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Frederic Chemaly holds several positions including Managing Partner of Chemaly & Company, a corporate advisory services firm; Corporate Secretary of Malia Group; Committee Member at the Institute for Finance and Governance – ESA; and stock markets investor, with a focus on the MENA.
Frederic Chemaly speaks and writes about corporate topics covering law, governance, risk, compliance, economics, and business in general. He is a Columnist at Aliqtisadi – الإقتصادي. Other works have been published in LSE-MEC, HBR, LSE-Elite, IR Mag, Future of Sourcing and the Hawkamah Journal.
He was previously a Board member at the UNDP T2SD and advocated for the promotion of the Quality Education SDG.
He also worked as a Senior Counsel for Bank Audi, a major regional bank; and prior to that, he worked for Technip France Abu Dhabi, an international oil and gas engineering company, handling legal, regional mobility and human resources matters for its site-based employees.
Frederic Chemaly is a graduate in Law from the Saint Joseph University – Beirut. He holds a Master’s Degree in Public International Law from Paris and a certificate in Corporate Finance from the University of Sussex – UK.
The idea of establishing a Levant Union — one not unlike the European Union (EU), but composed of the Levantine states of Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Palestine, Jordan, and by extension, Egypt and Cyprus — is one that ought to be explored. Such an arrangement would offer untapped potential for trade, supported by the growing trend toward greater regionalization, fueled by the rise in protectionism, increasing multipolarity, and corporate regionalization.
As Syria looks to rebuild, sanctions remain a major barrier to trade and investment
As the conflict in Syria concludes, the next phase will center on rebuilding and will require hundreds of billions of dollars in investment. For now though, sanctions imposed by the U.S., U.K., and EU block money from flowing in.
