Dr. Fouad Zmokhol

With his visionary and strategic perspective, Dr. Fouad Zmokhol (‘99) has coached and mentored hundreds of young entrepreneurs and inspired businessmen to preserve and develop the Lebanese ecosystem, with a view to boosting local and international investments. 

The combination of his hard work, wisdom and transparency has left an indelible mark on the Lebanese Businessmen Association (RDCL), which he presided from 2011 until 2016. A year later, he was elected President of the Association of Lebanese Business People in the World (RDCL World) to promote this noble mission on the international scale.

CEO and co-owner of Zimco Group - a holding that integrates a printing press, leather factory, diary publishing house and advertising agency - and CEO of SAPDIB (Africa), Zmokhol continues to share his secrets of success and motivational insights as Professor of Managerial Strategies and Entrepreneurship at LAU and Saint Joseph University.

With a powerful voice that could move thousands of people to action, Zmokhol is a keynote speaker at several national, regional and international conferences, such as the French Senate, the Euro-Mediterranean Think Tank (IPEMED), the Union of Arab Banks (UAB), the Lebanese-Mexican Chamber of Commerce, the Lebanese-African Chamber of Commerce and the Arab Ministerial Conference, to name a few. He is also the author of various publications and research papers on diverse business issues.

Zmokhol sits on the board of several private institutions, among which ITG (HOLCOM Group), as Advisor to the Board of Directors, and BSEC (BEMO Group).

He also serves on the board of prominent organizations, namely AUF’s International Strategic Orientation Board, as representative for the Middle East region; Forum Francophone des Affaires; the Institute of Directors; the Strategic Committee of the Management Faculty at Saint Joseph University; the Advisory Board of the Management Faculty at LAU; and the Management Committee at Collège Notre Dame de Jamhour.