Mr. Mohamad El Hout
Chairman-Director General
Middle East Airlines Airliban
PERSONAL
Place/date of Birth: Beirut 1959
Status:Married to Rawda Hamam, 3 children: Nadia, Abdul Rahman and Tarek
Nationality: Lebanese
EDUCATION
- 1984 MBA, American University of Beirut
- 1981 BA Economics, American University of Beirut
- 1977 Baccalaureate II – Al Makassed Al Horj School
CAREER
- 1998-Present Chairman-Director General, Middle East Airlines AirLiban
- 1993-1998 Head of Real Estate and Financial Assets Department, Central Bank of Lebanon
- 1986-1993 Advisor to the Governor (Crisis Management), Central Bank of Lebanon
- 1981-1986 Joined the Central Bank as an Economist and promoted to Deputy Director of Statistics and Economic Studies Department
LANGUAGES Arabic – English - French/Fair
OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
- 2010-Present Member of the Executive Committee (AACO)
1998-2004
- 2004-2007 President of the Executive Committee, Arab Air Carriers Organization (AACO)
- 2001-2002 President of Arab Air Carriers Organization (AACO)
- 2017-Present Member of the Board of Governors, International Air Transport Association (IATA)
1998-2005
ACHIEVEMENTS AT MEA
Lead 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 fifteen 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.
SOCIAL AND CULTURAL ACTIVITIES
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1990-Present President of Social Reform Association, Beirut
- 1996-Present Founding Member of the Conseil de Surveillance of Ecole Supérieure des Affaires (ESA), Beirut
- 2006-2014 Member of the Board of Trustees, Makassed Philanthropic Islamic Association in Beirut
- 2012- Present Member of the Board of Trustees – Rafic Hariri University
DECORATIONS
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2004 Ordre de Rio Branco, rank Commander, Brazil
2004 Ordre National de la Légion d'Honneur, rank Chevalier, France
- 2005 National Order of the Cedar, rank Commander, Lebanon
- 2011 Ordre de Leopold, rank Officer, Belgium
- 2012 Order of the Italian Star (OSI) rank Officer, Italy
- 2014 Ordre National de la Légion d’honneur, rang Officier, France
- 2017 Honorary Doctorate in Business Administration-Arab University of Beirut