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7. Mr. Ramez Adeeb, Chief Manufacturing Officer
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, garnering additional experience in the segments of
localization management, aggregate planning, sales technical support, industrial projects management 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 Rotor 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.
8. Mr. Abbas El Sayed, GB Auto & Auto Related Finance Director
Mr. Abbas El Sayed joined GB Auto in 2014 as Group Vice President Finance. He has 14 years of experience gained from KPMG and Deloitte including 1.5 years in the UK at
KPMG UK LLP. Mr. El Sayed has vast experience in corporate finance, restructuring, strategic planning, audit, internal controls, advisory and compliance. He holds a Bsc. in
Accounting from Ain Shams University. He is a member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) in the UK and Certified Management Accountant (CMA)
in the USA.
9. Mr. Ghassan Kabbani, Chief Operating Officer of Two- and Three-Wheelers
Mr. Ghassan Kabbani brings more than 30 years experience to GB Auto. He first 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 2- and 3-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 BA in Economics and Business Administration.
10. Mr. Karim Gaddas, Group Chief Operating Officer
Mr. Karim Gaddas joined GB Auto in 2015 as Chief Executive Officer of Tires, boasting 20 years of experience in general management, operations, 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 materials company based in Bergamo, Italy, where he was the Area Manager for Central America, the Middle East, and Africa. He holds a B.A. in Business
Administration from the Sup de Co Montpellier in France and an MBA from SDA Bocconi in Milan, Italy.
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