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Farhat Omar Bengdara


Farhat Omar Bengdara

Vice Chairman

Member of the Permanent Strategic Committee




Born in Benghazi (Libya), on September 27th 1965


Professional profile

  Free Consultant
1995 – 1998 Staff Member – Department of Economics, Faculty of Economy and Trade Garyounis University
1993 – 1995 Employed in the Ministry of Economy and Trade as a researcher

 

Posts previously held:

Since 2006 to March 12, 2011 Governor of the Central Bank of Libya
Until March 12, 2011 Head of the Constitutive Committee of the African Investment Bank
Until March 12, 2011  Chairman of the Libyan Fund for internal Investment and Development
 Until March 12, 2011 Chairman of the Arab Banking Corporation – London
 Until March 12, 2011 Member of the Board of Trustees of the Libyan Investment Authority
 Until March 12, 2011 Member of the Supreme Council for Oil and Gas
 Until March 12, 2011 Member of the Board of Trustees of the Fund of Economic and Social Development
 Until March 12, 2011 Member of the National Planning Council
2000 – 2006 Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Libya
1998 – 2000 Member of the Management Committee Wahda Bank

 


Education

B.A. in Economics, Department of Economics – Faculty of Economy and Trade Garyounis University Benghazi (Libya).

M.A. degree from Sheffield University (UK), in Economics of Banking and Finance.