Dr. Raouf Ghabbour

Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer

Dr. Raouf Ghabbour founded the Ghabbour Group of Companies, which he began incepting in 1985. Dr. Ghabbour began 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 transformed into successful businesses. Dr. Ghabbour has grown the Company to a leading automotive assembler and distributor in the Middle East and North Africa.

Mr. Nader Ghabbour

Executive Member

Mr. Nader Ghabbour 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 Motorcycle and Three-Wheeler operations. Mr. Ghabbour graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration from Boston University.

Dr. Walid Sulaiman Abanumay

Non-executive Member

Dr. Walid Sulaiman Abanumay 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 a board member of several prominent companies, including: Madinet Nasr for Housing and Development (since 1998), Raya Holding (since 2005), and Beltone Financial.

Mr. Mounir Fakhry Abdelnour

Non-executive Member

Mr. Mounir Fakhry Abdelnour brings more than 40 years of economy-centric experience to GB Auto’s Board of Directors. Since 1970, he has occupied various high-ranking positions at a number of reputable banking institutions and also served in different ministerial posts, including Minister of Tourism and Minister of Industry and Trade, among others. In 1976, he co-founded American Express Middle East (AMEX), where he served as Vice President and board member until 1980. He was also a founder and Chairman of the Egyptian-French Agro-foods Company between 1983-2014. Throughout his career, Mr. Abdelnour served as a board member at the EGX, the National Council for Human Rights, and the Federation of Egyptian Industries. He currently sits on the board of Commercial International Bank of Egypt (CIB), Beltone Financial, and Domty. As an active participant in Egyptian political life, Mr. Abdelnour headed the opposition bloc in parliament between 2000-2005 and was a member of the time-honored political party Al Wafd from 2005-2011.

Mr. Mansour Kabbani

Non-executive Member

Mr. Mansour Kabbani brings more than 30 years of experience to GB Auto, where he joined as VP for project co-ordination in 2015 and currently overseas group investments as well as investor relations. Mr. Kabbani spent a decade working in textile spinning before becoming CFO at Technological and Electrical Systems (TES) for two years. With Dr. Ghabbour and partners, he helped establish CITI in 1997 which later merged with GB Auto. From 1997 to 2015, Mr. Kabbani has run his family investments and accumulated vast experience in capital markets. Mr. Kabbani graduated from AUC in 1981 with a BA in Economics.

Mr. Sherif Samy

Non-Executive Director

Mr. Sherif Samy currently serves on the board of several companies, including a post as Non-executive Chairman of the National Asset Management & Investment SAE, and on the Investment Board of the State Pension Funds and the Waqf Authority.

Dr. Raouf Ghabbour

Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer

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.

Mr. Nader Ghabbour

Chief Operating Officer COO

Mr. Nader Ghabbour, (Group Chief Operating Officer), 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.

Mr. George Sedky

Human resources Chief Officer

Mr. George Sedkyhas two decades of experience in personnel management, having held positions in the Human Resources divisions of several major corporations.

Mr.Wissam Al Adany

Chief Information Technology Officer

Eng. Wissam comes to GB Auto with a total experience of over 19 years in Information Technology Management, including 4 years of international experience in Brazil, France, and Kazakhstan.

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

Mr. Karim Gaddas

Chief Executive Officer of Tires

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.

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.

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

Mr. Ahmed Ossama

GB Capital Head of Finance, Haram Tourism and Drive Chairman and MD

Mr. Ahmed Ossama bolds the position of GB Capital Head of Finance and Chairman and MD of Haram Tourism.

Mr. Mounir Nakhla

Mashroey and Tasaheel Co-founder and MD

Mr. Mounir Nakhla is the Co-founder and Managing Director of Tasaheel, leveraging his entrepreneurial drive, calculated management style and hands-on problem-solving to grow the company to the positioning it holds today.

Mr. Sherif Sabry

GB Lease Chairman and MD

Mr. Sherif Sabry is the Chairman and MD of GB Lease, having held the post since 2008 when he was appointed to manage the restructuring of the company upon GB Auto Group’s acquisition of the firm under its financing arm.