Charbel GHANEM

Experience

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  Europtima

  May 2006 - Feb 2009

  Project Manager

  - Owner Representative (Construction phase, quality control, budgets and schedule)- Technical Surveys for commercial, residential and industrial buildings- Due diligence, architectural and technical analysis • 3 Complex buildings ERP / HQE – France • 3 Office buildings – 2 of which are headquarters of Orange and Ericsson – Ile-de-France, France• 1 Hôtel particulier – Paris, France• Multiple due diligences of which: Antalis, Idaho – Portfolio of 30 industrial sites across Europe Show less

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  CHARBEL GHANEM ARCHITECTS

  Feb 2009 - now

  Owner

  • 1 Centre Libanais pour l'Education Spécialisée CLES - Centre Marianne Klees (115sqm) Restructuring of an apartment into a specialized center and interior design.• 1 Office Building: HQ of contractor Pro-Fond (700sqm) – Carrières-sur-Seine, France• 2 apartments (250 - 350sqm) – Design and execution – Beirut and its suburbs• 1 Retail – shoes shop – Design – Kornet Chehwan, Lebanon• 1 Architectural and Interior design for a 400sqm villa starting from a cold shell - 1000sqm Landscaping area, baabdat - Lebanon• 1 Expert Accountant office for 10 employees (115sqm) – Design and execution - Badaro Lebanon• 1 Royal Danish Embassy (105sqm) – Interior workspace design – Beirut, Lebanon• 1 Apartment + attic (135sqm) – Interior Design – Paris, France• 1 Villa (1000sqm on 5000sqm terrain) – Technical audit, Due Diligence – Baabda, Lebanon• 1 Residential 4 story building (760sqm on 1000sqm terrain) – Technical audit, Due Diligence – Baabda, Lebanon Show less

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  Projective Architecture

  May 2010 - Jun 2010

  Architecte Chef de Projet

  • EDF - Offices – Renovation of architectural and technical trades - Ile de France, France• France Télécom Office building – Preliminary design – Interior design - Paris, France• Boucheron – Jewellery Boutique – 3D for shop fronts - Paris, France

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  Dar Al-Handasah (Shair and Partners)

  Mar 2013 - Feb 2015

  Architect

  • 3 International Airports – Catumbela, Dubai, Al Maktoum Int’l• 9 Office Projects of which governmental buildings – Presidential Palace Angola, Crown Prince Court UAE, Urban Planning Council Abu Dhabi, etc.• 3 Urban Projects – Corimba Coastal Road, 4000 residential units Lybia, New Port Project.• 1 Sports Complex, Olympic Shooting Club Dubai.• 2 Hotels, KSA.• 3 University Campuses, of which one in Erbil, 3.000.000sqm BUA.

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  MEMA - Middle East Materials - Owner

  Apr 2015 - Feb 2021

  MEMA is a company that was founded in 2015 and which activity developed with time, getting aligned with the Lebanese market opportunities. Since December 2017, it evolved to a Food and Beverage business covering automated self service.Automated Self-Service – Selling snacks, drinks, electronicsDuring this project, I covered all the business aspects:• Market research• Administrative and legal set-up of the company• Recruitment• Negotiations with suppliers• Business development• Insurances• Customer support• Transporters, Maintenance • Risk management• Brand image establishment• Quality control• Social networks and media• Servicing of nationally and internationally renowned clients’ premises and other prime locationsA great 2-year journey growing from 1 to 5 employees, 10 to 35 units, minus to +150.000€ yearly turnover. Being mainly deployed in Beirut, this success story had a quite unfortunate and tragic end with the explosion of the city’s port on August 4th 2020. Show less MEMA is a company that was founded in 2015 and which activity developed with time, getting aligned with the Lebanese market opportunities. Till December 2017, MEMA was a construction materials trading company that dealt with a large scale of products varying from raw construction materials to finishing. Construction materials and industrial equipment import and B2B distribution company • Company setup from scratch, covering legal, financial, technical, marketing and operational aspects • Company management and Business development• Specialization in industrial fans Show less

  • Food and Beverage Automated Self-Service

    Dec 2017 - Feb 2021

  • Construction Materials Trading Company

    Apr 2015 - Dec 2017