Background

Ashkar, Abraham Charbel Seraphim was born on July 2, 1934 in Dick-el-Mehdi, Lebanon. Son of Charbel Boutros Seraphim and Anissa Saraphin (Chebib) Ashkar. arrived in Ghana, 1934.

Education

Graduated from the high school, Beirut.

Career

Manager wholesale/retail, C.B. Seraphin & Sons, Accra, Ghana, 1958-1960; managing director, C.B. Seraphin & Sons, Accra, Ghana, 1960-1965; deputy managing director, Seraphin Textiles Ltd., Accra, Ghana, 1966-1969; managing director, Seraphin Textiles Ltd., Accra, Ghana, 1970-1973; deputy chairman, Seraphin Surgical Ltd., Accra, Ghana, since 1985. Director, chairman Akramang Farms Ltd., Accra, 1983, Akramang Food Processing Ltd., Accra, 1993. Member of advisory board, department chairman Cedar House Secretary School, Accra, 1979-1993, St. Marouns Church Committee, Accra, 1984-1994.

Achievements

• Abraham Charbel Seraphim Ashkar has been listed as a noteworthy medical products executive by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Life member Chana Red Cross, Accra, since 1979. Member Ghana Society PRevention Tuberculosis, Accra, 1988. Member Lebanon House, Scottish Lodge (past master, district grand junior warden), member Ghana National Steering Group of Industrial Radiation Processing of the Ghana Atomic Energy.

Interests

• Avocations: body building, football, golf, swimming, classical music.

Connections

Married May Ibrahim Zeynoun, February 28, 1960. Children: Naaman Abraham Seraphin, Nadim Abraham Seraphim.

Father:

Charbel Boutros Seraphim Ashkar

Mother:

Anissa Saraphin (Chebib) Ashkar

Spouse:

May Ibrahim Zeynoun

child:

Nadim Abraham Seraphim Ashkar

child:

Naaman Abraham Seraphin Ashkar