BA, American University, Beirut; MBA, George Washington University, Washington, DC. Chartered Financial Analyst. 1987, joined the International Finance Corporation (IFC); held a number of positions including Regional Financial Markets Manager, Central Asia, Middle East and North Africa; Regional Director, South Asia, based in New Delhi. 2000-04, worked in Egypt, first as CEO, Fleming CIIC, and then as Chief Operating Officer and Head of Asset Management, Egyptian investment bank EFG-Hermes. From April 2007, CEO, Majid Al Futtaim Trust, the family investment office of Majid Al Futtaim Group; since July 2009, Chief Executive Officer, Majid Al Futtaim Group, the largest developer and operator of shopping malls and hypermarkets in the MENA region.