Team – Bobmint

Management

Abraham Zaarour

Founder and CEO

Brings 27 years of experience in business and sales to the table, gleaned from his time living and working in both the US and UAE. His decade in the US saw him working as a financial advisor at both Prudential Securities and Wells Fargo Bank in California. Following his time stateside, he relocated to the UAE where he worked for Standard Chartered Bank occupying a range of positions, to include a relationship manager and a branch manager. This was followed by a senior VP position at MFC-a leading Dubai-based investment bank. Later, Abraham went on to build a wealth management business from the ground up in 2012. He also delivers courses in sales and management skills for global financial institutions. Abraham holds a BA degree from California State University in Fullerton, and it was also in California that he later passed his series 7 and 63 licenses.

Ziad Ferzly

Finance & Corporate Development

Comes from a distinguished experience in venture capital, private equity, restructuring, asset management, international trade, and management consulting with Fortune 500 companies across a variety of industries. Advised entrepreneurs and investors on new venture development in software, artificial intelligence, alternative energy, oil & gas, hospitality, and pharmaceuticals among others. Advised banks, funds, and family offices on portfolio investments, risk management, and diversification; portfolios range from $50 million to $3 billion. Ziad holds a Bachelors in Computer Science and Mathematics from Virginia Tech, and an MBA in Macroeconomics and Corporate Finance from MIT

Roger Francis

Crypto Advisor

A skilled mathematician who shifted his work from owning a carpentry business to the world of cryptocurrency. His crypto enthusiasm appeared 3 years ago when he started diving deeply into cryptocurrencies, especially into Bitcoin. Since then, he decided to embrace Bitcoin, conduct his own research and never look back. Spending almost all his time reading and researching, he acquired in-depth knowledge into blockchain technology, crypto trading, token protocols, utility tokens, DeFi, ICOs, NFTs, stacking, farming, smart contracts and all types of desktops, hardware, mobile and paper wallets.

Paul Jazzar

CTO Advisor

Started coding since the age of 8. A tech entrepreneur, Paul started his first software company in 2002. Since then, he established 5 companies, with two exits under his belt, during which he accrued significant expertise in behavioral economics-based incentive design, payment systems and digital strategy. Paul also co-founded Looya, a customer value management company, and co-founded MySay, a data-driven experience management company specializing in evidence-based decision making which already raised $4M from various investors including Zain.

Gabriel Khoury

Legal Advisor

With extensive experience in the banking and corporate finance legal work in the GCC, Gabriel built a strong track record of transactions and advisory services in these fields. Gabriel headed the legal and compliance departments at one of the oldest and listed investment banks in the UAE. During his tenure there, he worked on acquiring a listed entity in Kuwait via a Voluntary Acquisition Offer and on a Reverse Acquisition in between two entities in the UAE. Gabriel worked also at an international bank in the UAE where he advised on a wide range of transactional banking and corporate finance matters with emphasis on local and regional regulations. Gabriel also handled several M&A transactions, funds related matters and several IPOs mainly while working in KSA. Gabriel also assisted clients in their regulatory and licensing needs while dealing with regulators across the GCC region. Gabriel holds an executive LLM (Northwestern University – Chicago), a Master in International Project Management (ESCP Business School – Paris) and a Law Degree (Saint-Joseph University – Beirut).