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Mr. El-Tayara was appointed to the Board of Directors on January 14, 2008. Mr. El-Tayara is the Managing Partner of MNA Partners, a Dubai-based merchant bank, and has over 11 years of experience working in the investment banking and financial transactions arena in the Middle East and other markets. Prior to establishing his own firm, Mr. El-Tayara was with investment banks Merrill Lynch and Salomon Smith Barney. In early 2003, he managed the corporate finance initiatives of MBC Group, MENA’s largest media company, where he participated in the set up of Alarabiya News Channel, for which he acted as CFO. Mr. El-Tayara also set up the Swiss EFG Bank in Dubai, for which he acted as the Dubai Head. Mr. El-Tayara is an Electrical Engineering graduate from the American University of Beirut and holds an MBA from INSEAD in Fontainebleau, France. Mr. El-Tayara is fluent in English, French and Arabic.
Mr. El-Tayara is also the Chairman of the Company’s Audit Committee. | 