Fadi Ghandour

Webit Speaker, Founder and Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors, Aramex

Fadi Ghandour is the Founder and Vice Chairman of Aramex where he served for 30 years as the company’s CEO. Aramex is one of the leading global logistics and transportation companies.

Fadi is the co-Founder and Managing Partner of MENA Venture Investments, a seed capital investment company investing in early stage tech companies in the MENA region. He is a member of the Board of Abraaj Capital, and the Chairman of WAMDA.com, an entrepreneurship support platform for the MENA region. He is a Member of the Board of Trustees at the American University of Beirut. He is a Member of the Board of Yemeksepeti a leading Turkish ecommerce company and Founding Investor in Maktoob.com sold to Yahoo in 2009.

Fadi is passionate about social entrepreneurship. He is the Founder and Chairman of Ruwwad for Development (www.ruwwad.jo), a regional private sector-led community empowerment initiative that helps disadvantaged communities overcome marginalization through youth activism, civic engagement, and education, and provides access to capital for microbusinesses in marginalized communities.