Mr. Mohamed Naguib has served at the boards of various prominent banks and corporations in Egypt and has accumulated nearly 40 years of experience in the fields of Banking, Leasing and Credit. Between 2011 and 2018, Mr. Naguib was Chairman and Managing Director of SAIB Bank and prior to that as Vice-Chairman and Head of the Credit and Investment Committee at Banque Misr. Mr. Naguib had also served at Misr International (MIBank) for over 20 years as General Manager of Credit and Marketing before joining Incolease as Member of the board from 2000 till 2010. Furthermore, Mr. Naguib served as Non-Executive Chairman of Misr Bank-Europe in Germany for two years as well as his membership of the boards of the National Bank of Egypt, the Civil Aviation Finance Holding Company, and the Small and Medium Sized Projects Fund among many others. Mr. Naguib has attended various banking and credit seminars across the United States and the UK in addition to retaining a CPA certification in the state of Colorado for 12 years. Mr. Naguib holds a bachelor’s in Accounting from Cairo University and an MBA from the American University in Cairo.
Mr. Nader Ghabbour brings over fifteen years of specialized experience in the automotive industry to his role, which he has cultivated through the managerial and operational positions he has held at GB Corp. Prior to his current role, Mr. Ghabbour served as Group Chief Operating Officer, where he was responsible for a multitude of vehicular operations in Egypt and the region. Beforehand, he had served as Passenger Car Chief Operating Officer and Project Management Officer Leader. Mr. Ghabbour trained in Mergers and Acquisitions at the London Business School in London. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration from Boston University, and an MBA from IE Business School, Madrid.
Mr. Kabbani brings more than 30 years of experience to GB Corp. He joined in 2015 as VP for Project Coordination and currently overseas group investments as well as investor relations. In 2017, Mr. Kabbani joined the Board of Directors of GB Corp. In 2021, he was elected as the Chairman of GB Capital. Mr. Mansour Kabbani spent a decade working in textile spinning before becoming CFO at Technological and Electrical Systems (TES) for two years. Along with Dr. Ghabbour and partners, he helped establish CITI in 1997 which later merged with GB Corp. Between 1997 and 2015, Mr. Kabbani ran his family investments and accumulated vast experience in capital markets. Mr. Kabbani graduated from AUC in 1981 with a BA in Economics.
Mr. Mounir Fakhry Abdelnour is currently Chairman of Cairo Company for Oil and Soap and a Member of the Board of Directors of GB Corp, Edita, Domty and Mabaret Al-Asafra Hospitals. He also acts as Senior Adviser for Rothschild & Co., one of the world’s largest independent financial advisory groups. Between 2011 and 2015, Mr. Abdelnour was Minister of Tourism, Minister of Investments and Minister of Trade and Industry; between 2006 and 2011, Secretary General of the Wafd Party; and between 2000 and 2005, leading the opposition in the Egyptian Parliament. Prior to joining the Egyptian Cabinet, Mr. Abdelnour was founder and Chairman of Hero Middle East and Africa, previously Société Egypto-Française pour les industries agro-alimentaires (Vitrac); Chairman of Beltone Financial Holding (BHF); member of the Board of Directors of Egypt Arab African Bank and Audi Bank; Founder and Managing Director of Egyptian Finance Company; Vice President of American Express Bank and representative of Banque de l’Union Européenne Paris in Egypt and the Middle East. Mr. Abdelnour was a member of the Board of Directors of the Federation of Egyptian Industries, the Egyptian Competition Authority, the Cairo Stock Exchange and the Egyptian Expo and Convention Authority. He also served as Chairman of the Egyptian Center for the Economic Studies. Mr. Abdelnour earned his undergraduate degree in Statistics from the Faculty of Economics and Political Science from Cairo University and a Master’s degree in Economics from The American University in Cairo.
Mr. Abbas El Sayed joined GB Corp 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 BA in Accounting from Ain Shams University. He is a member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) in the UK and is a Certified Management Accountant (CMA).
