HABER, Christiane (CEO – FFA DUBAI)

Christiane Haber is the Chief Executive Officer of FFA Dubai Limited. She is the co-founder of FFA Dubai. Prior to this, she was the Chief Operating Officer/Finance Officer where she was responsible for the set up of the Firm and was responsible for the strategic and operational management of the Firm.
Christiane has over 15 years of experience in the Middle East in establishing corporate vision, strategic operational planning, re-engineering operations & process improvement, forecasting & budgeting, managing high level of banking relations and negotiating complex deals and contracts. Prior to joining FFA Dubai Limited in November 2006, Christiane held the position of Group Business Development Manager for Gap Corp in Dubai, where she spent 5 years playing a key role in establishing operational excellence within culturally diverse environments, translating conceptual models into specific growth strategies, planning and executing global business development, in various industries of Finance, Insurance and Warranties. Before Joining Gap Corp , Christiane spent 5 years in FFA Private Bank in Lebanon , previously known as Financial Funds Advisors International, as the Head of Operations, she  gained a wealth experience in setting up systems and operational infrastructures for brokerage, corporate finance, capital markets and other investment businesses, she gained extensive knowledge of the complex settlement rules and processes of all major stock exchanges and she was involved in  managing relations with local and international  banks , financial institutions , custodians and high net worth clients where FFA assumed a leading role in the region for its services .
Christiane graduated from St Joseph University (USJ) in Beirut with a degree in Finance.