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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. Mostafa El Mahdi brings to GB Auto 22 years of experience at KPMG, where he
joined in 1990 before being promoted to partner in 2001. While there, he was head of
the Manufacturing and Consumer Market line of business and the responsible part-
ner for Audit Efficiency. Mr. El Mahdi has also worked as chief internal auditor and
advisor to the president of the Board of Directors for IGI. He has extensive experience
in restructuring projects and transaction services, including due diligence and merg-
ers and acquisitions. Mr. El Mahdi holds a BA in Commerce with a focus on Account-
ing from Cairo University and is a Fellow of the Egyptian Society of Accountants and
Auditors, as well as a Member of the American Institute of Accounts and Auditors.
Mr. Mostafa El Mahdi
Chief Financial Officer
Mr. Nader Ghabbour started his career at GB Auto as a showroom sales representa-
tive for the Passenger Car division. He worked his way up to running the daily sales
operations within the showroom and later assumed the role of showroom sales
supervisor and manager. Mr. Ghabbour’s managerial capabilities were proven when
he took on the more strategic role of managing the business-to-business arm of the
Passenger Car segment. He currently serves as the chief operating officer for the
Passenger Car division, managing the Passenger Car sales and after sales functions,
regional operations, and the Motorcycle & Three-Wheeler operations. Mr. Ghabbour
graduated with a BA in Business Administration from Boston University and holds
an MBA from IE University in Spain.
Mr. Nader Ghabbour
Group Chief Operating Officer for Automotive
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