Vice President of Business Development - Arab Palestinian Investment Company (APIC)

General Manager and Partner - Sky Advertising

Mr. Abbas is the vice president of business development for APIC as well as general manager of Sky Advertising, an APIC subsidiary, which he established in 1996. He is the vice chairman of the Arab Shopping Centers, president of the Palestinian Advertising Association and a board member of Unipal Trading Company.

Mr. Abbas started his career in 1988 with Al Waha Investment Company Canada, as an administration officer. He then moved to Greece in 1989 to work with the Consolidating Contracting Company as an administration and finance officer. From 1990 to 1993, Mr. Abbas worked as a sales manager with DanaMal Trading Company in Tunis. He then joined the Abu Dhabi Investment Company as a senior credit officer in the United Arab Emirates until 1996.

He has taken several courses in events management, public relations, advertising and media, leadership, negotiation skills and merchant banking from various international universities and institutions.

Mr. Abbas holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business Administration from Eastern Washington University, USA. He serves as a board member of the Birzeit Friends Association and is also a member of the Young Presidents’ Organization.

Tel: +972 2 298 6878

Fax: +972 2 298 6879

E-mail: tabbas@sky-adv.com

P.O. Box 4159

Al-Bireh, Palestine