Alain Bifani Email & Phone Number

Paris, Île-De-France, France

Beirut, Lebanon

Ministry Of Finance, Lebanon

Consistently awarded highest evaluation rating by the Central Inspection Board.Duties consist of managing the Ministry of Finance, including: Treasury, Taxes, National Budget, Commitment Control, Public Expenditure, Public Accounting, Administration and HR, and Public Debt (over $60 billion to date), including issuing Eurobonds, swaps, and portfolio risk management.Successfully managed through several crises in 2005 (political assassinations, capital outflow), 2006 (destructive war and blockade), 2008 (internal conflict), and institutional paralysis (2005-2009).Drafted and/or introduced and/or contributed to major laws, such as Insider Trading (2000), Securitization (2001), Social Security (2004), Pension reform (2005), Bankruptcy (2005), Offshore (2007), Capital Markets’ Watchdog (2010), Organic budget law (2011), Public Debt Directorate (2011), Higher Council for the Debt (2011), etc.Successfully introduced the value-added tax in Lebanon (2002), restructured the Tax administration and introduced a function-based organization (2003), expanded taxpayers’ base (2003), restructured salaries and wages tax and introduced a research and tax policy unit and a large taxpayers office (2004), introduced the tax procedure code (2007), initiated a full review of Lebanon’s tax system (2011), and implemented e-taxation (2013).

Lebanon

Permanent Board Member of the capital markets watchdog: Working on developing capital markets in Lebanon.Member of the central bank's central council.Member of the Higher Court of Banks: The Court has the authority to impose sanctions on banks contravening laws and regulations and the power to withdraw bank licenses.Member of the Open Market Committee: The OMC is the advisory body that issues monetary policy recommendations to the Central Bank’s board of directors. President of the National Social Security Fund’s Financial Committee: The Committee sets the investment plan for more than five billion dollars representing end of service indemnities.Alternate Governor, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank): Management of Lebanon’s projects and technical assistance with the World Bank / Preparation of a Country Assistance Strategy in 2005 and 2010.Lebanon’s Deputy Governor for the Arab Fund for Economic & Social Development and the Arab Bank for Agricultural Development.Board member of the IMF: Alternate Governor for the MENA region (2005)Member of the IMF Experts’ Panel: Fiscal Report on Standards and Codes in Algeria for the upgrading of transparency and good governance (2004).Chairman of the Group of 24: Chairing G-24 ministerial and deputies meetings / Organization of two ministerial meetings in Washington and a technical meeting in Beirut / Developed the G-24 research program and obtained financial support from BWI (2002 - 2003).

Beirut / New York

Sovereign ratings in the Middle-East, North Africa, South Africa, and former Soviet southern republics. Developed the MENA business.Speaker at various conferences (rating business, regional developments, country analyses). Banks and oil market analyses.

Lebanon

Strategic and financial consulting. Strategic planning and valuation of local and regional companies. Financial optimization and acquisitions. Pitch initiated the first securitization deal in Lebanon.

Beirut And Dubai

Corporate Banking Officer, Member of the Credit Committee, and Head of Correspondent Banking for Lebanon, Jordan and Syria. Established and managed the Treasury department. Performed asset-liability management, mismatch analyses, and introduced new products and services.

France

Audit and Financial consulting in the banking sector and various industries in European countries.Performed a comprehensive study of the Lebanese housing sector (war damages, needs, financing).Rated “excellent” by supervisors.

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Finance And Management, With High Distinction

Bachelor Of Engineering (B.Eng.), Optics, Electromagnetism, Telecommunications, Engineer

Mathématiques Supérieures Et Spéciales, Mathematics And Physics

French & Lebanese Baccalaureates, Bac C Et Math Elem.

Master Of Engineering - Meng, Optics/Telecommunications

Lcor, Management

Mathematiques Superieures Et Speciales, Maths And Physics