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CURRICULUM VITAE
1. Family Name: TABBAL
2. First Name: Claude
3. Nationality: Lebanese
4. Civil Status: Married, two children
5. Address & Phone number : Hazmieh – Phone #: 05-456044 / 03-661647
6. Education:
Institution Saint Joseph University
Date (month/year) to (month/year) 1972
Degree or Diploma Bachelor in law
* Attended 3 years courses in Business Administration (1973/1974/1975), but interrupted
attendance because of civil war in 1975, and traveled to Saudi Arabia.
7. Language Skills:
Reading Speaking Writing
English 5 5 5
French 5 5 5
Arabic 5 5 5
8. Membership of Professional Bodies:
• Member in the R.D.C.L. (Rassemblement des Dirigeants et Chefs d'Entreprises
Libanais)
9. Other skills: Computer Skills (Microsoft Office, Internet, etc.)
10. Present Position: General Manager & Co-owner
11. Years within the Firm: 20 Years
12. Key qualifications:
• 44 years of experience of which 33 years as General Manager in the Industrial and
Consultancy fields.
• Managerial, marketing and supervising skills.
• Communication skills and proficiency in Arabic, English and French languages.
• Familiar with Lebanese economical, financial and development stresses and
bottlenecks.
• Keen interest and active in sustainable development, renewable energy awareness and
water resources management.

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13. Specific experience in the beneficiary countries:
Country Date: from (month/year) to (month/year)
Lebanon 1978 – To Date
1969 – 1974
Saudi Arabia 1975 – 1978
14. Professional experience record:
Date from - to April 1993 – To date
Location Lebanon
Company Conseil et Développement s.a.l.
Position General Manager & Co-owner
Description
• Conducted feasibility studies related to the various sectors such as Agro
Industry, Hotel Industry, Environment Sector, Construction, Information
Technology and Health sector.
• Performed management audits, elaborated reengineering plans and project
monitoring for some major industrial and corporate groups as well as for the
local post: Such tasks included the creation and organization of new
departments such as production planning and control, developing flow charts,
setting strategies, performing market surveys including the development of
questionnaires (mostly related to consumer behavior and perception) and
analysis of results, creation of sales force and development of sales
distribution policy;
• Focused on evidencing problems and stresses
• Developed market strategies and analysis, and carried out country level market
researches and elaborated development and solutions strategies on behalf of
the European Commission (MEDCO-DESAL project – SMITE project –
INECO project.
• Protected Areas Project (UNDP – Ministry of Environment) : Coordinated all
activities, revised the business plans, funding strategies, as well as the
marketing plan. Was involved in resource mobilization efforts especially with
the private sector. Organized and conducted seminars and workshops.
Date from - to January 1991 - December 1993
Location Lebanon
Company Assouad Holding (Tecmo Industries – Group of eight companies)
Position Corporate Marketing Director
Description
• Set the corporate strategy of the group
• Performed the reorganization of sales networking forces and created the new
corporate logo.
• Supervised a team of 48 staff
• Created “Tecmo Pack”, a new division within Tecmo Group which mission is
to handle the trade of packaging products and machines.
Date from - to January 1988 - December 1990
Location Lebanon
Company General Packaging Industries (G.P.I.)
Position General Manager
Description
• Conducted the reorganization of the company, the implementing of the
administrative flow chart, the EDP center, and the restructuring of human
resources department.
• Introduced new concept and packages and set the development strategy of the
company in close cooperation with the Board.

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Date from - to April 1982 - December 1988
Location Lebanon
Company Société des eaux minérales de Tannourine (bottling of mineral water – 126
employees)
Position General Manager (Member of Board)
Description
• Witnessed and took part in the various stages of the constitution of the
company such as the elaboration and set up of all the administrative
organization chart of the company including:
- Structuring and organizing all departments.
- Creating a team of qualified assistants, technicians, and
executives.
- Implementing key departments such as: production planning,
development and research, quality control, and distribution
network.
- Opening new markets (Saudi – USA).
• Followed in France at ADS company a three months training and formation
period to familiarize with PVC applications on blow moulding and extrusion.
• Had full authority over all aspects of management with sole signature.
• In Saudi Arabia, established a foodstuff and beverage distribution company to
promote and market Tannourine mineral water; regularly supervised and
controlled the sales and development of this distribution company.
• Continuously carried out market surveys and updated statistical figures.
• Conducted a feasibility study and a market survey in Lebanon for the
implementation of a new mineral water bottling line for both five gallon
production unit of 400 BPH and one PET bottling line of 10,000 BPH.
Date from - to January 1978 - March 1982
Location Lebanon
Company Grande Brasserie du Levant (Large scale brewery manufacturing Laziza and Falcon
beers – 300 employees)
Position General Manager
Description
• Covered the restructuring and reorganization of the personnel department and
the marketing department, as well as the set up of a team of qualified
assistants, technicians, and executives.
• Elaborated the first provisional budget of the brewery.
• Created the production planning and control departments, as well as the
marketing and statistics department.
• Conducted a “Time and Motion” study to help reach standards costs and
optimum efficiency.
• Launched new labels and packages for the local and export markets.
• Opened Saudi market with non-alcoholic beer.
• Introduced the Non Returnable Bottle into the Lebanese market in 1980.
• Followed a four months industrial Top Management Training course in the
Netherlands at Skal Breweries in Breda, covering all aspects of modern plant
management.

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Date from - to February 1975 – December 1977
Location Khobar, Saudi Arabia
Company Arabian Polyfab (Industrialized Building Systems – Prefabricated Houses)
Position Marketing and Sales Manager
Description
• Together with the production engineers, elaborated the organization chart of
the factory.
• Handled the creation and organization of the Marketing and Sales Department
starting
• Performed the screening and recruitment of the staff (around 75 people)
• Conducted market surveys throughout the Kingdom on prefabricated houses
and followed up on the marketing and sales of the houses
• As marketing and sales manager, managed to win the first important contract
(originally 92,000,000 SR) from the Royal Commission of Jubail & Yanbu.
This contact helped the company to implement itself as one of the major
industrial and contracting company in Saudi Arabia and later employed more
than 5,000 employees.
Date from - to January 1969 – December 1974
Location Lebanon
Company Eternit s.a.l. (Manufactured of asbestos cement pipes and sheets)
Position General secretary of the Board
• Coordinated and followed-up decisions and enforcement of the Board
decisions
Human Resources and Personnel Manager of the Central Office
• Conducted recruitment operations for the sales and administrative departments
Head of Sales Department for the Gulf and Saudi Arabia
• Took part in the major tenders called in Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Emirates, etc.
• Opened new markets (in Libya, Jordan)
15. Others: Seminars and Workshops
Attended several Seminars and Workshops related to:
• Marketing and Sales Strategies - Eternit / Switzerland.
• Four month seminar on High Management Industrial Sector in Breda / Netherlands.
• Three days Marketing Seminar on New Technologies in Beirut.
• Presented several lectures on Marketing and Business Organization at Universities
and Private Companies.