Samih Sawiris serves as executive Chairman of the Board of Directors and CEO. He also serves as chairman or as a member of the boards of a number of subsidiary companies of the Orascom Development Group. After receiving his Diploma in Economic Engineering from the Technical University of Berlin in 1980, Mr. Sawiris founded his first company, National Marine Boat Factory. In 1996 he established Orascom Projects for Tourisitic Development and in 1997 Orascom Hotel Holdings, the two companies that later merged to form Orascom Hotels & Development S.A.E (OHD). He has served as CEO and chairman of OHD since its incorporation. Furthermore, Mr. Sawiris established El Gouna Beverages Co. in 1997, which he sold in 2001, at which time it was the largest beverage company in Egypt.

Amr Sheta serves as executive Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors and Co-CEO. He also serves as a member of the boards of a number of subsidiary companies of the Orascom Development Group. Mr. Sheta has 19 years of experience in corporate as well as investment banking with emphasis on private equity. He started his career at Chase National Bank-Egypt in 1989 and was promoted to manager of the credit department in 1993. In 1996, he was involved in setting-up the bank’s investment banking arm Commercial International Investment Company (CIIC). From 2000 to 2005 he was running CIIC’s proprietary private equity fund with a portfolio worth approximately CHF 350 million. Mr. Sheta has been associated with the Orascom Development Group in various capacities since 1989. Since 1998 he has been member of the board of directors of OHD and its Vice Chairman and Co-CEO since 2006. Mr. Sheta holds a Bachelor Degree in Economics and a Master Degree in Management from the American University in Cairo. He also holds a diploma in Project Appraisal and Investment Management (PAIM) from Harvard Business School.

Adil Douiri serves as a non-executive member of the Board of Directors and as a member of the Audit Committee. Mr. Douiri is the founding shareholder and chief executive officer of Mutandis, a recently established Moroccan investment company. From 2002 to 2007, Mr. Douiri served in His Majesty’s the King Mohamed VI Government, first as Minister for Tourism (2002-2004) and then with an expanded portfolio as Minister for Tourism, Crafts and Social Economy (2004-2007). In 1992, Mr. Douiri founded Casablanca Finance Group (later renamed CFG Group), the first investment bank in Morocco. Until 2002, he acted as chairman of its supervisory board and he is still an acting board member. Mr. Douiri is also a board member of BMCE Bank, the third largest Moroccan commercial bank, and of MFEx, a Stockholm based technology company serving the financial industry. Mr. Douiri graduated as an engineer from the Ecole Nationale des Ponts & Chaussées (ENPC) in Paris. He is actively engaged privately, politically and through NGOs in the development of Morocco, his home country.

Franz Egle serves as a non-executive member of the Board of Directors. He has also been a member of the board of directors of the Orascom Development Group Company Andermatt Alpine Destination Company Ltd since 2007. Mr. Egle has a strong background in the fields of strategy development and implementation, corporate communication, media and public affairs. After holding different senior executive positions in the private sector, he was in charge of communications at the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs and advisor to a member of the Federal Council. Before co-founding and becoming a partner of Dynamics Group, a Swiss company providing strategic consulting, communication management and research analysis in 2006, Mr. Egle was partner of a communication and financial consultancy. Mr. Egle holds a Master Degree in Communication Sciences and Sociology from the University of Zurich. Dynamics Group, of which Mr. Egle is a Senior partner, has been retained by the Orascom Development Group to provide services in the field of communications.

Luciano Gabriel serves as a non-executive member of the Board of Directors, as the Lead Director, and as chair of the Audit Committee and of the Nomination & Compensation Committee. Mr. Gabriel is delegate of the board of directors and chief executive officer of PSP Swiss Property Group (PSP). Prior to joining PSP, Mr. Gabriel worked for Union Bank of Switzerland in Zurich, London and Milan, where he held management positions in corporate finance, risk management, international corporate account management and business development. From 1998 to 2002 Mr. Gabriel was responsible for corporate finance and group treasury at Zurich Financial Services. He was also a member of the Executive Board of European Public Real Estate Association (EPRA). Mr. Gabriel completed his studies in economics at the Universities of Berne and Rochester (NY, USA) and his activity as assistant in economics at the University of Berne in 1983 with the title of Dr. rer. pol.

Carolina Müller-Möhl serves as a non-executive member of the Board of Directors and as a member of the Nomination & Compensation Committee. Mrs. Müller-Möhl has been President of the Müller-Möhl Group since 2000. From 1999 to 2000 she was Vice-Chairman of the board of directors of Müller-Möhl Holding AG. Mrs. Müller-Möhl is currently a member of the board of directors of Nestlé S.A. After gaining an International Baccalaureate at Upper School Salem International College, Mrs. Müller-Möhl studied politics, history and law at the German University of Heidelberg and at the Otto-Suhr Institut at the Freie Universität Berlin. She graduated with a Master Degree in Political Science and went on to complete further studies at the London School of Economics and at the Europe Institute of the University of Basel.

Jean-Gabriel Pérès serves as a non-executive member of the Board of Directors and as a member of the Audit committee and of the Nomination & Compensation Committee. Mr. Pérès brings more than 20 years’ experience of senior appointments in the hospitality and luxury consumer brands segments. Since 1999, he has served as president & CEO of Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts, an upscale hotel management company with more than 12,000 employees and more than 90 properties existing or under construction in 26 countries throughout Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia. Mr. Pérès holds an MBA from the École Supérieure des Sciences Économiques et Commerciales (ESSEC). Movenpick Hotels & Resorts has been retained by Orascom Development Group to manage two of its hotels.