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Board of Directors



The ABANA Board of Directors and its committees meet regularly to conduct the affairs of the association.  Each year, ABANA members elect approximately one-third of the board of twenty directors.  New board members are announced at the annual meeting, which is held in New York City every January and is open to all individual, institutional and honorary members.  The board in turn elects its officers, including the President, Vice Presidents, Treasurer, and Secretary.

Nominate A Board Candidate
ABANA encourages its institutional, individual and honorary members to recommend Board candidates for 2011 by writing to nominations@arabbankers.org.
ABANA Board of Directors

President
Omar Wohabe, Esq.
Wohabe Law Offices

Vice President
Mahmoud A. Mamdani
Morgan Stanley

Vice President
Amr M. Nosseir
Perella Weinberg Partners

Vice President
Mahmoud Salem
BNY Mellon

Secretary
Rima Moawad
Proskauer Rose

Treasurer
Salim A. Abboud
Interaudi Bank

Mohannad Aama, FRM
Beam Capital Management

Karim Babay

Intrinsic Value Investors

Dr. Amer Bisat
Traxis Partners

Katharine B. Cushing
Amphion Innovations

Mona Eraiba
Trust Company of the West

Lorraine F. George-Harik
HPM Partners LLC

A. Sami Idliby
UBS


Hussein A. Khalifa
MVision Private Equity Advisers


Nagy S. Kolta
Abu Dhabi International Bank

Sherif Lotfi
Royal Bank of Scotland

Faye Samaha-Golub
Commerz Bank AG

Frank Savage
Savage Holdings

Karim F. Tabet
Tap Advisors

Ayman Zameli
Pivotal Group
ABANA Committees

Executive Committee
Omar Wohabe, Esq., President
Mahmoud A. Mamdani, Vice President
Amr Nosseir, Vice President
Mahmoud Salem, Vice President
Rima Moawad, Secretary
Salim A. Abboud, Treasurer

 

 Past ABANA Presidents
 1983-84, 1987
 Fakhruddin Khalil
 IDOM Middle East
 Founding President 

 1985-86
 Talat M. Othman
 Grove Financial

 1988-89
 Taher D. Makkiyah
 Unicorn Investment Bank

 1990-91
 Issa N. Baconi

 Arab Bank

 1992

 Camille A. Chebeir

 Sedco Services

 1993-94

 Monir Barakat

 Wafra Investment Advisory Group

 1995

 Ziad K. Abdelnour

 Blackhawk Partners

 1995-96

 Isam Salah, Esq.

 King & Spalding

 1997-99

 Antranig R. Sarkissian 

 Citi

 2000-02
 Dr. Hani K. Findakly 


 2003-05
 Samer S. Khanachet
 United Gulf Management

 2006-08
 Laura Osman
 Concord International
 Investments Group

 2009
 Wa'el N. Chehab 
 Cedar Capital Management