Neemat Frem

Neemat Georges Frem (Arabic: نعمة ج. افرام‎; born 10 September 1967) is a Lebanese businessman and politician. On 6 May 2018, he was elected member of the parliament of Lebanon after winning a seat in Byblos and Keserwan constituency.[1] Frem is the president of the National Economy, Trade, Industry and Planning Committee.[2]

Neemat Frem
نعمة ج. افرام
Born
Neemat Georges Frem

(1967-09-10) 10 September 1967
Jounieh, Keserwan, Lebanon
EducationElectrical Engineering
Alma materAmerican University of Beirut (AUB)
OccupationEngineer, businessman, politician, inventor
Political partyIndependent
Member of the Parliament of Lebanon from Keserwan
In office
2018–2020
President and CEO of INDEVCO group
In office
2006 – Present
President of the Association of Lebanese Industrialists
In office
2010–2014
President of The Maronite Foundation in the World
In office
2016–2018
Websiteneematfrem.com

Neemat Frem is also the chief executive of the multinational company INDEVCO Group, founder and president of Phoenix Machinery and former president of the Association of Lebanese Industrialists.[3] He served as the president of The Maronite Foundation in the World from 2016 to 2018.[4] In 2013, he launched "A Better Lebanon" initiative, generating public policies by empowering national public, private and civil society institutions as an attempt for restructuring change in the Lebanese continuous political crisis.

Education

Neemat Frem was born on 10 September 1967 in Jounieh, Keserwan of Lebanon. He is the son of George Frem, founder of the Indevco Group.[5]

He completed school at Collège Saint Joseph – Antoura, and graduated from the American University of Beirut with a bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering in 1991.[5] He then completed a postgraduate diploma on leadership and business from Harvard University Business School, Georgetown University Business School and Stanford University Business School.[2]

Career

In 1997, after accepting to work for the family business Indevco Group, he launched Phoenix Machinery, a plan to bridge the traditional activities of Indevco with the technology industry.[5]

Neemat Frem was elected as the President of the Association of Lebanese Industrialists (ALI) in 2010 and served till 2014.[6][7] He was also president of the Foundation of the Lebanese Diaspora.[8]

Neemat Frem also served as the CEO of Interstate Resources, Inc. Inc (today known as a JV with DS Smith).[9]

In January 2013, Frem launched Loubnan El Afdal (Better Lebanon), a national initiative to structure change in the Lebanese continuous political crisis.[10]

In 2018, Frem announced his candidacy for the Lebanese General Election, running for the Maronite seat in the Keserwan and Byblos constituency as a member of the “Strong Lebanon” bloc led by the Free Patriotic Movement. Following the general election held on 6 May 2018, he was officially announced as a winning candidate with the highest number of votes. He also serves as the president and chief executive officer (CEO) of INDEVCO Group.[11]

Shortly after the 2020 Beirut explosions, on 9 August 2020, Frem announced his resignation from parliament.[12] Frem was the sixth member of parliament to step down after the explosions.[12]

Other mandates
Frem at Research and Strategic Studies Center of Lebanon.
  • Member of Immigrants and Foreign Affairs Committee.
  • Founder and Board Member of a number of associations promoting inter-religious (Christian – Islamic) dialogue and civic society.
  • Founder and president of Phellipolis, the association that organizes the Jounieh International Festival[13][14]

Other facts

Neemat Frem holds one US and one Europe patent.[15][16] The patent is for an automated sandwich-making dispenser that can serve up to 11 different fresh ingredients on a French baguette.[5]

In 2017, he financed the launch of the Olive Grove, a new cluster of tech startups in Hamra, Beirut.[17]

References
  1. "الأخبار: فشل محاولات القوات بضم نعمة افرام إلى لائحتها في دائرة كسروان". Elnashra News (in Arabic). Retrieved 2017-12-22.
  2. "Q&A – Neemat Frem". Executive Magazine. 2011-08-03. Retrieved 2018-01-17.
  3. "About CLFW- Bios". www.clfw.org. Retrieved 2018-01-17.
  4. "Neemat Frem passe la main en tant que président de la Fondation maronite dans le monde". L'Orient-Le Jour (in French). 2018-10-25. Retrieved 2019-01-18.
  5. "Building a quake-proof business" (PDF). Entrepreneur Levant. July 2012. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
  6. "Industrial production reported at $8.8 billion. Industrial indicators launched". BusinessNews.com.lb.
  7. "March Of The Machines". The Business Year. Archived from the original on 2019-04-07. Retrieved 2018-01-04.
  8. "Carlos Slim vuelve al Líbano, seguido por los Zapatistas". Elmundo.es (in Spanish). 17 March 2010. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
  9. "Neemat Frem, vice-président de la Fondation maronite" (in French). Archived from the original on 2019-05-17. Retrieved 2018-01-04.
  10. "Loubnan El Afdal". Lebweb.com. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
  11. "Neemat G. Frem: Executive Profile & Biography - Bloomberg". www.bloomberg.com.
  12. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/08/hundreds-protesters-injured-anger-simmers-beirut-live-200808234355971.html
  13. "Jounieh Festival shows to go on despite political tensions". Ticketingboxoffice.com. 25 April 2014. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
  14. "Une inauguration 'a couper le souffle pour le festival international de Jounieh 2015". Facelookmag.com (in French). 2015. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
  15. "Automatic sandwich dispenser and method for automatically dispensing sandwiches".
  16. "Patent EP1339029A1 - Distributeur automatique de sandwichs et procédé de distribution automatique de sandwichs". Google Books. 21 February 2002.
  17. Derek Issacs (15 June 2017). "Start-up cluster to launch in Hamra". Businessnews.com.lb. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
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