Ms. El Ayouti is currently the CFO of Orange Egypt since 2018, and was previously the CFO of Vodafone Egypt from 2011 to 2018, becoming the first Egyptian and first female to take the role at the age of 32. Ms. El Ayouti brings over 20 years of local and international experience in finance and telecommunications and has held various senior finance roles in Egypt and the United Kingdom. She also has extensive hands-on experience in senior management and strategic leadership as well as a wealth of experience in financial management. Ms. El Ayouti has been ranked on the Forbes 200 Most Powerful Arab Women since 2014, selecting in 2018 on the Middle East Most Influential Women, and been recognized further by several accreditations for her influence. Ms. El Ayouti graduated from the American University in Cairo in 1998, and holds an MBA from Maastricht School of Business.
Ms. El Dessouky leverages over two decades of professional experience in a wide range of sectors to fulfill her numerous advisory and board roles. She’s currently an independent member of the Advisory Board of Alexandria Business Association Small and Micro Enterprise Project, independent Board and Audit Committee member at Cleopatra Hospital Company, Advisor for the European Bank for Construction and Development’s Enterprise Growth Program and is an Advisor to the Audit Committee at Qalaa Holdings, having served as a member of the committee from December 2012 to 2014. Prior to this, she spent six years as Group Chief Financial Officer at Asec Holding and served on the Group’s board for eight years. Ms. El Dessouky spent most of her career with Coca Cola Egypt, starting as Head Office Financial Controller in 1997 and eventually working her way to Group Chief Financial Officer in 2001 and serving in that post till 2006. She began her career at PricewaterhouseCoopers as part of the audit staff in 1993, ending her stint at the company as Audit Senior in 1997. She has also been highly involved in teaching since 1997, she worked with Eslsca Business School, Edinburgh Business School, The American University in Cairo (AUC), and The Regional Information Technology Institute (RITI) in association with Maastricht School of Management (MSM). Ms. El Dessouky holds a Bachelor’s degree in Commerce from Helwan University and an MBA in Management Consultancy from Sheffield University, UK. She is a CPA, CFM, and CMA holder and is also a Member of the Association of Corporate Governance Practitioners and a Certified Director from the Egyptian Institute of Directors.
Mr. Nader Ghabbour brings over fifteen years of specialized experience in the automotive industry to his role, which he has cultivated through the managerial and operational positions he has held at GB Corp. Prior to his current role, Mr. Ghabbour served as Group Chief Operating Officer, where he was responsible for a multitude of vehicular operations in Egypt and the region. Beforehand, he had served as Passenger Car Chief Operating Officer and Project Management Officer Leader. Mr. Ghabbour trained in Mergers and Acquisitions at the London Business School in London He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration from Boston University, and an MBA from the IE Business School in Madrid.
Mr. George Sedky has two decades of experience in personnel management, having held positions in the Human Resources divisions of several major corporations. He has a long track record of success in recruiting and gaining top talent, organizational transformation, and building cultures of engagement. He was successful in re-engineering GB Corp's Human Resources department goals and practices, aligning them with the Group’s strategic business goals. He is specialized in strategic management and planning; directing all HR functions; introducing new methodologies that maximize performance through training and development; compensation and benefits; and organizational development. He holds a BSc. In Aerospace Engineering from Cairo University and an MBA with an HR Specialization from Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport.
Mr. Abbas El Sayed joined GB Corp 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 BA in Accounting from Ain Shams University. He is a member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) in the UK and is a Certified Management Accountant (CMA).
Mr. Khafagy joined GB Corp as SVP Business Solutions in the IT department in 2015 and is currently the Chief Information Technology Officer. He came to GB Corp with more than 22 years of experience, most of it was gained from KPMG, Saudi Telecom, and Oger International. During his career, he contributed to enabling business transformation; implementing business-oriented and value-driven information systems aligned with organizational strategies and objectives. He has diverse business and IT knowledge in the sectors of automotive, manufacturing, construction, retail, and telecom.
Mrs. Odette Gamil joined GB Corp in September 2013 as Senior Vice President – CEO Assistant. She brings 22 years of experience in finance and internal audit in multinational companies. Prior to joining GB Corp, Mrs. Gamil spent five years at Heineken Egypt as Head of Internal Audit, where she was responsible for auditing the company’s operations in Egypt as well as offices across Africa and the Middle East. Prior to this, she spent nine years with Nestle Egypt across multiple functions including budgeting and reporting, financial analysis, cost analysis, and cost control.
