Firstar Europe Ltd. - Management of Firstar Europe and Firstar International

Firstar in the International Press

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Chairman, Mr. Bill Grant (FMR Congressman), is also former president of the Florida Bankers Association and Board Member of the American Indep-endent Bankers Association. He has been a special American envoy to several troubled nations and is advisor to many of the current American and Iraqi personalities. Put simply, he has access at the highest levels of the United States and Middle Eastern Governments and is a seasoned international businessman. .	.
President & CEO, Mr. Muhsin Al Hashimi, an Iraqi born US Citizen, is highly respected and well known throughout the Middle East. Mr. Al-Hashimi, a successful self-made business entrepreneur, is a licensed Geologist, with graduate work in geophysics from the Colorado School of Mines Mr. Al-Hashimi holds a Masters Degree in International Management, from the Thunderbird of Arizona, and in the mid 90’s was appointed Vice Chairman for Cedar Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles, where he founded the hospital’s Tel-Med concept. He was also elected Chairman of the Board for Torino, an Italian-American Automaker company. In 2004, he accepted the appointment as a special envoy ambassador for the transitional government of Somalia. .	.
Executive Vice President, H.E. Mr. Salah Y. Gizeer, Former Cabinet Minister of Electricity. Mr. Gizeer knows first hand the issues and problems of Electrical Systems. He spent over 35 years in public service, rising to the top as Minister of Electricity from 1999 to 2001. Mr. Gizeer holds a degree in Elec-trical Engineering, his extensive Management experience and knowledge of Iraq’s electrical systems gives him a unique ability to find effective and efficient solutions to the problems of Electrical Systems. Prior to the creation of a separate Ministry of Electricity, Mr. Gizeer was Director General of many and varied Projects and Companies in the Ministry of Industry. Mr. Gizeer brings to Firstar a wealth of industrial knowledge. .
Director, Mr. Fouad Al Janabi. Head of Jordan office. An Iraqi born Graduated in 1971 from University of Baghdad with a B Sc. Degree in Physics. Mr. Al Janabi has 39 years working experience in worldwide Oil field business and services. He worked for famous international companies such as Halliburton( CIS countries), Dowell Schlumberger( In UAE, Gulf countries and India), EDGO( Russia and CIS countries) , INOC(IRAQ) and many others, Mr. Al Janabi has managed several companies, OFMOC(Wire line, UAE), EWPS ( Oilwell services, UAE), TOSSCO(Oilfield supplies and procurement, Jordan, IRAQ), Union Oil Services (UAE, Dubai), CSICO (Procurement and security-Iraq) and many others. He has long practical experience in Oil laboratories, Cementing Oilwells, Stimulation of Oilwells, Coil tubing, Nitrogen services, Industrial cleaning, safety and security, procurement of oilwell equipment and many others.
Director of Public Relations, Leila Martin, Ms. Martin, previously human resources manager for Padco at the PCO and the Director of Personnel with RTI, on the USAID Local Governance Project. She was responsible for all aspects of human resources management in Iraq and Kuwait for the project, with deployment of over 250 ex-patriots and recruitment of over 3.000 Iraqi employees in 17 governorates; worked with partners such the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA), the Joint Area Support Group (JASG), the US-Agency for International Development (USAID), the International Foundation for Election Systems (IFES), the Project and Contracting Office (PCO), and the Iraq Reconstruction Management Office (IRMO).Ms. Martin worked in International Operations at Siemens Power Transmission and Distribution and later became the High Voltage Station Class Surge Arrester Product Manager in the Apparatus Division. She holds a Master's in International Management from Thunderbird, the Garvin School of Inter-national Management in Arizona. .	.