Constitution of the ITFA Middle East Northern Africa (MENA) Regional Committee

On 16th of February 2006 at Hotel Abou Nawas in Tunis, in a very pleasant and friendly atmosphere, Mr.Paolo Provera chaired the meeting for the election of the new ITFA-MENA Regional Committee under the supervision of the whole ITFA Board members and some other ITFA members. After a brief and intensive discussion, unanimously it has been decided to structure the MENA Regional Committee as follows:

Board of ITFA-MENA Regional Committee

1- Mrs Wassila Hamdi Ben Amor Tunis International Bank, Tunis – Chairperson
2- Mr.Amr AL Ashmaoui Arab Banking Corporation, Bahrain – Deputy Chairman & Communication Marketing & Promotion
3- Mrs.Sihem Dada Mashreqbank, Dubai – Education & Training
4- Mr.Gary Griffiths Gulf International Bank, Bahrain – Market Practice
5- Mr.Georges Andraos Byblos Bank, Lebanon – Secretariat & Memberships

For this great occasion, an important number of participants from local & foreign banks, Diplomats and major local journalists attended the ceremony celebrating the constitution of the ITFA-MENA Regional Committee with a cocktail kindly sponsored by Tunis International Bank, Tunis and followed by a Gala Dinner. The Chairman of ITFA, Mr.Lucio Matassoni inaugurated the event and congratulated Mrs.Hamdi Ben Amor and her Board of the Regional Committee. Mr.Mohamed Fekih, Managing Director and Vice Chairman of Tunis International Bank opened his speech.