Who We Are

Jean Riachi is the Founder, Chairman and CEO of FFA Private Bank Group, started his career in 1985 at Vivendi (formerly known as CGE) in Paris as group assistant treasurer. He then moved to Banque Duménil-Leblé as head of Fixed Income and Money Markets. From 1990 to 1993, he held the position of Head of Operations and Asset Management at Banque du Louvre, a private banking unit of HSBC (formerly Credit Commercial de France). Between 1988 and 1992, he was a Master’s level finance class professor at ESSEC business school. Jean Riachi’s holds a Master’s degree in Business Administration from HEC Paris and is a certified director (IDP-C) from INSEAD’s International Directors Programme. He is a board member in several organizations including the American Lebanese Chamber of Commerce (Amcham) and Human Rights Watch Beirut Committee and chairs the Capital Markets Committee in the Association of Banks in Lebanon (ABL).”

As General Manager of FFA Real Estate, Omar Shantouf has pioneered FFA Real Estate growth from inception, and overseeing their multitude of projects which have been successfully completed and presently ongoing. His involvement includes all aspects of the development chain from sourcing, legal & financial management, design development, execution, marketing, and promotion through project completion. He has over 20 years of commercial, technical and project management experience having worked previously with Khatib & Alami and Debbas Group in Lebanon and the Gulf. He possesses a Bachelor of Science Degree in Mechanical Engineering from the California State University at Long Beach, USA and a Master’s Degree in Engineering Management from the American University of Beirut. Mr. Shantouf also sits on the board of several real estate companies.