Ms. Cherine Kallal joined GB Corp in November 2011 and currently spearheads the Group’s Business Development Division in her capacity as Senior Vice President Business Development. She is responsible for overseeing the successful execution of business development initiatives and strategic projects as part of the Group’s growth strategy. She also directs the Group’s China based unit. In January 2016, Ms.Kallal was appointed as CEO Support in addition to her Business Development role, where she directly supports the Group’s CEO in designated operational and organizational tasks. In her roles, she is a member of the Group’s Executive Committee and Management Steering Committees. A diligent and results-oriented strategist with strong experience in structured planning and cross-functional management; Ms. Kallal spent several years in the Telecom services sector where she served in several roles prior to joining GB Corp. Ms. Kallal holds a BSC in Mechanical Engineering from Loughborough University in UK.
Mr. Karim Gaddas joined GB Corp 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 joined GB Corp 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 Corp 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 brings more than 30 years’ experience to GB Corp. 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&3 Wheeler company). In 2007 CITI merged with GB Corp, at which time Mr. Kabbani joined the company. Mr. Kabbani graduated from AUC in 1979 with a BA in Economics and Business Administration.
Mr. Ibrahim Naguib has accumulated over 15 years of experience in the automotive industry. Mr. Naguib currently serves as Chief Operating Officer of the Passenger Car Operations where he is responsible for both Sales and After Sales operations. Mr. Naguib first joined GB Corp in 2003 as the Tires Department General Manager where he managed to double the business turnover in a period of three years. In 2007, he took charge of the Commercial Vehicles business where he managed to grow sales volumes and expand market share. In 2009, he assumed the role of Sales and Marketing Director for the Hyundai and Mazda franchises. After briefly relocating abroad, Mr. Naguib returned to GB Corp in 2016 where he was appointed SVP of the Passenger Cars sales operations where under his leadership, market share surged to an unprecedented 36%. Mr. Naguib holds a BA from the American International University in London, UK and an MBA from the Maastricht School of Management, The Netherlands.
Mr. Laurent Friederich joined GB Corp in 2022 as Chief Operating Officer of Egypt Commercial Vehicles & Construction Equipment. Mr. Friederich holds a Master of Finance and brings a wealth of experience in the automotive and commercial vehicles industry, finance, sales, marketing and international development. He also has a background in large multinational companies specializing in B2B transportation, logistics and construction equipment. Mr. Friederich started his career in 1996 in the USA with Mack Trucks Inc. as Head of Operational Marketing. In 2002, he joined Renault Trucks in Lyon, France and worked in different departments including Product Planning, Product Management and International Marketing. In 2008, he was promoted to Commercial Director at Renault Trucks in Morocco where he managed the Sales and Aftersales department and the SKD Factory. In 2011, he joined CFAO as General Manager for Commercial Vehicles and Tires division in Gabon and moved to CFAO’s headquarters in Paris in 2015 as Equipment Director in charge of Norther Africa and East Africa countries. In 2018, he was the General Manager for Commercial Vehicles and Equipment in CFAO Nigeria, a position he held until he joined GB Corp.
Khaled Arafa boasts over 30 years of experience in the tires industry, including management roles in sales, marketing, and business development across different multi-national organizations. Most recently, Khaled was General Manager Middle East & Africa at Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company in the UAE. Previously, Khaled held the Commercial Business Unit Director Nordic at Goodyear Dunlop Tires in Sweden and was General Manager Ethiopia at Michelin Tires Company. Khaled holds a bachelor’s degree in chemistry from Alexandria University.
Tamer joined the group in 2022, serving as CEO of GB Capital. He is a seasoned global business development executive, with more than 25 years of experience delivering accelerated growth and increased top and bottom line performance. He previously served as Chief Operating Officer of cross-border payments and global fintech, Thunes and before that as Chief Commercial Officer of global remittance scale-up, WorldRemit. Prior to that Tamer was SVP & Group Head at MasterCard for the UK & Ireland and he also held various global leadership roles at American Express after starting his career at Citigroup. Tamer holds a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Virginia School of Law, a Master’s degree from the Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy and a Bachelor of Arts in History and International Relations from Tufts University.
