Bankmed
Bankmed SAL (Arabic: بنك البحر المتوسط ش.م.ل; formerly Banque de la Méditerranée S.A.L)[1][2] is a Lebanese bank, established in 1944,[3] owned by the holding company GroupMed.[8][9] Bankmed is owned by the family of Rafic Hariri,[5][6] the former prime minister and billionaire businessman who was assassinated in 2005.[10] The bank is also the largest shareholder in Solidere,[11] the real estate company that rebuilt Beirut's Central District after the Lebanese Civil War.[12] In 2020, former minister Raya El Hasan was appointed as chairperson of the board[13][14] after the resignation of Mohammad Hariri.[16] Egypt-based Jordanian businessman Alaa Al Khawaja acquired the 42.24 percent stake of Ayman Hariri in GroupMed Holding which fully owns Bankmed.