Chief Financial Officer of Obegi Group, Mr. Roy Faraj manages the financials of Obegi Group Holding. His role has been critical to support and advise the CEOs and Boards of the various entities of the Group on all financial related matters and investment projects, throughout the Middle East and Europe, covering a wide variety of businesses, including Agri-business, Chemicals, Consumer goods and Luxury Interiors.

Mr. Roy Faraj has more than 20 years of experience in the Fast Moving Consumer Goods at Obegi Consumer Products Holding, one of the Obegi Group subsidiaries, a leading FMCG company in Lebanon and the Levant countries. He held senior management and executives positions related to finance, project management.

Lebanese citizen, Mr. Roy has lived since then in his home country and has been travelling across Middle East and Europe.

Mr. Roy Faraj has a bachelor degree in Civil Engineering from the American University of Beirut and three master degrees; in Management (MBA) and in Marketing from L’ Ecole Superieure des Affaires and in Finance and Treasury from HEC Lausanne.

Group Chief Risk Officer of Obegi Group, Mr. Adel Satel is also Board member and partner in Obegi Consumer Products Holding company and Chairman of Al Wadi AL Akhdar company. In his role of Group Chief Risk Officer, he has the mission to institutionalize the risk culture across the various entities of the Group, throughout the Middle East and Europe, covering a wide variety of businesses, including Agri-business, Chemicals, Consumer goods and Luxury Interiors.

Mr. Adel Satel has more than 25 years of experience in the financial sector. Prior to joining Obegi Group, Mr. Adel Satel has spent ten years as the Group Chief Risk Officer of Bank Audi, one of the large leading banks in Lebanon. Mr. Adel has also spent fifteen years at Moody’s Investor Service in New York, London and Cyprus where he was Managing Director of EMEA Banking. Mr. Adel has also spent five years working in R&D for GTE Communications Services in the United States of America.

Mr. Adel Satel was born and raised in Lebanon and has worked and studied in the USA, France, Cyprus and the United Kingdom.

Mr. Adel Satel received his Bachelor degree in Electrical Engineering from the American University of Beirut in 1984, a Master Degree in Electrical Engineering from Yale University in 1985 and a Master in Business Administration from INSEAD in 1992.

As Chief Operating Officer of the CHO project (Certificat Hypothecaire Obegi) within Obegi Group, Mr. Pios Coussa manages a very innovative project related to Real Estate property and Banking, an idea originated by Dr. Riad Obegi.

Mr. Pios Coussa has 30 years of experience in the Agribusiness and Fast Moving Consumer Goods, among others at Obegi Consumer Products Holding, one of the Obegi Group subsidiaries, a leading FMCG company in Lebanon and the Levant countries. He previously acted as a General Manager at Al WADI AL AKHDAR SAL for many years, part of Obegi Group, a leading brand in Lebanon. He was as well the General Manager of CARAIBOS France, which was part of Obegi Group at that time, a Tropical Fruit Juice company in France for over 15 years.

Lebanese citizen, Mr. Pios Coussa has a Degree DEA in Economy (1987) and a Degree DEA in Business Administration Strategy from Paris IX Dauphine (1986). He also has a Master in Business Administration (1984) and was graduated in Business Administration from St. Joseph University, Beirut (1982)

As Head of Real Estate and In-House Architect of Obegi Group, Mr. Toufic Corban has the mission to lead, develop and optimize, at a Group level, the Real Estate Portfolio of the Obegi Group and the Obegi Family in addition to providing access to strategically selected novel business opportunities, locally and globally; structuring transaction and raising equity with the aim to safeguard growth and increase profitability.

Mr. Toufic Corban is an experienced Architect and Certified Project Manager benefitting from more than 15 years of experience in steering Real Estate development projects for globally established and leading family owned corporations alike the Obegi Group at present and CMA CGM the eminent shipping company (year 2000 to 2009). Mr. Toufic Corban has a solid expertise in Architecture & Engineering, Planning & Scheduling, Contracting & Procuring, Project Management & Contract Administration (FIDIC). He is also knowledgeable in Corporate Communication, Branding, Public Speaking and Relation, Event management & planning, Negotiation, Business Strategy & Expansion.

Lebanese and Brazilian citizen, Mr. Toufic Corban currently resides in Lebanon and commutes across the Middle East. He also acts as the lead teaching Professor of Project Management at the Academie Libanaise des Beaux Arts (ALBA), Beirut, Lebanon.

Mr. Toufic Corban has a Master’s degree in Architecture from the Academie Libanaise des Beaux Arts (ALBA), Lebanon, as well as a degree in Project Management (PMI) in addition to other certificates in Business Management.

As Director of Human Resources of Obegi Group, Mr. Pierre Kairouz leads the Human Resources function at the Group level. In his role, he provides support to CEOs and senior Executives and has the mission to build a highly professional HR organization as well as to establish good governance and best practices in Human resources. He also has an influential role in Corporate Development, Corporate Governance and in building synergies across the Group.

Previously to joining Obegi Group, Mr. Pierre Kairouz has gained more than 25 years of experience in Europe, Middle East and international markets, in a wide variety of sectors, such as, Health and Beauty care, Pharmaceuticals, Capital goods and Consulting. He held several leading roles in reputable international organizations and family businesses with global and regional responsibilities, in marketing, Business Development and Human Resources. Mr. Pierre Kairouz was Head of Group HR for a large family business specialized in capital goods, with global responsibilities, and most recently Director of HR of a Swiss pharmaceutical biotech firm before joining Obegi Group.

Swiss and Lebanese citizen, Mr. Pierre Kairouz lived in Lebanon, Switzerland and Brazil and obtained a Master in Mechanical Engineering from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne) in 1986. He also obtained various certificates in leadership and marketing from the Institute of Management Development Institute (IMD) in Switzerland.