Middle East 2015
head of legal and corporate secretary | Foulath Holding Company, Bahrain
Firas Oggar
head of legal and corporate secretary | Foulath Holding Company, Bahrain
Group head of legal | Zain
Group head of legal | Zain
Group general counsel | Zain Group
Group general counsel | Zain Group
Zain is a leading mobile telecommunications operator listed on Boursa Kuwait (and on three other regional equity markets) with a market cap totalling over US$8.2bn as of July 2019, counts...
Group general counsel | Al Ghurair Investment
Firas Oggar has immense experience of senior in-house roles in the Middle East, having had four roles in the position of either head of legal or general counsel since moving...
Fluent in English, French and Arabic, Firas Oggar established the legal function supporting the whole of Foulath Group, including Bahrain Steel, SULB Company, USCO in Bahrain and Saudi SULB. With past in-house roles including Wataniya Telecom’s legal head and investment fund KIPCO’s general counsel, Oggar has broad sector expertise. ‘In general the main achievement was to be able to adapt myself to a different and new industry and be able to understand its risks and dynamics’, he says. During his time as Foulath’s general counsel, he has successfully led the commissioning of three steel plants, collectively worth $1.2bn, working with teams across Europe and Asia.
