Mr. Kabbani brings more than 30 years of experience to GB Corp. He joined in 2015 as VP for Project Coordination and currently overseas group investments as well as investor relations. In 2017, Mr. Kabbani joined the Board of Directors of GB Corp. In 2021, he was elected as the Chairman of GB Capital. Mr. Mansour Kabbani spent a decade working in textile spinning before becoming CFO at Technological and Electrical Systems (TES) for two years. Along with Dr. Ghabbour and partners, he helped establish CITI in 1997 which later merged with GB Corp. Between 1997 and 2015, Mr. Kabbani ran his family investments and accumulated vast experience in capital markets. Mr. Kabbani graduated from AUC in 1981 with a BA in Economics.

Mr. Mohamed Naguib has served at the boards of various prominent banks and corporations in Egypt and has accumulated nearly 40 years of experience in the fields of Banking, Leasing and Credit. Between 2011 and 2018, Mr. Naguib was Chairman and Managing Director of SAIB Bank and prior to that as Vice-Chairman and Head of the Credit and Investment Committee at Banque Misr. Mr. Naguib had also served at Misr International (MIBank) for over 20 years as General Manager of Credit and Marketing before joining Incolease as Member of the board from 2000 till 2010. Furthermore, Mr. Naguib served as Non-Executive Chairman of Misr Bank-Europe in Germany for two years as well as his membership of the boards of the National Bank of Egypt, the Civil Aviation Finance Holding Company, and the Small and Medium Sized Projects Fund among many others. Mr. Naguib has attended various banking and credit seminars across the United States and the UK in addition to retaining a CPA certification in the state of Colorado for 12 years. Mr. Naguib holds a bachelor’s in Accounting from Cairo University and an MBA from the American University in Cairo

Mr. Nader Ghabbour brings over fifteen years of specialized experience in the automotive industry to his role, which he has cultivated through the managerial and operational positions he has held at GB Corp. Prior to his current role, Mr. Ghabbour served as Group Chief Operating Officer, where he was responsible for a multitude of vehicular operations in Egypt and the region. Beforehand, he had served as Passenger Car Chief Operating Officer and Project Management Officer Leader. Mr. Ghabbour trained in Mergers and Acquisitions at the London Business School in London. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration from Boston University, and an MBA from IE Business School, Madrid.

Mr. Sherif Samy is an experienced senior executive and advisor in the areas of financial markets and services in addition to investment and corporate governance. He is currently non-executive chairman of a real estate asset management company and serves on the boards of directors of the state’s project finance arm (the National Investment Bank), the Universal Health Insurance Authority, in addition to several listed and privately held companies in the education, venture capital, fund management and private equity sectors. Additionally, he is the Chair of the Audit Committee of the Social Insurance Fund and of the International Advisory Board of the UAE Securities and Commodities Authority. Also, member of Board of Trustees of the French University in Egypt. 

Mr. Samy served as the Non-Executive Chairman of Commercial International Bank from October 2020 to March 2023. Mr. Samy has also served a four-year term (ending 2017) as Chairman of Egypt’s independent non-banking financial regulatory authority (FRA) where he achieved a major legislative and regulatory leap in capital markets, insurance, mortgage, leasing, private pensions, factoring and microfinance.

He served on the board of the Central Bank of Egypt (2013 – 2017), its Monetary Policy Committee and Chaired its Audit Committee. He was also Chairman of the Financial Services Institute, the Egyptian Institute of Directors and a member of the board of the country’s National Payment Council and its Anti Money Laundry Unit. 

In 2014, Mr. Samy was the first Egyptian to be elected to the board of the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO); he was reelected for a second term in 2016. He was also elected president of the Union of Arab Securities Authorities in 2016 / 2017. Prior to that, he was the Managing Director of Banque Misr’s investment arm “Misr Capital” and a board member of Banque Du Caire. Starting from 2007, he was appointed for several consecutive terms to the board of the investment promotion agency (GAFI).

Ms. El Dessouky leverages over two decades of professional experience in a wide range of sectors to fulfill her numerous advisory and board roles. She’s currently an independent member of the Advisory Board of Alexandria Business Association Small and Micro Enterprise Project, independent Board and Audit Committee member at Cleopatra Hospital Company, Advisor for the European Bank for Construction and Development’s Enterprise Growth Program and is an Advisor to the Audit Committee at Qalaa Holdings, having served as a member of the committee from December 2012 to 2014. Prior to this, she spent six years as Group Chief Financial Officer at Asec Holding and served on the Group’s board for eight years. Ms. El Dessouky spent most of her career with Coca Cola Egypt, starting as Head Office Financial Controller in 1997 and eventually working her way to Group Chief Financial Officer in 2001 and serving in that post till 2006.

She began her career at PricewaterhouseCoopers as part of the audit staff in 1993, ending her stint at the company as Audit Senior in 1997. She has also been highly involved in teaching since 1997, she worked with Eslsca Business School, Edinburgh Business School, The American University in Cairo (AUC), and The Regional Information Technology Institute (RITI) in association with Maastricht School of Management (MSM). Ms. El Dessouky holds a Bachelor’s degree in Commerce from Helwan University and an MBA in Management Consultancy from Sheffield University, UK. She is a CPA, CFM, and CMA holder and is also a Member of the Association of Corporate Governance Practitioners and a Certified Director from the Egyptian Institute of Directors.

Mr. Tamer El-Emary joined the GB Corp in 2022, serving as CEO of GB Capital. He is a seasoned global business development executive, with more than 25 years of experience delivering accelerated growth and increased top- and bottom-line performance. He previously served as Chief Operating Officer of cross-border payments and global fintech, Thunes, and before that, as Chief Commercial Officer of global remittance scale-up. Before that, Mr. El-Emary was SVP and Group Head at Master- Card for the UK and Ireland, and he also held various global leadership roles at American Express after starting his career at Citigroup. He holds a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Virginia School of Law, an MA from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, and a BA in history and international relations from Tufts University.  

Mr. Tawadros is currently the Senior Vice President Finance for GB Capital. He has under his belt over 29 years of experience in the field of finance in Treasury & Cash Management, Banking, Leasing Company Portfolio Management, Financial & Strategic planning. He holds a BA in Business Administration and MBA from the American University in Cairo.