Jocelyne Chahwan
Deputy CEO
BLOM Bank, Lebanon

 Board Member of AROPE INSURANCE S.A.L.
 Member of the Board Digital Committee of BLOM BANK S.A.L.
 Member of several Board Committees in BLOM BANK Group Entities
Mrs. Jocelyne Chahwan started her banking career in 1990 at the Bank of Montreal in Montreal where she was promoted several times until she reached the title of Manager/Investment Services.
In March 1996, Mrs. CHAHWAN joined BLOM Bank S.A.L. in Beirut and became the Head of the Training & Development Department. In 1999, she moved to Retail Banking as Head of the Marketing Division.
In 2009, she was promoted to the position of Deputy Head of Retail Banking.
In October 2011, Mrs. Jocelyne CHAHWAN became the first Lebanese Banker on VISA’s advisory council for the Levant, and in 2012 she became a member of the VISA CEMEA Business Council.
In December 2011, she was promoted to Assistant General Manager and in July 2013, she was appointed as Head of Retail Banking. In June 2018, she was promoted to Deputy General Manager and in April 2019 she became a Board Member of AROPE INSURANCE S.A.L. In August 2020, she was assigned the role of Deputy CEO.
Mrs. Chahwan was awarded the Retail Financial Services Person of the Year in the Middle East and Africa – 2018 by The Asian Banker in recognition of her dynamic leadership in presiding over one of the fastest growing and strongest retail banks in the region.
Mrs. CHAHWAN is a member of the Visa CEMEA Security Summit and Risk Council. She is also a Board member of the Alexis & Anne-Marie Habib Foundation, LAU Business Council and Lebanon Seed Fund.
Mrs. Jocelyne CHAHWAN holds a Master in Business Administration from Ecole Supérieure des Affaires (ESA).