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54 • 2017 ANNUAL REPORT
2017 ANNUAL REPORT • 55
Mr. Ramez Adeeb joined GB Auto in 1995, holding a number of positions
and gaining experience in functions including planning, engineering, and
quality control until he left the company in 2001 for a position as a project
manager at RITEC Consultancy. Mr. Adeeb rejoined GB Auto in 2003, gar-
nering additional experience in the segments of localizationmanagement,
aggregate planning, sales technical support, industrial projects manage-
ment and, finally, the group technical support directorship. Mr. Adeeb
graduated with a Bachelor’s degree from Cairo University’s Mechanical
Engineering Department in 1993. He served as a Research Assistant in Ro-
tor Dynamics and Vibration at Cairo University from 1994-95. He earned
an MBA in Marketing Management from the Netherlands’ Maastricht
School of Management in 2005.
Mr. Ramez Adeeb
Chief Manufacturing Officer
Mr.WissamAl-Adany joinedGBAuto in 2014, bringingwith himmore than
19 years of experience in IT management, including four years of interna-
tional experience in Brazil, France, and Kazakhstan. Prior to joining GB
Auto, Mr. Al-Adany served as Group Chief Information Technology Officer
of the Americana Group — whose major shareholder is the multinational
Al Kharafi Conglomerate — where he managed the Group’s IT Operations
for 15 companies. He started his career with GlaxoSmithKline as a Senior
Systems Engineer, and from there moved on to Lafarge as Country IT Di-
rector for four years. Mr. Al-Adany has deep techno-functional knowledge
in all facets of IT and a robust track record in IT infrastructure manage-
ment, service delivery, ERP implementation, and techno-commercial
support. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Communications & Electronics
Engineering from Ain Shams University in Cairo and an MBA from the
American University in Cairo.
Mr. Wissam Al-Adany
Chief Information Technology Officer
Mr. Karim Gaddas joined GB Auto in 2015 as Chief Executive Off icer of
Tires, boasting 20 years of experience in general management, opera-
tions, and sales and marketing. In the last 16 years, he occupied various
positions at Pirelli that included headquarter-level roles in Milan and
regional-level roles in Paris, Cairo, Alexandria, and Dubai. In addition to
being the Global Sales Director for BU trucks, the CEO of the company’s
Middle East and India operations, and the CEO of African and Egyptian
operations, Mr. Gaddas also served as Pirelli ’s Vice Chairman. He was
also a member of the board at the Alexandria Tire Company for eight
years. Mr. Gaddas began his career in 1996 at Gewiss, an electrical mate-
rials company based in Bergamo, Italy, where he was the Area Manager
for Central America, the Middle East, and Africa. He holds a Bachelor
of Arts in Business Administration from the Sup de Co Montpellier in
France and an MBA from SDA Bocconi in Milan, Italy.
Mr. Karim Gaddas
Chief Executive Officer of Tires
Mr. Ghassan Kabbani brings more than 30 years of experience to GB
Auto. He f irst worked in the family textile business from 1980 through
1994, when he left to join T.E.S. sheet metal. In 1996, together with Dr.
Ghabbour and other partners, he established CITI (a two- and three-
wheeler company). In 2007, CITI merged with GB Auto, at which time Mr.
Kabbani joined the company. Mr. Kabbani graduated from AUC in 1979
with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Business Administration.
Mr. Ghassan Kabbani
Chief Operating Officer of Two- and Three-Wheelers
Management