Facilitators

• GF

  Gaby Frangieh

  A seasoned Banking, Finance and Risk Management Senior Expert with over two decades of experience in corporate finance, financial services, and risk analysis. Contributed to strategic decision-making and operational improvements at Banque BEMO SAL Group (a USD 10 billion medium sized commercial bank based in Europe, Lebanon and Syria), serving as Acting CEO and Chief Risk Officer, fostering organizational growth and resilience leading a team of around 300 staff. Mr. Frangieh established throughout his career best practices in terms of Risk Management, Financial Control, and Corporate Governance acting as Project Leader in several national and international initiatives. He managed the transition to a fully digitalized internal control framework ensuring coverage and follow up of all risk exposures. He led the full completion of several private placements from initiation to successful issuance and placement covering subordinated bonds and preferred shares with a consolidated value in excess of USD 250 million. Since 2005, Mr. Frangieh led workshops and specialized public and in-house trainings with reputed forums and associations including the Union of Arab Banks, the Association of Banks in Lebanon as well as the Banking Control Commission. He has also acted as permanent Lecturer at the Institute of Higher Banking Studies within Saint Joseph University in Beirut where he provided regular courses covering Banks Financial Performance Assessment, Asset and Liability Management, Risk Management, Corporate Governance, Advanced Risk Measurement Methodologies, Basel Committee Requirements, Evolution of Money and Financial Regulations. Workshops held in Egypt, Doha, Amman in cooperation with the Central Banks of the related jurisdiction were held covering latest topics and requirements pertaining to Risk Management and Banking. Graduated with a Master’s degree in Money and Banking from the American University of Beirut (AUB), Mr. Frangieh started his professional career within ABN AMRO Bank – Beirut Branch and then moved to Banque BEMO SAL Group where he remained until 2022. During this period, Mr. Frangieh was assigned key leadership positions serving as member in specialized management and Board Committees including Risk, Governance, Investment and ALCO. Since 2022, he has been advising international regulatory authorities as well as prime banking/financial institutions and large family owned corporate clients on all topics pertaining to investments, internal control and more specifically Risk Management. With more than 29,000 followers on Linkedin platform mostly consisting of key directors from global regulatory authorities (such as OCC, FDIC, EBA, ECB and others), Mr. Frangieh’s shared personal research compilations addressing advanced topics covering Basel III Requirements, Risk Management, Risk Modeling and Stress Testing exceeded 2 million impressions.