We Pray
Jamil Bermans Iskandar
(1929-2008)

Current Home Address:	Holiday Beach - Zouk Mosbeh
			Keserwan - Lebanon
			Tel. Residence:  961-9-222150
					

Business Address:	Holiday Beach - Nahr El Kalb 
                        Zouk Mosbeh - Lebanon
Postal Code:            2210 2502 Keserwan 
Tel. Office:            961-9-222083
	                961-9-222084
Fax:	                961-9-222080
Email:	                drhtc@sodetel.net.lb

BUSINESS ACTIVITIES

* Middle East Airlines, Beirut, Lebanon
Started as accountant, left as Supplies Manager				1951-1960

*B Iskandar & Sons, Beirut, Lebanon
Trading Firm
Held position of chairman & General Manager
Fields of Operation:
a)	Owners of Beau Brummell Men's Wear Shop:
		Closed after being looted and burnt in 1976		1960-1976
b)	General Agents for "Sumitomo Marine & Fire Insurance Co. Ltd."
Tokyo, Japan, Stopped operation in 1976.				1960-1976
c)	General Agents of " Sumitomo Rubber Industries", Tokyo, Japan,
	manufacturers of car and truck tyres and tubes.		.	1963-2003
d)	General Agents for "Taiwan Fire & Marine Insurance Co.". Taiwan;
	Stopped operations in December 1983.				1975-1983

*Dog River Holiday & Tourist Center S.A.L., Beirut, Lebanon
	A tourist and real estate development company; promoters of Holiday Beach,
	A residential summer resort.
	Established the Company						1965
	Held position of "Chairman & General Manager"			1965-todate

*Country health Center S.A.L., Monteverdi, Lebanon
	Lebanese company promoting and managing a center with a hospital
and health resort
	Co-Founder  , Member of the Board of Directors			1981-1986

*Iskan Group of Companies - Founder - Chairman & President
	a)	Iskan Real Estate S.A.R.L.				1981-1997
	b)	Iskan Trading S.A.R.L.					1981-1995
	c)	Iskan Travel  & Tourism S.A.R.L.			1981-1995
	d)	Iskan Assurance & Reinsurance S.A.L.			1982-1996

*Intra Investment Co. S.A.L., Beirut, Lebanon
	Lebanese Investment Company holding and controlling financial and managerial
	Interests in various fields of operations such as : banks, real estate, casinos,
	Airlines, audio visual productions, etc…
	The majority of its shares are owned by the Government of Lebanon, the Central
	Bank of Lebanon, the Government of Kuwait, and the Government of Qatar.
	Member of the Board of Directors				1983-1986	
          Chairman of the Board - General Manager 			1986-1989

*Sogeprode S.A.L. (Societe de Gestion des projets de developments S.A.L.),
	Beirut, Lebanon
	A Management Company
	Chairman of the Board						1983-1989

*P.V.S. S.A.L. (Professional Audio Visual Systems S.A.L.), Beirut, Lebanon
	Chairman of the Board						1983-1993

*Le Reveil S.A.L., Beirut, Lebanon
	Lebanese French daily newspaper
	Member of the Board						1983-1989

*Cooperative de Produits de Consommation d'Antelias et ses Alentours - Coop 
	Antelias, Lebanon
	A cooperative for consumer goods and food products
Co-founder and Member of the Board				        1976-1989

*New Byblos City S.A.L., Byblos, Lebanon
	A real estate development company 
	Co-founder and Member of the Board 				1986-1998

*Societe Touristique d'Investissements et d'Exploitations S.A.,
	Siege Social: Vaduz-Liechtenstein
	Member of the Board						1987-1989

*Societe Internationale du Casino du Liban, SICALI HOLDING S.A.,
	Paris, France
	Chairman of the Board - General Manager				1988-1989

*Immobiliere et Financiere Saint-Loup, La Ciotat, France
	Chairman of the Board - General Manager				1988-1989

SOCIAL, CULTURAL, AND COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES

*Louaizeh College for Higher Education, Zouk Mosbeh, Lebanon
	Associate of Beirut University College, 
	Founder - Member of the Development Board			1978-1986

*Committee of St. John's Church, Zouk Mosbeh, Keserwan, Lebanon
	A Fundraising Committee for the Construction of a Church and a Club House.
	Co-Founder , Member of the Committee				1982-1987

*INMA Group, Naccache, Lebanon
	Foundation for the Development of Social & Human Resources in Lebanon.
	Not for profit foundation overlooking the operations of not for profit institutes 
	dealing with research, documentation, education, social welfare, publishing,
urban development, journalism, data processing, etc… 
Based in "The House of the Future"
Chairman of the Board						        1983-1992

*Lebanese American University, Beirut, Lebanon
	Member - Board of Overseers					1983-1986
	Member - Board of Trustees					1987-1990
	Vice Chairman - Board of Trustees				1987-1996
	Chairman - Board of Trustees					1996-1997
	Member of Board of Trustees					1998-2004
 	Vice Chairman – Board of Trustees 				2005-todate

*"House of the Future" Foundation, Naccache, Lebanon
	Not for profit center accommodating a Lebanese Think Tank undertaking
	research on political, educational, cultural, social, and economic studies
	for the development of Lebanon with a specialized library open for the
	public.
	Chairman of the Board						1982-1998

*Committee of St. Antoine de Padoue Church, Sin el Fil, Lebanon
	A fundraising committee for the construction of a Church, Club house, and a
	Convent  -  Co-Founder. 
	Chairman of the Committee						1985-1988

*Amine Gemayel Foundation, Naccache, Lebanon
	Not for profit Institute providing financial aid and scholarships to Lebanese 
	Students in Universities in Lebanon and abroad.
	Chairman of the Board							1986-1990

* Notre Dame University, Louaizeh, Lebanon
	Lebanese University following the American Universities Educational System.
	Chairman of the Board of Overseers				1987-1991
	Member of the Board of Overseers				1991-1994
	Member of the Board of Trustees					1994-todate

*American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon
	Member - College Hall Fund Raising Committee			1994-1997
	Vice Chairman - Students Scholarship Fund Raising Committee 	1997-2007
	Chairman – Fund Raising Committee 				2007 

EDUCATION

*American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon
	Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA)			June 1951

*United Kingdom
	University of London – London Business School – Masters in Finance 1960

*Association of Certified & Corporate Accountants, United Kingdom
	Completed courses for the level of final examinations		   1958


PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP

*Institute of Supplies Managers, United Kingdom				1955

*Syndicate of the Tourist Sea Resorts Owners, Beirut, Lebanon
	Co-Founder , Member of the Board of Directors			1982-1992
	Chairman of the Board						1992-1998 
	Member of the Board 			 			1998-2004
	
*International Chamber of Commerce - Lebanon 
	Member of Committee on Tourism 					1996-2000

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