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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 fromCairo University’s Mechanical Engineering De-
partment 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. Ramez Adeeb
Chief Manufacturing Officer
Mr. Wissam Al-Adany joined GB Auto in 2014 bringing with him more than 19 years of
experience in IT management, including four years of international experience in Brazil,
France and Kazakhstan. Prior to joining GB Auto, Mr. Al-Adany served as Group Chief In-
formation Technology Officer of the Americana Group —whose major shareholder is the
multinational Al KharafiConglomerate—wherehemanaged theGroup’s ITOperations for
15 companies. He started his career with GlaxoSmithKline as a Senior Systems Engineer,
and from there moved on to Lafarge as Country IT Director for four years. Mr. Al-Adany
has deep techno-functional knowledge in all facets of IT and a robust track record in IT in-
frastructure management, service delivery, ERP implementation and techno-commercial
support. He holds a BSc in Communications & Electronics Engineering from Ain Shams
University in Cairo, and anMBA from the American University in Cairo.
Mr.Wissam Al-Adany
Chief Information Technology Officer
Mr. Ossama El Awady joined GB Auto in 2014 and comes withmore than 17 years of multi-
national experience within the Supply Chain. Mr. El Awady worked in different roles across
the supplychainatUnilever from1997 (post-graduation) until joiningGBAuto.Hismost re-
cent role was inGlobal Material Procurement. Mr. El Awady hasmulti-function experience
(R&D, manufacturing, supply chain logistics, planning, warehousing and procurement),
as well as cross regional supply chain experience, where he has led teams both remotely
and physically in manufacturing, planning & logistics, and procurement, across regions of
Africa, Turkey, theMiddleEast andRussia. He has a track recordof setting regional &global
strategies, as well as seamless execution, especially in start-up operations and emerging
businesses. Mr. El Awady is an industrial engineer graduate fromAlexandria University.
Mr. Ossama El Awady
Chief Supply Chain Officer
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