Ferid Abbas

Vice-Chair TAEF – Tunisian member

Mr. Ferid Abbas is Vice-Chair of the Tunisian American Enterprise Fund and Chairperson of:

  • SETCAR, a Tunisian truck and bus manufacturing business
  • STAROIL, an oil distribution and gas station network
  • The third generation of the family at the helm of these businesses
  • Chairman of the board of Arab Tunisian Lease
  • Vice Chairperson of the board of the Arab Tunisian Bank

He also serves as a board member of:

  • Exxoil, an oil exploration and Production Company,
  • Sefina, a financial services and portfolio investment company,
  • Société hôtelière Port Prince
  • Formerly President of the football Association Club Africain

Graduated from both Georgetown University’s Walsh School of Foreign Service and M.S from Cornell University.