Hala FADEL
Hala is a Fund Manager at Comgest. The Comgest group was created in 1986 by Jean François Canton and Wedig von Gaudecker as a portfolio management company and is based in Paris, Hong Kong, and Dublin. The Group has $9.5bn under management, all run for institutions under the form of segregated accounts or public mutual funds. Comgest is characterized by a tried and tested management style, focused exclusively on the investment in a limited number of quality growth companies with the aim of offering our clientele an above-average long-term return with below-average risk. This approach, which is largely Warren Buffet-inspired, has been developed in the late eighties by Comgest and we were the first company to apply it to European, Asian, and Emerging markets.
Prior to joining Comgest, Hala was an analyst and associate in mergers and acquisitions at Merrill Lynch Paris in 1998 and London in 1997. In 1996, Hala started her career in mergers and acquisitions with BT Wolfensohn in London.
Hala has a Bachelor degree from HEC and holds an MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management.
Hala is the current Chair of the MIT Enterprise Forum for the Pan Arab Region (Lebanon).
Salam YAMOUT
Salam is Cisco's Program Manager for the Partnership for Lebanon. The program's goal is to establish public and private partnerships to build scalable, replicable, sustainable solutions to help the people of Lebanon find the path to long term stability and economic growth.
Prior to the Partnership for Lebanon, Salam worked on several key national projects such as the National e-Commerce Project, National e-Strategy Project, National ICT Standards Project, and served on the National Committee for follow-up on WSIS.
Salam holds a B.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Valparaiso University in 1985, an M.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from University of Arizona in 1987 and an MBA from the Ecole Supérieure des Affaires (ESA) in 2005.
Salam is the current Secretary-General of the MIT Enterprise Forum for the Pan Arab Region (Lebanon).
Ziad YOUNES
Ziad is Deputy General Manager at Butec, a leading Lebanese and regional contracting company where he had actively participated in its internal restructuring and international development.
Prior to joining Butec, Ziad had successfully launched two Lebanese SMEs,: BPM in the field of property management and Fermes St. Jacques in the agro-industry. Ziad has lectured for 3 years at the USJ University on Game Theory and its applications in Economics.
Ziad holds an Engineering degree from Ecole Polytechnique in Paris, a DEA in Industrial Organization from the University of Paris IX - Dauphine, and a Master of Science in Technology and Policy from MIT.
Ziad is the current Treasurer of the MIT Enterprise Forum for the Pan Arab Region (Lebanon).
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