Professional Qualification

• Bachelor of Business Administration  – American University of Beirut (AUB)
• Executive MBA – American University of Beirut (AUB)

Career Summary

After graduation, Sami underwent his Chartered Accountancy training in London (UK) while working for the international audit firm of Arthur Andersen. Following that he joined the internal audit department of the UK-based Abela Group of companies, where he remained until he started his practice in trade finance and forfaiting.

Early in 1994, Sami visited Vietnam to explore business opportunities. At that time, only a few investors were able to hear the stirring of a sleeping tiger that was soon to leap up onto the world stage and become a strong industrial force to be reckoned with. Sami recognized the chance and he never wasted a single second to embrace it.

This is how PEB Steel was born in Vietnam in 1994, then continuously expanded to the neighboring countries: Thailand, India, Myanmar, Cambodia, Philippines, Indonesia, and Malaysia. Today, PEB Steel is a reliable major player in pre-engineered buildings with a strong commitment to long-term quality and excellent service.

Mr. Kteily was elected 3 times as the President of the Canadian chamber of commerce in Vietnam.

Sami is the proud father of 2 boys who graduated from Harvard University. Nour is now a professor at Harvard and Khaled founded givelegacy.com.

Professional Qualification

• Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.), major Mechanical, from the American University of Beirut (AUB) in 1983.
• EMBA program from UQAM University (The Université du Québec à Montréal) in 2017.

Career Summary

Adib started his career in CCC in 1983, the largest construction & engineering firm in the Middle East. He worked as a site and workshop engineer in Kuwait and Yemen in 2 refineries projects.
In 1988, Adib joined Kirby Building Systems as a representative office manager in Qatar. The job involved sales and customer service of pre-engineered steel buildings.
Adib joined Zamil Steel as a representative office manager in Qatar, Malaysia, and Vietnam from 1990. He had successfully established the Zamil Steel brand name for the pre-engineered buildings industry in South East Asia.
From late 1994, Adib and Sami became the founders of the PEB Group, where Adib remains a key role in making the company successful as it is today, boasting the total sales of over 6,000 pre-engineered steel buildings in many countries. Adib always trusts in these principles while working with the others:

• BELIEVE you can do it and you will do it.
• Anyone who highlights a possible mistake or suggestion, is part of the solution.
• Nothing is impossible.