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LIBYA - Profile - Mohammed Taher Yousef.


The man in charge of the Oilinvest group's day-to-day business, Yousef is executive vice president of Oilinvest International N.V. and vice chairman and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board.  of Tamoil Italia SpA, positions he has held since 1988. Bold and dynamic, he has been a leading expert in oil marketing with a background in Shell.

From 1986 to 1988, Yousef was the deputy chief executive of Tamoil Italia and paved the way for the development of the Libyan presence in Europe's downstream business. From 1980 to 1985, he was in charge of the Brega International Marketing Company's Crude Oil Department.

From 1975 to 1980 Yousef headed the Crude Oil Export Division of Brega Marketing Co. From 1973 to 1974, he worked as a trainee at the Supply and Logistics Department in Shell International Trading Co. (Sitco) in London, where he put together a study on Libya's oil supply and distribution opportunities which was later adopted by NOC (Network Operations Center) A central or regional location for monitoring a large network. Also called a "network management center" (NMC), "service management center" (SMC) or "network control center" (NCC), a NOC may be used to manage a large enterprise network, .

Yousef was born in Tripoli in 1949. In 1972, he graduated with a degree in economics from the College of Economics and Commerce at the Libyan University. He began his career at NOC and worked at the Planning Department in 1972-73. He has participated in OPEC OPEC: see Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries.
OPEC
 in full Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries

Multinational organization established in 1960 to coordinate the petroleum production and export policies of its
 ministerial meetings. He has been a member of OPEC's Steering Committee steerĀ·ing committee
n.
A committee that sets agendas and schedules of business, as for a legislative body or other assemblage.


steering committee
Noun
 and the Economics Commission Board. Now he lives in Italy with his family.

Close to the Oilinvest family are brilliant Libyan financiers working for Lafico and LAFB LAFB Langley Air Force Base (Virginia)
LAFB Left Anterior Fascicular Block
LAFB Lackland Air Force Base (San Antonio, Texas)
LAFB Luke Air Force Base (Arizona) 
, with links to prominent European bankers. The image they project is different from that of Col. Qadhafi's first logic. Tamoil sponsors prestigious events in Europe.

For example, Tamoil was the sole sponsor of the World Forestry Charter Gathering, held on July 28, 1994, at St. James's Palace St. James's Palace is one of London's oldest palaces. It is situated on Pall Mall in London, just north of St. James's Park. History
The palace was commissioned by Henry VIII, on the site of a former leper hospital dedicated to Saint James the Younger (from whom the
 in London. The gathering was attended by the Duke of Edinburgh Noun 1. Duke of Edinburgh - Englishman and husband of Elizabeth II (born 1921)
Philip, Prince Philip
 and a number of British and European dignitaries. It received messages from then US President Clinton, then British Premier John Major and other world leaders. The Duke of Edinburgh was photographed viewing an exhibition related to that event, together with Yousef.
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Publication:APS Review Downstream Trends
Geographic Code:6LIBY
Date:Jul 28, 2003
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