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Baalbaki

Governance and Management

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Advisory Board Members

Group Executive Committee

Business Units General Management

Dr. Ihsan O. Baalbaki

  • Position
    • Chairman & General Manager Unimetco Holding s.a.l.
    • Chairman & General Manager Baalbaki L.L.C.
    • Chairman & General Manager Baalbaki Group SA
    • Chairman & General Manager Baalbaki Financial Investments s.a.l. (Off-shore)
    • Chairman and General Manager B.G. Capital Holding s.a.l.
    • Chairman & General Manager Ras Beirut Properties s.a.l. Chairman Fairmont Technologies LLC
    • Chairman of Baalbaki Chemical Industries Egypt
  • Education
    • M.A. and Phd in Economic Planning Stanford University
    • B.A. Economics American University of Beirut
  • With the Group since: 1957

Zuheir I. Baalbaki

  • Position
    • Vice Chairman Unimetco Holding s.a.l.
    • Managing Director Baalbaki LLC- Trade Sector
    • Director responsible for legal & fiscal affairs
    • Managing Director – Baalbaki Real Estate – Syria
    • Director in:
    • Unimetco Holding s.a.l
    • Baalbaki Financial investments s.a.l. (offshore)
    • B. G. Capital Holding s.a.l.
    • Fairmont Technologies LLC
    • Baalbaki Group s.a.
    • Baalbaki Chemical Industries Egypt
  • Education
    • M.B.A. American University of Beirut 1985
    • B.B.A American University of Beirut 1983
    • Attended Executive education courses at Harvard Business
    • School, INSEAD, & Amesterdam Institute of Finance
  • With the Group since: 1986

Marwan Kawas

  • Position
    • Director Baalbaki Chemical Industries Turkey
    • Commercial Director Baalbaki Group s.a.
  • Education
    • Chemical Engineering Hamburg University 1974
    • Attended several executive courses at INSEAD & IMD
  • With Group since 2010

Hassane I. Baalbaki

  • Position
    • Vice chairman Baalbaki Group s.a. 
    • Managing Director Baalbaki LLC- Industrial Sector
    • Director responsible for Business Development
    • Director in:
    • Unimetco Holding s.a.l.,
    • Baalbaki Financial investments s.a.l. (offshore)
    • B. G. Capital Holding s.a.l.
    • Fairmont Technologies LLC
    • Baalbaki Chemical Industries Egypt
    • Arope Syria s.a.s.
    • Represents Baalbaki Group s.a. on the board of Baalbaki
    • Chemical Industries Turkey
  • Education
    • B.A. in Economics American University of Beirut 1990
    • Attended Executive education courses at Harvard Business
    • School, INSEAD, & Amesterdam Institute of Finance
  • With Group since: 1990

Karim I. Baalbaki

  • Position
    • Chairman Baalbaki Chemical Industries Turkey
    • Managing Director Baalbaki Group s.a.
    • Managing Director Baalbaki Chemical Industries Egypt
    • Managing Director Baalbaki Chemical Industries UAE
    • Responsible for Group Financial Affairs
    • Director in:
      • Unimetco Holding s.a.l.
      • Baalbaki Financial investments s.a.l. (offshore)
      • B. G. Capital Holding s.a.l.
      • Fairmont Technologies LLC
      • Ras Beirut Properties s.a.l.
  • Education
    • M.B.A INSEAD with distinction 2003
    • B.B.A. American University of Beirut 1997
    • Attended Executive education courses at Harvard Business  School, INSEAD & Amesterdam Institute of Finance
  • With Group since: 1997


Rami S. Labban

  • Position
    • Chief executive responsible for real estate investments & group legal affairs
  • Education
    • B.B.A. Lebanese American University
    • Attended executive education courses at AUB
  • With the group since 1998

Agathe F. Srouji

  • Position
    • Chief Executive Group Treasury and Investments – Chairman's assistant
  • Education
    • B.A. in Business Administration 1972
  • With the Group since: 1975

Dr. Hans Joachim Kogelnick

Head of the Advisory Board
  • 1988 - 2002: Held various senior management positions at Bayer A.G. including: President of Polyurethanes Division at Bayer Corporation USA; Head of Global Supply Chain; and Head of Global Polyurethane Manufacturing
  • 2003 - 2007: Head of Lustran Polymers Business Unit - Lanxess and Head of Global Operations Styrenics Business for Bayer Material Science
  • 2008 - Present: Chief operating officer of Klockner / Pentaplast / Europe a portfolio company of Blackstone Private Equity Group
  • Dr. Kogelnik holds a PHD in Organic Chemistry from Aachen University - Germany

Mr. Philip Khoury

Advisory Board Member
  • 1996-2002: Worked with the Central Bank of Lebanon, Merril Lynch, & Flemings in monetary policy, mergers and acquisitions, and equity research.
  • 2003-2008: Member of the Executive Committee and Head of Research at EFG-Hermes, a leading Middle East Investment bank headquartered in Cairo Egypt.
  • 2008-Present: Co-Founder and Managing Director of Impera Capital-Istanbul, an asset management company specialized in managing portfolios for high net worth individuals.
  • Mr. Khoury holds an undergraduate degree in Economics from Tirinty College, Cambridge University and a Masters Degree from the London School of Economics.

Dr. Frank H. Hesske

Advisory Board Member
  • 1969 - 1971: Assistant of the Financial Director of FERRERO S.P.A - a leading European company in the food sector
  • 1971 - 2008: Official of the European Commission in Brussels, mainly in the area of external relations including development assistance, trade policy, and export promotion
  • 1992 - 1997: Deputy Head of the EU Delegation in Tokyo and Head of the Commercial Section of the Delegation
  • 1998 - 2002: Head (Ambassador) of the EU Delegation in Seoul - South Korea
  • 2003 - 2006: Head (Ambassador) of the EU Delegation in Damascus - Syria
  • Dr. Hesske holds a Masters Degree in Microeconomics from the University of Hamburg and a PhD in Macroeconomics from the University of Innsbruck

Mr. Robin Grieve

Advisory Board Member
  • 1961 - 1985: Held various Management jobs in Research, Manufacturing and General Management with Upjohn Polymer
  • 1985 - 1990: Business Director and Global Head of Manufacturing with Dow Chemicals
  • 1988 - 1990: Chairman of the SPI Polyurethane Division (Now Association of PIastic Industries - USA)
  • 1990 - 1998: Business Director with Olin Chemical
  • 1999 - 2009: Consulting SynUthane Int. - Focus on China
  • 1961 - 2009: 48 years working in Polyurethane Industry with major chemical multinationals including Upjohn, Dow Chemicals, Olin, and Yantai Wanhua
  • Mr. Grieve holds a graduate degree in Chemistry & Polymers from Edinburgh University. Attended Several Management Courses at Harvard, Wharton, and Daarden in USA

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