Maher Mezher, Managing Director

Maher Mezher

Managing Director

Innovators League

Location
Lebanon - Beirut
Education
Doctorate, Business Administration
Experience
30 years, 3 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :30 years, 3 Months

Managing Director at Innovators League
  • Lebanon - Beirut
  • My current job since September 2014

- Developed full fledge innovation strategies for leading entities in the region.

- Developed & delivered a fully interactive Innovation workshop to hundreds of executives in the region.

- Developed & registered novel innovation ideas in more than one IPO.

Head of Marketing, Communication, Retail & Delivery Channels at First National Bank sal - Group
  • Lebanon - Beirut
  • January 2008 to September 2014

• Launched for the first time in the world the Fertility Loan positioning the bank as the most innovative & gaining worldwide recognition.

• Launched a pioneer online regional loyalty program rewarding several types of products & operations.

• Developed & executed a detailed Bancassurance strategy & plan of action leading to a 157% sales growth from the annual target.

• Implemented a state of the art electronic banking services in a short period offering convenience to customers through e-delivery channels.

• Developed & started implementing a 3 years CRM strategy for the Group.

• Implemented an interactive call center built on the latest Cisco system connected to the Microsoft Dynamics CRM conducting Inbound, outbound calls & customer surveys.

• Launched the professional certificates loan in collaboration with the order of engineers in Lebanon as an acquiring strategy.

• Automated the marketing departments' activities on CRM Microsoft Dynamics as a pioneer in the region.

Head of Retail & Marketing at Lebanon & GUlf Bank sal
  • Lebanon - Beirut
  • January 2005 to January 2008

• Launched for the first time in Lebanon the SMS Account as a pioneer product in the Lebanese banking sector.

• Launched 5 new Bankassurance products leading the bank to the best sales performance award during 2006 among top ten Lebanese banks.

• Trained & managed the branches network employees on retail banking & excellence in customer service in order to spread the retail culture.

• Developed & implemented the Internet, Phone and SMS banking as a full fledge electronic banking services.

• Developed & implemented the branches management division with a 3 years strategy focusing on increasing the average order size of the existing customers.

Head of Retail & Marketing at Bank of Beirut and the Arab Countries sal
  • Lebanon - Beirut
  • January 2000 to January 2005

• Crafted a sales management plan for Bankassurance products in collaboration with Allianz- SNA that contributed to record sales growth that grew from 331 policies in 2003 to 1418 within 7 months during 2004.

• Revamped a special product for "Public Sector Employees" thus attracting new accounts that reached more than 10, 000 increasing customer retention & doubling deposits & loans.

• Developed & launched a "Customized Private Sector Package" which sold more than 1120 new accounts within 4 months.

• Developed in collaboration with the HR department a comprehensive "Customer Service Representative" program comprising new training, hiring practices as well as pertinent targets / incentives schemes to boost customer service & retail activities.

• Trained & masterminded branches sales efforts increasing cross selling rate from a 1.1 ratio to over 2.0 in most branches within the bank.

Head of CRM Unit
• Applied the CRM readiness assessment test on a representative sample of 1500 customers successfully, yielding a record 94% response level.

• Built a Data warehouse with a 360º customer view.

Customer Service Officer at Société Générale de Banque au Liban sal
  • Lebanon - Beirut
  • January 1998 to January 2000

1998-2000
Société Générale de Banque au Liban sal
Customer service officer

• Rotated in all the branch operations: Forex, bills, transfers, current account transactions etc.
• Worked on building the customer database as a preparatory phase for CRM.
• Promoted retail and investment banking products.

Auditor - Comprehensive audit of three Major companies at Major Lebanese Auditing Firm
  • Lebanon - Beirut
  • January 1994 to January 1998

Farid Gebran: Major Lebanese Auditing Firm
• Auditor - Comprehensive audit of three Major companies.

Education

Doctorate, Business Administration
  • at Walden University
  • December 2016

Walden University, US Degree: Doctorate of Business Administration, 2017.

Master's degree, Marketing & Communication
  • at European School of Management
  • January 2008

European School of Management- ESCP- EAP, Paris Degree: Masters of science in Marketing & Communication, 2008.

Master's degree, Marketing
  • at Ecole Supérieure des Affaires
  • January 2007

Ecole Supérieure des Affaires- ESA, Beirut Degree: Masters of science in Marketing, 2007.

Master's degree,
  • at Newport University
  • January 2001

Newport University, US Degree: Masters of Business Administration, 2001.

Bachelor's degree, Finance
  • at Saint Joseph University
  • January 1996

4 Years of Study in Finance & Accounting.

Specialties & Skills

Innovation
Training
Marketing
Microsoft CRM
Change Management
BANKING
CUSTOMER SERVICE
DATA WAREHOUSE
MARKETING
OPERATIONS

Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
Expert
French
Expert
Italian
Intermediate
Russian
Intermediate

Memberships

Fellow of the American Academy of Financial Management- AAFM / US, Instructor at the Bankers Academy -New York /US
  • Member

Training and Certifications

Certified Innovation Trainer (Certificate)
Date Attended:
August 2010
Valid Until:
January 9999
Brand Management (Certificate)
Date Attended:
September 2005
Valid Until:
January 9999
Certified ISO 9000/2000 Lead Auditor (Certificate)
Date Attended:
June 2002
Valid Until:
January 9999
CRM (Certificate)
Date Attended:
June 2003
Valid Until:
January 9999
ChFM- Chartered Financial Marketer (Certificate)
Date Attended:
January 2009
Valid Until:
January 9999

Hobbies

  • Opera Singing ( World class Tenor), Reading & Swiming.