Board of Directors

Elias J. Hayek -- President, CCME

Vice President, Legal, EAME Division
Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide, Inc.

Elias Hayek joined Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide, Inc. in 2000. He currently serves as Vice President, Legal for the Europe, Middle East and Africa division, based in Dubai, UAE. In this role, Elias is responsible for overseeing all regional legal issues for Starwood in the Middle East and Africa, including managing all the legal issues for the operating hotels in these regions, handling hotel development and acquisition transactions, and advising the corporate management and hotel management in day to day operations.  Elias  is fluent in English, Arabic and French.

Mona Ashour Madi - Board Member, CCME

General Counsel - Arabia
Unilever Gulf FZE

Mona Madi is General Counsel for Unilever Arabia. Unilever is an FMCG multinational company with over 400 brands in home & personal care, foods and beverages, including such well-known brands as Dove, Vaseline, Lipton, Axe, Lux, Sunsilk and Knorr.  Prior to joining Unilever, she was a senior lawyer with the law firm of Al Tamimi & Company, the largest local non-affiliated law firm in the UAE, where her areas of practice included corporate/commercial law, intellectual property, IT and media.

Anneliese Reinhold -- Board Member, CCME

General Counsel & Senior Vice President -
Regulatory Affairs
du

Before joining du in 2005, Anneliese was Group General Counsel for Qatar Telecom (Qtel), having relocated from London where she was a partner in the specialist telecoms law firm, Kemp Little LLP. Her 20+ year career has encompassed a wide variety of both in-house and private practice roles.

Anneliese holds degrees in Law and Commerce from the University of Melbourne, Australia. She has written and spoken on a wide range of legal and regulatory issues on a regular basis in both Europe and the Middle East.  Anneliese was the recipient of the 'Best In-House Counsel Telecoms/Media/It Sector Award' at the inaugural Dubai Corporate Counsel Group Awards in 2008.

Michael Rasmuson - Vice President-Sponsorships CCME

Vice President, Legal
Eastern Hemisphere
Baker Hughes Inc.

Mike Rasmuson joined Baker Hughes in London in January 2002 and currently holds the position of Vice President Legal - Eastern Hemisphere. His responsibilities are to provide and manage the general legal support function throughout the Eastern Hemisphere.  Mike has more than 15 years of legal practice experience and has worked as an oil and gas lawyer for law firms in Canada and the UK before joiningBaker Hughes. Prior to his current appointment as Vice President Legal - Eastern Hemisphere, he held several positions in the Eastern Hemisphere legal group and was responsible for several different regions. Mike is a member of The Law Society of England and Wales and The Law Society of Alberta.

Irene Zaki -- Vice President, Memberships, CCME

Legal Counsel - Zabeel Investments

Irene is legal counsel at Zabeel Investments since 2010.  Prior to that, Irene held various positions at regional corporations in the insurance and property industries.  Irene holds a Juris Doctorate from the American University, Washington College of Law and a Bachelor of Arts from Tufts University.  She is fluent in English and Arabic.

Franklin Breckenridge -- Group Secretary, CCME

Contracts Department, Parsons MENA

Franklin E. Breckenridge, Jr., J.D., M.B.A. received a Doctor of Jurisprudence, attaining the distinction, cum laude, from Indiana University School of Law-Indianapolis. Mr. Breckenridge has a Masters in Business Administration from Indiana University Kelley School of Business and Bachelor of Arts degree with a major area of concentration in Spanish Language from Wabash College. Mr. Breckenridge is fluent in Spanish.