Mr Gargour has been a Director since 1981 and has served as Chairman and CEO since 1997. He is a citizen of Lebanon and the UK and holds an MBA from Harvard University. He is a co-owner of Intage and is the brother of Mr. Toufick Gargour and Mr Alain Gargour, both Lecico Directors and co-owners of Intage.

Mr Gargour has been involved with Lecico since 1978 and has been a Director of the Company since 1997. He is a citizen of both Lebanon and the UK and holds an MBA from the University of Chicago. He is also the CEO and member of the board of Gargour Holdings S.A, Chairman of Lecico Lebanon and serves as Director of Lecico UK and is a Director of Intage.

MR. TOUFICK GARGOUR Board Member: 1974 – present Age: 81
Nationality: Lebanese
A Director of the Company since 1974, he holds an IEP from INSEAD. In addition to being a Director at Lecico Egypt, he has been a Director of Lecico Lebanon (1969- 2018) and is a Director and co-owner of Intage. He served as the General Manager and as a Director of T. Gargour & Fils SAL (1968 to 1996) and Uniceramic Lebanon (1973 to 2000)

Mr Gargour joined Lecico in January 2005 and appointed a Director in 2008. He was
appointed Managing Director in July 2012. He is a citizen of Lebanon and the USA and holds an MA from SAIS-Johns Hopkins. Prior to joining Lecico, he worked for seven years in the EMEA research department of HSBC Securities, covering Egyptian equities and rising to head the EMEA research team. Taher Gargour is the son of Chairman, CEO and coowner of Lecico Egypt, Mr. Gilbert Gargour.

Mr Hassan was appointed as a Director in 2014. He is a citizen of Egypt with BSc in Accounting from Alexandria University and an MBA from Arab Academy for Science, Technology & Maritime Transport. He joined Lecico in 1990 and has served as Financial Manager from 2000 to 2013 when he was promoted to Finance Director and asked to join the board.

Mr Baroudi has been a Director since 2003. He served as the Managing Director from September 2002 to June 2012. Prior to joining Lecico, he worked at American Express Bank for 22 years and served in various positions including Executive Director and Region Head for North and South East Asia (1991 to 1996), and Managing Director of American Express’s Egyptian joint venture bank, Egyptian American Bank (1986 to 1990).

Dr Simon,Audit Committee Member
Board Member: 2011 – present Age: 72
Nationality: German
A Director since 2011, he is a German citizen and holds a doctorate of Economics from Saint Gallen (Switzerland). Dr. Simon is the owner of BirchCourt GmbH since 2005 and previously held senior positions at Continental AG, Keiper-Recaro GmbH and has been executive director of Grohe AG. Between 2002 and 2005 he was CEO and member of the Board of Sanitec AG and served as a board member of Lecico Egypt representing Sanitec. He served on multiple international Boards and is presently indipendent director and member of the audit committee at Hindware Ltd. Gurgaon, lndia.

MR. KARIM ZAHRAN
Independent Director and Audit Committee Member
Board Member: 2019 – present Age: 38
Nationality: Egyptian
Karim is currently the CEO of Zahran Market. Before leading the supermarket chain turnaround, he was a Deputy Manager at Groupe Seb’s Iberica office in Barcelona,. Karim started his career in finance at HSBC. He joined Compass Capital as a founding partner in 2012 where he led the Asset Management team, and consequently headed the Beltone brokerage in the United States. Karim currently serves on the board of directors in Compass Capital, Zahran Group, Rameda pharmaceuticals, Bonyan for Real Estate, Alex Scan and Schutz American School. Karim earned his Bachelors degrees in Economics and Finance at Boston University.

Colin is currently Managing Director of
Aqualisa Products, a leading supplier of
showers in the UK. He has over 30 years
of finance and management experience,
having previously served as Acting CEO
and CFO of yacht maker Fairline, Interim
CFO of Ideal Standard, and previously
as CFO of B3 Cable Solutions, GB Auto
and Lecico Egypt. He holds an MBA from
Fuqua School of Business, Duke University
and a BA in Accounting Sciences from the
University of South Africa.

MS. MENATALLAH SADEK
Independent Director and Audit Committee Member
Board Member: 2021 – present Age: 43
Nationality: Egyptian
Menatalla’s career encompasses more than two decades in leading roles in Egypt and Europe. Her last role was CEO and co-founder of H.A Utilities (HAU), as well as MD of Lightsource BP JV co in Egypt. She is also currently acting as Independent Senior Advisor to African Infrastructure Investment Managers (AIIM), a co-founder of Egycop, Egypt’s first Carbon offset company and a board member in Al Futtaim Group Supervisory Board, amongst others. She is a CFA Charterholder and was a founding member of the CFA Societies of Sweden and Egypt.