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6 Mr. Colin Sykes, Chief Financial Officer, has an international career that spans more than 20 years in publicly listed, equity-backed and
private family-owned organizations advising various types of shareholders and businesses on corporate strategy, business and operational
matters. Mr. Sykes' leadership has been in the finance, corporate finance and investor relations areas and in some cases has extended to
operational areas such as supply chain and assembly. Mr. Sykes has been with GB Auto over two years as CFO. Prior to that Mr. Sykes held
CFO and Finance Director positions at Lecico Egypt, Tellermate plc and the Gargour Group. He qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1984
with the international BDO partnership and also holds a Fuqua School of Business MBA from Duke University in the USA.
7 Mr. Alain Sykora, PC Advisor, has developed extensive 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 Division 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.
8 Ms. Dina Ghabbour, Chief Business Development Officer, began her career at GB Auto in 2004 in the commercial vehicle division as a
heavy truck sales person and grew to assume a general and strategic management position in the commercial vehicle division. By early 2006,
Ms. Ghabbour was assigned the role of IPO coordinator and worked closely with different entities, including investment banks, law firms and
the stock exchange throughout the process of instituionalizing the business and successfully taking it public. She was also involved in setting
strategies, budgets and growth plans for GB Auto. In 2008, Ms. Ghabbour received an MBA from Instituto de Empresa in Madrid and returned
to GB Auto to head the Business Development and Marketing units of GB Auto.
9 Mr. Sherif Hanna, Chief Human Resource Officer, recently joined GB Auto from Pepsico where he spent 6 years and held a number of
positions. During his last position as the North East Africa Business Unit HR Director, he was responsible for the total HR strategic operations
covering approximately 11,000 employees. In his previous experience, Mr. Hanna worked with American Express for 11 years in several
locations including Egypt, the UK and Bahrain where he was responsible for the Middle East and North Africa Region as HR Development
manager accountable for strategic direction and new HR initiatives for the Region.
10 Mr. Seifi Hasanali, Chief Manufacturing and Supply Chain Officer (CMSCO), recently joined GB Auto from Lecico Egypt SAE, a
manufacturer sanitary products with 5,700 employees, where he held the position of Chief Operating Officer. Prior to this, he spent 17 years
with Alfa Laval, where he managed multiple manufacturing locations in Canada and the United States. He has also managed large
structural/special projects, and his last position was managing a global parts distribution center with complete order-to-fulfillment responsibility
including procurement, materials management, warehousing and logistics functions. Mr. Seifi holds a Bachelor degree in Mechanical
Engineering from the University of Birmingham in England.
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