Fawzi E. Farah

Mr. Farah is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of the CFH Group an investment banking firm established in 1998 and is a wholly owned subsidiary of First National Bank Group (FNB). Mr. Farah has more than thirty seven years of professional experience in international commercial and investment banking. Between 1986-1998, he was the Managing Director and Regional Manager for Lehman Brothers Inc in the Middle East. Prior to 1986, he held various banking positions in New York and Kuwait.

Mr. Farah holds an M.A from The Johns Hopkins University and a B.A. from the California State University. Presently, Mr. Farah is serving as: a Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of First National Bank s.a.l. (FNB). In addition Mr. Farah is currently serving as a Member of the Board of Directors in CSC Bank s.a.l., Société des Grands Hotels du Liban (Phoenicia & Le Vendome Hotels) and El-Ajou Group in Saudi Arabia. Mr. Farah is an International Advisor to the Olayan School of Business at the American University of Beirut, and is a Member of the Board of Trustees at the American Community School, and serves as a Board member in International Chamber of Commerce-Lebanon Chapter, and on a number of other corporate and charity organizations in the Middle East including the Nicola George Saab Charity Foundation.