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MR. ISSAM ABDUL SALAM M. ABU ISSA
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Personal Profile
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Career Profile
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PERSONAL PROFILE
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Born in Qatar on
September 7, 1960. Qatari citizen
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Educated in Qatar,
Lebanon, United Kingdom, France, and graduated 1981 from the
University of San Diego in California, USA with Bachelor’s
Degree in Political Science.
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Speaks Arabic,
English, and French
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Son of Palestinian
immigrant to Qatar, Mr. Abdul Salam Abu Issa, who became a
prominent businessman and founder of the Salam Group of
Companies (www.salaminternational.com)
CAREER PROFILE
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1985, Founder and Chairman of U.S. Sunbelt Development Company,
a real estate development company in California, USA, engaged in
a full range of real estate development and consultative
services - from the formation of residential and commercial
syndications to the successful planning and execution of quality
developments. Completed projects include Viewpoint Condominiums,
La Jolla's Bonair Court Townhomes. . The business grew and
diversified into general trading, investments, information
technology, banking. Thus, I.A.S. International Holding Company
emerged.
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1987-1999, Chairman and President of Salam Group of Companies.
During his tenure, Salam witnessed regional expansion and
development in Kuwait, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Lebanon,
and North Africa.
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1997, Founder and Chairman-elect of Palestine International Bank
with headquarters in Ramallah and branches in Nablus and Gaza.
Raised bank capital of $ 17M, whose market share value rose to
an average of 50% at the Palestine Stock Exchange within two
years. Generated and managed total bank assets of $ 105M.
Spiraled bank growth through aggressive sales and marketing
campaign including state-of-the-art banking, competitive
branching network, and electronic link to world financial
markets. Customer base grew to 15,000.
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2005, Founder and Chairman of I.A.S. International, Central
African Republic..
For
his achievements and contributions to the international business
community, he was selected as one of the "100 Global Leaders for
Tomorrow" for the year 2000 by the World Economic Forum.
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