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Executive Management Biographies
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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. Nader Ghabbour, COO of Passenger Cars, 2- and 3- Wheelers, started his career at GB Auto as a showroom sales representative for
the passenger car division. He worked his way up to running the daily sales operations within the show room and later assumed the role of
showroom sales supervisor and manager. Mr. Ghabbour's managerial capabilities were proven when he took on the more strategic role of
managing the business-to-business arm of the passenger car segment. He currently serves as the chief operating officer for the passenger car
division, managing the passenger car sales and after sales functions, regional operations, and the 2- and 3-Wheeler operations. Mr. Ghabbour
graduated with BA in Business Administration from Boston University.
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Mr. Osman Sever, COO of Commercial Vehicles and Construction Equipment, has dedicated his entire career to the automotive industry
in which he has more than 20 years of experience. Mr. Sever recently joined GB Auto from Bayraktar Automotive A.S. in Turkey where he was a
General Manager. He previously served in a number of Turkey's most prominent automotive companies: Tirsan Treyler San, Karsan Automotive
Sanayi, Ford Automotive Sanayi, and Oyak Renault. Accordingly, Mr. Sever has considerable exposure to MENA and international automotive
markets. Mr. Sever holds a B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering from Istanbul Technical University and an MBA from Huran University.
4 Mr. Wafa Tawfillis, CEO of GB Polo Manufacturing JV, possesses over 24 years of industrial experience, of which 14 are in commercial
vehicles in general, and bus manufacturing in particular, in multinational organizations in a number of markets including Japan, Europe, Middle
East and North and South America. Mr. Tawfillis led the startup and full operation of MCV in Egypt with Mercedes Benz and later in the UK. Mr.
Tawfillis has also led other projects with MCV in South Africa and Europe. Mr. Tawfillis has diversified industrial experience in a variety of fields
such as heavy industry, project erecting, home appliances and FMCG products with a broad scope of managerial skills and techniques.
5 Mrs. Amal Ragheb, COO of Financing Businesses, joined GB Auto in 2009 to take charge of the Group's business activities: Leasing,
Microfinance and Consumer Finance. Mrs. Ragheb holds the position of Executive Chairman for each of the individual entities set up for such
purposes. Mrs. Ragheb is also in charge of the entire credit risk management policies and applications for the Group. A seasoned hands-on and
results-oriented banker with a proven track record spanning 30 years, Mrs. Ragheb joined GB Auto from Mashreq Bank, UAE where she held the
position of Senior Vice President of Risk Management for 2 years, moving from the same bank in Egypt where she was CEO and Country
Manager for 4 years, during which period she restructured and turned around the Bank and forged its future growth strategies in Egypt. Mrs.
Ragheb started her banking career with Bank of America where she spent 23 years; spanning across a series of various positions in Cairo and
Dubai, until finally rising to become Bank of America's Country Manager and CEO for Egypt, as well as Regional Manager for the MENA Region,
Turkey, and Sub-Sahara Africa.
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