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Farid Chedid is the Founder, Chairman and CEO of the Chedid Capital Holding group of companies. 

Starting with the launch of Chedid Re in 1998, Farid Chedid embarked on a two-decade journey building one of the region’s premier insurance and reinsurance group across the Middle East, Africa, and parts of Europe. Chedid Re is recognized among the top-20 reinsurance brokers worldwide and registered as a Lloyd’s broker.

Today, Chedid Capital Holding includes Chedid Re, Chedid Insurance Brokers, and Chedid Corporate Solutions. In 2009, the Group established Seib Insurance Company, as a Qatar-focused company dealing with corporate and complex risks. In 2015, Chedid Capital acquired a major stake in City Brokers, the leading insurance provider in Mauritius and East Africa. The same year, the group acquired Al Manarah Insurance Services, one of the leading insurance provider in the UAE. 

In 2016, Global Re and Strategic Risk consortium selected Farid Chedid as “The Middle East and Africa Industry Achiever of the year”. In 2017, 2018 and 2019, he was selected among the 100 Arab Achievers by Arabian Business publication and among the 35 Most Influential Lebanese Businessmen by Forbes Middle East 2018. 

In addition to his many company board memberships, Farid Chedid is active in support of many non-profit organizations, serving as a member of the Board of Trustees at Notre Dame University, Lebanon; a Member of the Board of Endeavor, Lebanon; a member of Human Rights Watch, Beirut Committee; a UNDP Goodwill Ambassador and a Fellow of the Middle East Leadership Initiative (MELI), member of The Aspen Global Leadership Network (AGLN).
 
Farid Chedid is a Fellow of the Chartered Insurance Institute of the UK, he holds a Master’s in Risk Management from NYU Stern School of Business; a Master’s in Finance from ESA/ESCP Europe; a Master’s in Management from Universite Paris IX Dauphine, and a Postgraduate Diploma in Maritime Law from London Metropolitan University.
 

With over 45 years of experience in the insurance industry in Lebanon and the Middle East, Sami Chedid is the founder and Managing Director of La Nationale SAL recently rebranded Chedid Insurance Brokers SAL, a leading life and non-life insurance brokers.

Mr. Chedid is a founder and a member of the Board of directors of Chedid Capital Holding. He holds a law degree from La Sagesse University in Lebanon.

Joseph Faddoul is the Executive Director at Chedid Capital. He is appointed to assist in the organic development and growth of our Direct Broking Insurance operations, Chedid Insurance Brokers. 

Joseph was previously Chedid Re's Executive Director. He helped grow the company to a regional leader in the reinsurance broking, responsible for ChedidRe day-to-day-operations, as well as leading the company’s development and strategy from building partnerships to advising the CEO and senior leadership on business and policy issues. 

Joseph is an Associate of the Chartered Insurance Institute of London.

An insurance expert with over 10 years of experience in the insurance industry in Saudi Arabia, Salem holds a bachelor Degree in Management Information System from the King Fahad University of Petroleum and Minerals, a diploma in Insurance from the Institute of Banking of Riyadh and a Master in Healthcare Supervision and Management from the University of Pittsburgh. Beside the several courses and trainings, he successfully attended, Salem holds a certificate in Insurance from the Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) in the UK.

Prior to joining Chedid & Associates KSA, Salem was the Chief Commercial Officer at Medgulf Insurance and Reinsurance co Saudi Arabia.

Naji holds a Bachelor’s of Science in Business and Management from St. Joseph University and a Master’s degree in Finance from Ecole Superieure de Commerce in Nice, France.

Naji El Kada enjoys 15 years of expertise inthe Insurance Industry. He joined Chedid Re year 2007. Currently, Naji is the CEO of one of Chedid Capital Holding entities; Al Manarah.

Before joining Chedid Re, Naji worked for RAK Insurance in Dubai. He was later assigned in Qatar for the startup operations of Seib Insurance & Reinsurance Co., a direct insurance company of the group, where he spent three years before joining back Chedid Re in Lebanon.

Alaa El Lakdani is the General Manager of Chedid Insurance Brokers Qatar, in charge of the day to day business and team.

Prior to that  he actively participated in the growth of the company as a Business Development Manager.

Alaa holds a BS in Economics from the Lebanese American University (LAU) and a Master of Applied Economics from Marquette University- USA 

Alaa holds certifications from Bahrain Institute of Banking &Finance, Chartered Insurance Institute and Chartered Institute for Securities and Investment and is undergoing the CII Diploma.

Jad Kanbar is a Director at Chedid Insurance Brokers Saudi Arabia.

Prior to that, Jad was a Director at Chedid Re Saudi Arabia in charge of a general, motor and medical reinsurance portfolio.

Jad studied Business Administration at the American University of Beirut and holds an Executive MBA from ESCP Europe and École Supérieure des Affaires.
 

Alain Bouzeid is an executive director at Chedid Re in charge of special projects. Before moving to this position, Alain was the head of the Treaty division.

Prior to joining Chedid Re, Alain was the Managing Director of Nasco Karaoglan in Saudi Arabia, he worked 12 years with AXA Group, notably at AXA RE and Paris RE where he was successively in charge of the parametric covers division and the treaty activity for France, Benelux, Southern Europe and Africa. 

Alain holds a Master’s degree in Finance and Strategy from Paris Institute of Political Sciences and a Bachelor’s in Corporate and Tax Law from Paris Sud University. He also trained at ENSAE, Paris, on statistical analysis and risk
modeling.

With over 29 years of experience in the insurance sector, Gilbert joined Chedid Insurance Brokers (previously La Nationale SAL) in 2019 as General Manager.

Prior to joining Chedid Insurance Brokers, Gilbert spent 12 years at Metlife as Group Manager for Lebanon.

Gilbert holds a Bachelor’s degree in Insurance from St. Joseph University and is a fellow member of Life Management Institute “FMLI” and Associate Customer Services (ACS) from the LOMA Institute – USA.