BDL Acting Governor Wassim Manssouri at one of his first press conferences in office, Aug. 25, 2023. (Credit: Mohammad Yassin/L'OLJ)
BEIRUT – Almost two years after the end of disgraced former governor Riad Salameh’s term, the Lebanese Cabinet appointed wealth manager Karim Souhaid as the Banque Du Liban (BDL)’s new head on Thursday. Souhaid is set to replace Muslim Shiite vice-governor Wassim Mansouri, who in Aug. 2023 took the helm of the institution on an interim basis (a position traditionally reserved for a Christian Maronite). Read more BDL governorship: A looming showdown between Aoun and Salam? An attorney at law by profession, he is the founder of Mansouri & Associates Law Firm and held several positions during his career before joining the BDL, namely as a legal consultant to the Finance Ministry and Lebanese Parliament, and served at the Justice Ministry, according to his biography on the BDL website. Mansouri joined the BDL in June 2020, after...
BEIRUT – Almost two years after the end of disgraced former governor Riad Salameh’s term, the Lebanese Cabinet appointed wealth manager Karim Souhaid as the Banque Du Liban (BDL)’s new head on Thursday. Souhaid is set to replace Muslim Shiite vice-governor Wassim Mansouri, who in Aug. 2023 took the helm of the institution on an interim basis (a position traditionally reserved for a Christian Maronite). Read more BDL governorship: A looming showdown between Aoun and Salam? An attorney at law by profession, he is the founder of Mansouri & Associates Law Firm and held several positions during his career before joining the BDL, namely as a legal consultant to the Finance Ministry and Lebanese Parliament, and served at the Justice Ministry, according to his biography on the BDL website. Mansouri joined the BDL in June 2020,...
