joined the company as a project engineer
before moving on to Quality Control.
Mr. Satiroglu served for seven years as
Quality Control / Assurance Manager,
then for nine years as Plant Manager of
the Inonu engine, transmission and truck
plant before being made AGM Aftersales,
Parts and Service. His final position was
as AGM Total Quality, a position that
covered all functions, not just manufac-
turing. Quality management has been a
consistent theme in all of his jobs.
Mr. Alain Sykora
Chief After-Sales Officer
Mr. Alain Sykora has developed exten-
sive wholesale and retail experience in
the automotive industry in both mature
and emerging markets. Mr. Sykora also
has experience in the sales, after-sales,
marketing and business development
segments of the business. Previously, Mr.
Sykora worked at Zahid Tractor in Saudi
Arabia as Director of the Automotive Di-
vision and held several managerial roles
in Volvo Dubai and Volvo Canada. Mr.
Sykora holds a degree in Economics from
the University of Quebec, an Executive
MBA from Paris-Dauphine-UQAM and
has attended the Advanced Management
Program of INSEAD.
Mr. Alexander Campbell
Chief Human Resources Officer
Mr. Alexander Campbell joined GB Auto
with more than 35 years of international
Executive Management