Biographical Summary

BORN:

29 April 1943

AGE:

76

MARITAL

STATUS:

Married to Mrs Siham Habis

Has four adult children

EDUCATION:

College Des Frères, Lebanon Business Administration

CAREER:

1965

Owner & General Manager, Habis Travels Ltd IATA in Kano and Lagos, Nigeria

1966

Owner, Lebanese African Agency S.A.R.L.IATA, Beirut, Lebanon (tourism agency)

1971

Owner, Nigroup, Kano, Nigeria

(nails and barbwire manufacturer)

1973

Owner, Habis Company (London) Ltd, London, England (tourism agency/car hire, import and export)

Owner, Cedars Aviation, Beirut, Lebanon

1974

Founder, Vice-President and Member of the Board of Directors of INFIBANK S.A.L., Beirut, Lebanon (investment and finance bank)

 Associates with:

• Banque Audi S.A.L., Lebanon
• The Mitsui Bank Ltd, Japan
• Trans-America Investment Co Ltd, United Kingdom
• The Nomura Securities Co Ltd, Japan
• Societe Financiere Pour L’Expansion Industrielle, France
• Regie Renault, France
• Caisse Centrale Des Banques Populaires, France
• Mr Issam Fares, Vice Prime Minister of Lebanon
• Mr Said Khoury, C.C.C. Company, Kuwait

Founder, President, Managing Director and Member of the Board of Directors, SOFIL S.A.L., Beirut, Lebanon (real estate company)

Owner, Habis Company Limited S.A.R.L., Beirut, Lebanon (import and export company)

Founder and Member of the Board of Directors, Libano-Arabe, Beirut, Lebanon and Saudi Arabia

(insurance and reinsurance company)

1986

Founder and Managing Director, Societe de Gestion des Centres Commerciaux S.A.R.L., “SOGEC”, Beirut, Lebanon (management of commercial centres)

1992

Founder, Chairman and Managing Director, Sofil

• Le Relais Sofil (luxury restaurant relaix and chateaux)
• Le Bistro Sofil (resto)
• Le Club Sofil (exclusive member club)

Founder, President and Managing Director, Saout Al Ghad, Lebanon (political radio broadcast station)

2003

Owner, Sofilco Sarl (holding company)

Sofil Centre, Beirut, Lebanon

2004

Founder of the Magazine of the Honorary Consular Corps in Lebanon

(distributed free, locally and internationally)

OTHER

ACTIVITIES:

Member of the following:

• A.T.C.L Automobile & Touring Club, Kaslik, Lebanon
• La Marina Yacht Club, Lebanon
• Faqra Club (ski resort), Lebanon
• Aero Club (aviation school), Lebanon
• Yarze Country Club (selected club), Lebanon
• Club Castel, Paris, France
• Hotel Ritz Club, Paris, France
• Annabel’s Club, London, UK

AWARDS/

DECORATIONS:

Diplôme de Reconnaissance de la Médaille d’Or de Brussels, Belgium, 1969

Diplôme de Commandeur, Société les Sauveurs de l’Yonne, France, 1974

Diploma de Academico, Academia de Ciencia Humanisticas, Republica Dominica, 1975

Academica en Humanidades, Honoris Causa, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1975

Public Service Star, Singapore, 1996

Order of the Cedar Medal / Knight Grade, Lebanon, 1997

Order of the Cedar Medal / Officer Grade, Lebanon, 2006

Shield by Lebanese Internal Security Forces, Lebanon, 2009

Shield by African Official Missions accredited in Lebanon, 2012

LANGUAGES:

English, French, Arabic