Under the partonage of Dr.Mohammad Al-Husseni; Minister of Finance, the openning sessions of "The 6th Int'l Financial and Investment Institutions Forum" was opened on Monday, 17th November 2008 at Sheraton Hotel – Damascus.
More than 500 participants attended the Forum, among them were ambassadors, minister aids, conservatives and executive managers of banks, capital markets, stock exchanges, insurance and banking company, governmental economic bodies especially the free zones and industrial cities, besides to a huge number of investors, merchants, industrial and specialist in the finance and business sectors. Form many different Arab and foreign countries (Iran, turkey, Italy, Belguim, UAE, KSA, Kuwait, Oman, Libya, Sudan, Palestine, Egypt, Jordan, Iraq, Lebanon and in addition to Syria)
Speakers’ list:
- Dr. Rateb Shallah, Chairm of Damascus Securities Exchange - Dr. Mohammad Al-Hussein, Minister of Finance - Mr. Maher Abdul Hak, GM of Al-Salam for conferences (Organizer) - Dr. Ahmad Abdul Aziz, GM of the Syrian Investment Agency - Mr. Abdul Rahim Hassan Naki Secretary General Federation of GCC Chambers - Chairman: Dr. Mohammed, Al-Halayka Jordanian Deputy Prime Minister (former) - Dr. Dureid Dergham, General Manager - Commercial Bank of Syria - Dr. Mohammed Tawfiq Sumac, Assistant Minister of Industry and a Member of the Monetary and Credit Council (Syria) - Dr. Nabil Sukkar, Managing Director - Arab Finance Corporation – Syria (under formation) - Dr.Ousama Al-Ansari, Member of the Administrative Board - Damascus Securities Exchange - Chairman: Dr. Faisal Al Khatib, General Manager- Al Sahall Management Investment Company ( Syria) - Dr. Abdel Rahman Taha, General Manager- ISLAMIC CORPORATION FOR INSURANCE OF INVESTMENTS AND EXPORT CREDIT (ICIEC ) (KSA) - Abdul Aziz Rajab Assistant Director of Operations- Arab Investment Guarantee Corporation. - Dr AtefAlawneh- General Manager, Palestinian Capital Market Authority - Mohamed S. Abdel Salam, Chairman & Managing Director - Misr for Clearing, Settlement and Central Depository - Mazen Mourtada, Member of the Administrative Board- Damascus Securities Exchange - Eng. Saker Aslan, Delegated of Executive Manager in Damascus Securities Exchange. - Dr. Ahmad Abdul Aziz, GM of the Syrian Investment Agency - Dr. Wahib Zain alddin – City governor of Tartous - Eng. Ahmad Ali Mansoora - City governor Suweida - Chairman: Mohammad Katkot , commissioned General Manger - Organization of Free Zones (GOFZ) (Syria) - Hassan Khairat , Chairman, Syrian Jordanian Free Zone company - Iyad Cossa, Investment Manager - Organization of Free Zones (GOFZ) (Syria) - Ali Hassan, Tartous Branch - Organization of Free Zones (GOFZ) (Syria) - Safwan Arafa - Member of the Higher Committee for Investment in free zones - Chairman: Dr. Mulham Dibo, General Manager -Real Estate Bank of Syria - Dr. Mehmet Yorukoglu, Deputy Governor - Central Bank of Turkey - Mr. Ahmad bin Ali , VP Corporate Communications Etisalat ( UAE) - Sameh Aloul, General Manager – Manaf Souft ( Jordan)