promo 1981
PDG de la Investment & Capital Bank (I&C Bank)

Jean Riachi is currently the Chairman and CEO of Investment & Capital Bank (I&C Bank), a specialized bank authorized and regulated by the Central Bank of Lebanon, as well as the Chairman of FFA Private Bank (Dubai) Limited a wholly owned subsidiary of FFA Group Holding Ltd, authorized and regulated by the DFSA. Between 1985 and 1994, he held several key positions in the French banking sector. In 1994, Jean Riachi established Financial Funds Advisors (FFA) in Lebanon, which later became I&C Bank. In 2006, he founded FFA Private Bank (Dubai) Limited in the Dubai International Financial Center (DIFC). Jean Riachi graduated from HEC Business School Paris in 1985 and is a certified director (IDP-C) from INSEAD’s International Directors Program. He is an active member of several advocacy groups promoting reforms and transparency in Lebanon.

promo 1978
Éditeur
Lebanon Opportunities

Founder of InfoPro, a publishing, business consultancy, and market research and polling firm. 
He has published hundreds of articles on the economies of Lebanon and the Arab World, and is a frequent guest at business and economic talk-shows and conferences. 
He is the author and editor of several books, including ‘الحلم اللبناني’, the Economic Impact of the Syrian Crisis on Lebanon, the Chart of Economic Rights, The Oil&Gas Handbook, The Entrepreneur Handbook, the Green Business Handbook, and others.
His areas of specialty are: Socio-economic development, humanitarian relief, private sector development, labor issues, green economy, economics, socio-economic policy, real estate, statistics, marketing, market research, polling, commercial and investment banking, SME development, venture capital and entrepreneurship.  
He is the Publisher of Gallery magazine, focus on fine arts in Lebanon.

Organization affiliations:
Chairman of Al-Majmoua, the largest microcredit organization in Lebanon and a member of the board of directors of several NGOs. He is an active member of Heartbeat and Global Smile Foundation, two NGOs focused on healthcare for financially deprived children. Former member of the board of the Investment Development Authority of Lebanon (IDAL) and the Tripoli Special Economic Zone (TSEZ). He served on the advisory board of TAMAM, an AUB initiative focused on school reform, and the advisory board of the Lebanese American University Medical Center (Rizk Hospital), 

Education:
He holds a Bachelor and Master degrees in Industrial and Systems Engineering and a Master in Business Administration and Finance from the University of Wisconsin – Madison.

promo 2003
Économiste et Consultant

Jean Tawile is an economist and lecturer at Sciences-Po Paris delivering a course in Public governance in the MENA region. In his other capacities, he is a board member with the Lebanese Businessmen Association (RDCL) and the Lebanese Association for Taxpayers' Rights (ALDIC), and a former advisor to Lebanon's minister of economy and trade (2014-2017).

promo 1998
Économiste, Consultant et Journaliste

Albert Kostanian is a recognized strategy expert. Albert has founded the Beirut office of Arthur D. Little, the world premier strategy consulting firm, after having spent years with the firm in France and is now heading Levant Consult, a boutique strategy firm in Lebanon. His main areas of expertise are in infrastructure, public transportation and telecom. He worked for major international corporations and governments in a dozen of countries. He is also a trusted advisor for leading companies in Lebanon and the Middle East. Albert is the chairman of Kulluna Irada, a pressure group working for reforms in Lebanon and a Senior Policy Fellow for Economics at the American University of Beirut’s Issam Fares Institute. Also, he is the TV host of Vision 2030, a leading political and economic talk show on the Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International LBCI. He holds an MSc from HEC School in Paris and a BA in Economics from Saint-Joseph University in Beirut.