Ownership Structure
Capital
Banque BEMO sal is a Lebanese joint-stock company founded in 1994 as “BEMO-Banque Européenne pour le Moyen Orient Sal”, registered in the Beirut Commercial Registry under No.17837 and, on the Banque du Liban's list of banks under No. 93. It has been listed on the Beirut Stock Exchange since 1999, under No. 1111.
The Bank’s capital is LBP 78,161,400,000 (US$ 51,848,358), consisting of 77,500,000 shares of common stock ("Ordinary" Shares) and 350,000 preferred shares. Out of the total 77,850,000 shares, 51,400,000 shares are publicly held and listed on the Beirut Stock Exchange (BSE). Issue prime on preferred shares amount to LBP 52,290,454,000 (US$ 34,686,868).
The ownership structure of the Bank’s capital is as follows:
Board of Directors
Dr. Riad B. Obegi - Chairman & General Manager
Mr. Samih H. Saade - Vice Chairman – Managing Director
Sharikat Al Istismarat Al Oropia Lil Sharek Al Aousat (Holding) sal- Member (represented by Mr. Jean V. Hajjar)
Dr. Shadi A. Karam - Member
Mr. Abdelkarim Claude H. Khayat - Member
Fr. Gabriel N. Khairallah - Member
Mrs. Joelle F. Abou Farhat - Member
Legal Advisors
Banque BEMO appointed Prof. Nasri A. Diab and Me. Adel J. Macaron as its legal advisors.
Auditors
The Bank appointed Deloitte & Touche and DFK Fiduciaire du Moyen Orient as its auditors.
Corporate Secretary
Mr. Georges Hayek (Email: georgeshayek@bemobank.com)