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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 being business savvy, Dr.
Ghabbour went on to acquire agency agreements from global OEMs, which he trans-
formed into successful businesses. Dr. Ghabbour has grown the company to a leading
automotive assembler and distributor in the Middle East and North Africa. Dr. Ghab-
bour graduated from Cairo University’s Faculty of Medicine in 1976.
Dr. Raouf Ghabbour
Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer
Mr. Aladdin Hassouna Saba is the co-founder and chairman of Beltone Finan-
cial, a leading regional financial services institution operating in the fields of
Investment Banking, Asset Management, Private Equity, Brokerage, and Equity
Research. Mr. Saba is also a founding member of the Egyptian Investment Man-
agement Association, in addition to the Egyptian Capital Markets Association.
Mr. Saba sits on the boards of the Egyptian Stock Exchange, National Bank of
Egypt, as well as various corporations and investment funds.
Mr. Aladdin Hassouna Saba
Non-Executive Director
Mr. Ahmed El Wakil is a highly active and reputable member of Egypt’s business co-
munity and joins GB Auto’s Board of Directors with over four decades of experience.
Since 1971, he has served as Chairman of his growing privately owned ventures —
El Wakil Oil Mills, El Wakil Cotton Gins, and El Beheira Rice Mills — which all fall
under the umbrella of the self-founded Wakalex Group. Mr. El Wakil has been the
Chairman of the Federation of Egyptian Chambers of Commerce since 2010 and
sits on the boards of various organizations, including the National Organization for
Social Insurance, the Alexandria Port Authority, and the Internal Trade Develop-
ment Authority, in addition to being the Vice Chairman of the Association of the
Mediterranean Chambers of Commerce and Industry (ASCAME).
Mr. Ahmed El Wakil
Non-Executive Director
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