Mohamad El Hout

Experience Summary

1998 to Pres.        Middle East Airlines

Chairman and Director General

1981 to 1998        Central Bank, Lebanon

Various roles including:

Head of Real Estate and Financial Assets Department

Deputy Director, Statistics and Economic Studies Department

Economist

Biography:

Mohamad El-Hout has been the Chair and Director General of Middle East Airlines since 1998. He holds a BA in Economics and an MBA from the American University of Beirut (AUB). After receiving his bachelor’s degree in 1981, he joined the Central Bank as an economist and was later on promoted to deputy director of the Statistics and Economic Studies Department. Thereafter, he became adviser to the governor (Crisis Management), and consequently the head of the Real Estate and Financial Assets Department till 1998.

Led the restructuring of Middle East Airlines- Air Liban after two decades of heavy losses; which allowed the company to become profitable starting the year 2002 for sixteen consecutive years. Those Positive results were achieved under the most strained and difficult security and political times that Lebanon and the Middle East have faced. In 2008 MEA was ranked among the Top 25 Airlines Companies in the world in terms of both operating and net profit.

He has been a member of the executive committee of the Arab Air Carriers Organization since 2010 and is currently a member of IATA Board of Governors.

Founding member of the “Conseil de Surveillance” at ESA since 1996 and head of the Social Reform Association since 1990

He is the recipient of many decorations and awards from Lebanon, France, Brazil, Belgium and Italy.

My Objectives and Aspirations for Being Involved in Cedar Routes:

• Meeting together by itself is an achievement and a promising start