مؤلف: Henry T. Azzam

Henry T. Azzam is Senior Lecturer and Coordinator of the Master of Finance Program at the Olayan School of Business (OSB), American University of Beirut. He joined the faculty of OSB in January 2014. Before that he was Chairman and CEO of the Social Security Investment Fund of Jordan and until July 31, 2012 he was Deutsche Bank’s Chairman for the Middle East & North Africa region (MENA). From May 2007 till October, 2010, he was Deutsche Bank’s CEO for the MENA region (Dubai) and before that, he was the CEO of Amwal Invest, an investment bank he founded in Amman, Jordan in 2005 and has guided its first two years of operations. He also served as the Chairman of Dubai International Financial Exchange (now Nasdaq Dubai), Chairman of the mobile telecom company, Mobile Com (now Orange), Amman, and Chairman of Rubicon, an IT company based in Amman-Jordan. Before establishing Amwal Invest, Henry T. Azzam was the CEO of Jordinvest, Amman (2001-2004), Managing Director of Middle East Capital Group, Beirut (1998-2001), AGM and Chief Economist of the Saudi National Commercial Bank, Jeddah, (1990-1998) and Vice President and Chief Economist of Gulf International Bank, Bahrain (1983-1990). Before that he worked with the Arab Fund in Kuwait and the International Labour Organization in Geneva. He has four books published, the last one “The Arab Economies Facing the Challenges of the New Millennium”. I.B. Tauris, 2002. He is currently a board member of Byblos Bank (Beirut), Arab Jordan Investment Bank (Amman), and Rasmala Investment Bank (Dubai). Previously he served as a board member of Royal Jordanian Airlines (Amman), Nuqul Group (Amman), Aramex (Dubai), Majid Al Futtaim Trust (Dubai), Arabtec (Dubai), and was a member of the International Advisory Board of the Saudi Stock Exchange (Tadawul). He holds a Ph.D. in Economics from University of Southern California, Los Angeles and BA and MA from the American University of Beirut.