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Born Cairo  October 10th 1915                

Died Cairo  January  5th  1970

 

Occupation:

Secretary general: Fabrique égyptienne de conserves alimentaires ‘Kaha’ 

 

Raymond Ayas (in arabic ريمون عيّاس )son of Yorghaki and Marie Ayas, in a greek-melkite-catholic family

originating from Aleppo, Syria.

Education  

Grade school at Saint-Louis (Tantah) then Collège des Frères (Cairo)

High school at Collège de la Sainte-Famille, Jésuites (Cairo)

Preferred studies : arabic language. Preferred sport : soccer.

Family life

His sisterLucie born 1908 (Adel El-Ghadban), his brothers Joseph 1911 (Marie Saballeil), Chaker-Antoine1913 (Henriette Mina), Fouad 1917

(Yolande Assal). On June 29th 1946 he married Marie Mazzaoui and had four children: Raouf,Nadia, Rafik and Magda.

Professional life

In 1945 he joined ‘Fabrique égyptienne de conserves alimentaires ‘Kaha’ which was founded in 1940 by its owner Raphael Khoury-Haddad. A hard worker and recognized as a good manager Raymond Ayas ultimately took the position of Secretary-general of the company. His insistence on quality was a key factor in the company’s internal success and he travelled a lot to export the 35 kinds of canned and bottled foods produced by Kaha. The company became a food industry leader in the Middle-east and Arabic countries.

The last few years were challenging because of the political changes brought by the Nasser’s régime. The company was nationalized as part of a new economic program. The new ownership brought changes to management corporate structure and ways of doing business.

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