Business & Public administration
Henry Azzam is currently Senior lecturer in finance and program coordinator, Master in Finance, at Olayan School of Business, American University of Beirut. Dr. Azzam was Chairman and CEO of Social Security Investment Fund (SSIF) of Jordan for the period August 2012- August 2013. The Fund has a diversified investment portfolio worth close to USD 9 billion of stock, bonds, private equity, and direct investments. Prior to the SSIF, Dr. Azzam was Deutsche Bank’s Chairman and CEO for the MENA region during the periods Jan 2007 – Dec 2012. Before that he was the CEO of Amwal Invest, an investment bank he found in Amman in 2005 and guided it during its first two years of operations. During 2002-2007, he served as Chairman of Dubai International Financial Exchange, (currently Nasdaq Dubai), Chairman of MobileCom, (the second largest mobile phone operator in Jordan) and Chaiman of Rubicon( an IT company ), Amman – Jordan. Before establishing Amwal Invest, Dr. Azzam was the CEO of Jordinvest (2001-2004), Managing Director of Middle East Capital Group, Amman (1998-2001), AGM and Chief Economist of the Saudi National Commercial Bank, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (1990-1998) and Vice President and Chief Economist of Gulf International Bank, Bahrain (1983-1990). Before that he worked with the Arab Fund in Kuwait and taught Economics at the American University of Beirut. Dr. Azzam is currently a board member of Byblos Bank, Beirut, Jordan Commercial Bank , and Chairman of Rasmala Investment Bank , DIFC, Dubai. Previously he served as a board member of Royal Jordanian Airlines (RJ), Nuqul Group, Aramex, Majid Al Furtaim Trust (MAFT) – Dubai, Arabtec – Dubai, Al Ahli Bank, Amman , and Arab Jordan Investment Bank , Amman. He was also a member of the International Advisory Board of the Saudi Stock Exchange (Tadawul). Henry Azzam holds a B.A. and M.A. from the American University of Beirut and a Pd.D. in Financial Economics from University of Southern California, Los Angeles. He has five books published in the UK, the last two: "The Emerging Middle East Financial Markets" and “The Arab Economies Facing the Challenges of the New Millennium.”