Up, up and away we go. Stocks continue their rally this month, but economic fundamentals are showing weakness across the board. France is sliding back into recession and China’s industrial…
Maya Sioufi
Maya Sioufi
Maya is a research consultant on Arab youth entrepreneurship and employment. She headed Executive's banking, finance and entrepreneurship sections from 2011 to 2013. Previously, she worked at JP Morgan in London in equity sales for three years. She holds an MSc in Accounting and Finance from the London School of Economics (LSE) and a BA in Economics from the American University of Beirut (AUB).
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Banking 2013: Looking for better horizonsFinance
New banks on the block
by Maya Sioufiby Maya SioufiPolitical turbulence and economic uncertainty have not stopped new banks from opening their doors in Lebanon. For this month’s special report on the banking sector, Executive spoke to the general…
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As Raymond Audi, chairman of Bank Audi, Lebanon’s largest bank, walked me through the four floors of their headquarters in Downtown Beirut, I would have thought I was in a…
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Standing six meters tall, French artist Jean Dubuffet’s blue, red, white and black sculpture decorates the entrance of the Beirut headquarters of Bank Audi, Lebanon’s largest bank. It is one…
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Company: Qi Juices Country: Lebanon Industry: Food and Beverage Founders: Leila Fakih Nashabe and Hana Alireza Established in: 2012 Number of employees: 7 Revenues last year: Expected revenues of $100,000…
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Banking 2013: Looking for better horizonsFinance
Banks fleeing the storm
by Maya Sioufiby Maya SioufiLebanese bankers are sailing off to foreign shores to generate growth in profits as turbulence rattles their home country and cripples their neighbours next door. The blood being spilled in…
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The Standard and Poor’s 500 Index reached an all-time high last month, surging past its previous record reached in October 2007. It was up 11 percent as of April 25…
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Twenty-one-year-old Peter Dagher has a rare type of leukemia, a form of blood cancer, and he needs a donor of hematopoietic stem cells (often referred to as bone marrow) for…
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The need for proper governance is perhaps the paramount lesson of the 2008 financial crisis — one the regulators worldwide are now trying to address to prevent a repeat. Ludo…
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Where else can I renew my Lebanese passport, pay my cellphone bills, pay that parking ticket from the time I was late to a meeting, and send my brother in…