Managing Partner
Chemaly & Company
Total years of experience :18 years, 10 Months
Advising clients on Corporate Governance, Family Governance, Risk Management, Strategy, Regulatory Compliance, Organizational Design and generally, corporate matters.
Coverage: Levant, GCC.
Studied the status of Governance in the private sector in Lebanon and established standards. I have obtained the patronage of H.E. the Prime Minister for a national conference held on October 31, 2017, to disclose these recommendations. We are continuously advocating with the government and associations for their implementation.
Coverage: Lebanon.
• Columnist - Aliqtisadi: economics, finance, management, governance, strategy, law and business articles.
• Articles published in LSE - MEC, Harvard Business Review, Hawkamah Journal, IR Magazine, London Stock Exchange and Outsource Magazine;
• Speaker at conferences: Lebanon Opportunities 2015; ESA IFG 2017; IFC-Tamayyaz 2018, World Investor Week 2018.
Coverage: International.
I trade on stock exchanges, particularly on the Dubai Financial Market and Tadawul.
Coverage: GCC.
Established the frameworks and, on a continuous basis, advise on and administer the following: Governance, Risk and Compliance; the Secretariat of the Board and its Committees; Legal and Contracts; the Annual Reports; the Strategy, Business Plans and Progress Reports of the Subsidiaries; the Private Equity Fund; and other corporate development projects covering new investments and ventures, M&A, franchising, shareholders agreements, real estate, family governance and inheritance planning; in addition to representing the Group at industry events and supporting the Syndicate of Pharmaceutical Industries in Lebanon (SPIL).
Malia Group is a family business that consists of 26 companies in 6 sectors: Industries, Consumer Goods Distribution, Solutions, Fashion and Luxury, Contracting, and Hospitality and Real Estate. The Group is active throughout the MENA region and Europe.
Coverage: MENA, GCC, Europe.
Advocated for the adoption of the Quality Education SDG for 2017, which was selected: we have set the strategy based on 2 pillars: advocacy with the Ministry of Education, academic institutions and major Lebanon based companies for the introduction of cooperative education; and the development of the Tripoli Special Economic Zone.
Coverage: Lebanon.
At the Corporate Secretariat, I have handled the legal, governance and regulatory matters of the Board of Directors and Committees of the Group and of 2 of its subsidiaries. I have handled additionally the Asset Liability Committee of the Bank and the publication process on the London and Beirut stock exchanges.
I have as well developed, in application of a Central Bank of Lebanon circular, the Legal Testing Framework for the Legal Compliance Unit; and have reviewed and advised on draft regulations to be issued by the Capital Markets Authority organizing the Market Conduct, the Business Conduct and the CMA Application Procedure.
Coverage: MENA, GCC, Turkey, Europe.
At the Training and Development Department, I have developed a research function to improve the quality of decision on education and training programs; and developed the education file by raising the number of sponsorships provided to more than double, totaling 250.
I have promoted international education by enabling talented employees earn their degrees in top US and European schools; and brought in in-house trainings from top European providers.
I have handled as well other functions such as the Annual and Quarterly Reports, the Training Curriculum and the Risk Curriculum and Educational Program, the E-Learning project, the Education Committee, in addition to delivering trainings.
Coverage: MENA, GCC, Turkey, Europe.
I have established the Middle East Hub of Technip and developed the site based manpower pool by increasing it from 80 to 250 employees, from 4 countries to 12, in 2 years, administering 500 labour agreements. The employees were mainly distributed in Qatar (CTJV - RLOC), Yemen (YLNG), KSA (Khursaniyah), Angola (TP Angola - Angoflex), Tunisia (Shkira), Iran (Kharg) and Vietnam (DQR).
I have as well designed and implemented two systems to retain employees: (1) a Planning for the mobility of employees between sites, along with a Performance Appraisal Form and Procedure for construction site based employees, which was adopted for all TECHNIP Group site entities; and (2) a Compensation and Benefits matrix divided by nationality, sector and level.
Besides the ME Hub functions, I was a member of a team developing HR systems for the TECHNIP Group and contributed to merging the HR systems between TECHNIP Abu Dhabi and Saudi Arabia.
Coverage: GCC, Europe, Africa, Asia.
