Background
Doctor Sambar was born in Haifa, Palestine. His father was Consul General for Lebanon at the time.
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David Sambar
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Education
He was educated at British, American and French Schools and Universities. Holds a doctorate “cum laude” from Universite de Lyon, France – School of Law, Economics & Business.
Career
He is Senior Advisor at UniCr Banking Group Attorney - General London. Sits on the Board of Directors of several institutions like QIB-United Kingdom (alias European Finance House). Centre for Alternative Technology Holding Luxembourg (Contracting & Trading)son
The family moved to Lebanon in 1948 on account of the Jewish-Arab hostilities.
Tri-lingual: Fluent in English, French, Arabic and conversational in Spanish, Portuguese and Italian. Sambar has lived in Beirut, Paris, London, Geneva and New New York
Doctor Sambar’s early professional career was in the oil industry (Bechtel/Tapline/Aramco) and soon moved into a financial career with Chase Manhattan Bank, New York (1955). At Chase Manhattan Bank he held various positions in different financial centres, namely, Beirut, Paris, Geneva, London and New New York
The last positions were Vice President for The Middle East and North Africa in New York and Executive Director of CML (Chase’s Merchant Bank in London).
David parted with Chase (1977) to take over as head of international operations for the Sharjah Group—a large investment pool owned predominantly by Gulf Ruling/ Royal family members and a substantial number of individual & institutional investors from the Persian Gulf. His professional life developed into concentrating less on day to day in favour of Board level appointments. He soon was appointed Honorary Chairman of Banque de la Mediterranee, Paris (1983 to 86) and Executive Chairman of Mediterranee Investors Group Luxembourg & United Kingdom. Non Executive Chairman of British American Properties.
In the same vein he was invited to Kroll Security Group United Kingdom as Senior Consultant.
In September 2014, Doctor Sambar was appointed Senior Advisor to the Executive Board of STOXX Limited., wholly owned by Deutsche Börse and Shape Modeling International (Swiss Stock Exchange). Doctor Sambar is also active on the lecture circuit, frequently delivering papers on financial subjects in front of such bodies as the Council on Foreign Relations, the Stanford Research Institute, and the United States.-Arab Chamber of Commerce.
He is a trustee of the Center for International Business, in Dallas, Texas
Interviewed, profiled and quoted in: Washington Report on Middle East Affairs., Forbes, The Wall Street Journal, International Herald Tribune, Houston Chronicle, Euromoney and Business International Corporation.