Mr. Tawadros is currently the Senior Vice President Finance for GB Capital. He has under his belt over 29 years of experience in the field of finance in Treasury & Cash Management, Banking, Leasing Company Portfolio Management, Financial & Strategic planning. He holds a BA in Business Administration and MBA from the American University in Cairo.
Mr. Sherif Sabry is the MD of GB Lease, having held the post since 2008 when he was appointed to manage the restructuring of the company upon GB Corp's acquisition of the firm under its financing arm. He has been a member of the GB Corp family since 1995 in several capacities, including Group Treasury Division Head and Group Treasury Director. He holds a BA of Commerce from Cairo University and an MBA in Finance and Banking from Maastricht School of Management. He is also a graduate of the Chase Manhattan Bank Credit Program.
Ahmed Emam brings more than 30 years of local and GCC experience in the Banking and finance field. He has formulated strategies and developed innovative ideas as well as headed many divisions; Corporate banking (Kuwait), SME, Retail, Credit initiation, Collection, Recovery, bank network and digital banking. Furthermore, he has extensive experience in credit, risk, project management, private banking, operation, and trade business. Notably, he launched the first real estate financing product to Egyptian expat and GCC nationals for units in Egypt in 2013. He has a passion for Technology and financial inclusion and has mentored many promising startups in the MENA market. He has also been a member of various judging committees of many ventures' capital EBI, E-youth, Finiology, EBSM and TIEC in addition to the formulation of business cases for new successful startups. Due to his experience, he has been teaching for the past 16 years finance, banking, SME and entrepreneurship related courses with different bodies such as the Egyptian banking institute and the American university of Cairo (school of continuing education). After obtaining his bachelor's degree from the faculty of commerce & foreign trade, he obtained his finance diploma and MBA from the Arab Academy for Science and Technology. Moreover, he has finalized a high leadership program from IMD University-Switzerland. He has complemented his experience with a number of courses in the same field, locally and internationally. Finally, he is in last stage of completing his DBE in SME financing. All the above enabled him to take charge of several positions: Managing director in two banks. In addition to CEO, MD and CFO in various companies in the field of SME financing, Petroleum, leasing and real estate mortgage companies. Finally he has joined the board of the Egyptian federation for SME financing MSMEF. He also participated in the executive team that was able to obtain the first license of a foreign bank in the State of Kuwait, where he was able to form a team and establish the bank in a short period, Moreover, he formulated a team that was able to obtain a license for Kredit; the first specialized company in financing small and medium enterprises.
Mr. Ahmed Ossama holds the position of Chairman and MD of Drive. He has under his belt over two decades of experience in accounting and finance across a broad range of industries, including telecoms, petroleum, manufacturing, mining, and financial institutions. He holds a BA in Accounting from Helwan University.
Mr. Nakhla is the Founder and CEO of MNT - Halan, Egypt’s largest and fastest growing lender to the unbanked. Due to Mr. Nakhla’s entrepreneurial drive, shrewd management style and hands-on, bias-for-action approach to problem-solving, Halan is positioned to being the fastest growing Fintech player in the region with two million downloads surpassed and the facilitation of millions of transactions. Prior to Halan, Mr. Nakhla established what is now Egypt’s largest microfinance company in 2015 and an asset-based microfinance company in 2010 that focused on selling 2&3 wheelers, where both companies have disbursed more than USD 1.7 billion since inception. Nakhla holds a Master of Science in Environment & Development from the London School of Economics (2003), and a Bachelor of Science in International Business Studies from the European Business School (2000).
Mr. Hisham Helmy joined GB Capital in 2021 as Managing Director (Executive) for GB Auto Rental. He brings more than 30 years of experience in tourism and transportation services to GB Capital. Mr. Helmy gained his accumulative experience by joining multinational franchisees such as Hertz, Thrifty, Dollar, SIXT, as well as the American Telecom giant Lucent Technologies (AT&T). He also served in several major national entities such as New Shahd Limousine (Abu Ghali Group), Alkan Travel (Alkan Group), and Corplease (CI Capital). Before joining GB Corp, Mr. Helmy has been functioning during the last 17 years in the role of General Manager. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in English Language and Literature from Cairo University, with additional education in business management, leadership management, contracts management, budgeting and cost management, leasing, as well as customer service and client satisfaction.
