Resume

Raed H. Charafeddine

Central Banker| Commercial Banker | Strategist & Leadership Expert | Social & Economic Reformist and Thought Leader

In Brief

A seasoned senior international strategist in central banking, and financial markets, including direct operational experience in commercial banking. Board member of international and regional monetary and financial organizations. Social and economic reformist focusing on economic inclusion, poverty alleviation, women and community empowerment. Writer, and speaker on strategy, leadership, monetary policy, finance, economics, and personal development. Working under challenging political and economic environments, managed to ensure stability of Lebanon financial markets, mitigate risks and support government, international regulatory compliance requirements, and efficient operations of local financial markets.

About Raed H. Charafeddine

Central Banker

First Vice-Governor at Banque Du Liban – BDL – (Central Bank of Lebanon), April 2009 – April 2019.

Member of the Governing Board, Open Market Committee, and Reserves’ Investment Committee. Led the Information Technology, Cash Operations, Banking Services, and Branches Network Departments. Oversaw BDL strategy & organization development initiatives.

Commercial and Islamic Finance Expert

Deputy General Manager, Head of Branch Network, Regional Manager, and Director of Total Quality Management program at leading Commercial Banks in Lebanon and in the UAE (1990 – 2009). Chair of the Advisory Council for the Islamic Finance Qualification (IFQ) and Chair of BDL’s Islamic Banking Regulatory Committee.

Governance & Strategic Management Expert

Alternate Governor for Lebanon at the International Monetary Fund and the Arab Monetary Fund (2009 – 2019), Alternate Chairman of Capital Markets Authority (2014 – 2019), Executive Director for the Levant countries at the Arab Monetary Fund Board (2013 – 2016) and (2019 – Present), Board Member of the Arab Trade Financing Program (2019), Member of Lebanese Council of Ministers’ Committee for selection of Public Sector Executives (2010 – 2014), and Vice-Chair of the examining committee for the applicants of the diplomatic corps (2015 – 2019).

Thought Leader

Writer, university lecturer, and speaker in local, regional, and international professional and academic forums including Harvard, Tufts, Yale, Columbia, Cornell, McGill, and AUB. A diligent author on monetary policy, knowledge economy, financial inclusion and FinTech, economics, Islamic finance, governance, strategy and leadership, human resources, quality, Arab countries in transition, civil society, among others.

Social and Economic Reformist

Regularly working on initiatives aiming at Employment generation, financial inclusion, women empowerment, interfaith dialogue, Lebanese diaspora engagement, and philanthropy.

Mountaineer

Hiked tens of mountains so far, including Mount Kilimanjaro (Tanzania), Mount Ararat (Turkey), Monte Rosa (The Alps), Toubkal – Mount Atlas (Morocco), Lebanon’s Ten Summits, Jabal El Shams (Oman).

Alma Mater & Contact Details

University of North Carolina, Charlotte, USA – Bachelor and Masters in Business Administration

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