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Board of Directors Biographies
1 Dr. Raouf Ghabbour, (Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer), is the founder of The Ghabbour Group of Companies,
which he began incepting in 1985. Dr. Ghabbour jump-started 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 steadfastly turned into successful businesses. Dr. Ghabbour has grown the
Company to the leading automotive assembler and distributor in the Middle East and North Africa.
2 Mr. Aladdin Hassouna Saba (independent director) 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.
3 Dr. Walid Sulaiman Abanumay (independent director) has been the Managing Director of Al-Mareefa Al Saudia Company since 1997, where
he oversees investments in both developed and emerging markets. Mr. Abanumay has held several executive roles: between February 1993 and
January 1994, he was the General Manager of the Investment Department of the Abanumay Commercial Center; between November 1990 and
February 1993, he worked in the Treasury and Corporate Banking department of SAMBA. Mr. Abanumay is board member of several prominent
companies: Madinet Nasr for Housing and Development (since 1998), Raya Holding (since 2005), and Beltone Financial.
4 Mr. Hassan Abdalla (independent director) 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.
5 Mr. Yasser Hashem (independent director) is a Managing Partner of the renowned law firm, Zaki Hashem & Partners. A member of the
Egyptian Bar Association since 1989, Mr. Hashem graduated from the American University in Cairo with an undergraduate degree, and achieved
his LLB in 1989 from Cairo University.
6 Mr. J.E. Kim (independent director) is the Chief Executive Officer and President of LOHAS Logitec. Mr. Kim has long been affiliated with Hyundai
Motor Corporation (HMC), which he first joined in September 1978. Working his way up through the ranks, Mr. Kim became an HMC Service
Team Engineer in 1980 and by 2003 had become Export Director for Middle East & Africa; his final posting at HMC was as CEO of Huyndai Motor
America. Mr. Kim graduated from Korea's Kyungpook National University in 1976 with a degree in Mechanical Engineering.
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