Commitee Members 2008
| BOB MUIR CHAIRMAN Bob joined the QBBF in 1992 as a founding member and has served on the Committee in the roles of Events' Secretary, Vice Chairman and most recently as Chairman from 2000 to 2006. He holds a senior position with one of the large family owned groups in Qatar. | |
| EMAD TURKMAN VICE CHAIRMAN Emad joined QBBF in 1995 and has been on the Committee for the last 5 years as Luncheon Secretary. Previous to that he was a member of the Riyadh British Business Group. He has been CEO of Rumaillah Group in Qatar since 1995. Emad is also Chairman of the Board of Governors for Doha English Speaking School. | |
| DAVID SALT LEGAL REPRESENTATIVE | |
| JANE ASHFORD MEMBERSHIP SECRETARY Jane has lived in Qatar for the past three years and is the General Manager for Links Corporate Solutions. She is starting her second year as membership secretary for the QBBF. | |
| JERRY SEAGER BUSINESS LIAISON SECRETARY Jerry joined the QBBF in 2007 having moved to Qatar in September 2006 to take up a position as Chief Operations Officer for a Qatar based IT solutions company, EMEA Enterprise Solutions WLL. Having initially worked as the Social Events Secretary, achieving 2 notable successes, the 2007 QBBF Quiz and 2007 QBBF Poppy Ball at the Four Seasons, Jerry stood and was elected again to sit on the Committee. His role now is that of Business Liaison Secretary, which is a new role aimed at aligning the QBBF business goals with those of the members utilising the resources of the British Embassy : Commercial Section amongst others. |
| EMAD TURKMAN LUNCHEON EVENTS SECRETARY Emad joined QBBF in 1995 and has been on the Committee for the last 5 years as Luncheon Secretary. Previous to that he was a member of the Riyadh British Business Group. He has been CEO of Rumaillah Group in Qatar since 1995. Emad is also Chairman of the Board of Governors for Doha English Speaking School. | |
| IAN SHAW COMMUNICATIONS SECRETARY Ian is a ling term resident of Qatar and is Business Development Manager of Byrne Equipment Rental. He has been a member of QBBF since 2004, this is his first year on the Committee. His role, amongst other things is to help establish a number of special interest business groups. | |
| ANN ROGERS MAJOR EVENTS SECRETARY Ann has lived in Qatar for the past 7 years and works as a Public Relations / Events Officer for Qatar Academy (Qatar Foundation). She has been a member of QBBF for 4 years and is looking forward to being an active member of the Committee. | |
| JO BONNER OFFICE MANAGER Jo has lived in Qatar since August 2007 and has been the Office Manager with QBBF since May 2008 |


