Tarek Bouchamaoui (born 7 July 1966)[1] is a Tunisian businessman and football personality, member of the FIFA Council, member of the executive committee of the Confederation of African Football (CAF), and was head of CAF's referees committee from 2011 to 2013.
Bouchamaoui has been a FIFA Council member since 2015.
Early life
His grandfather, Ahmed, started a civil engineering company. His father took over part of the firm and it became Hédi Bouchamaoui & Sons, which specializes in oil, textile and other industry.[citation needed]
Bouchamaoui is the managing director of HBS International, an oil company based in Egypt. He is also a shareholder and board of directors member of several companies and private equity funds, including HBG Holding, a holding company based in Tunisia.[citation needed]
Strongly involved in football activities, he has been a member of the FIFA Council since 2015 and the CAF (Confederation of African Football) executive committee since 2011.[citation needed]
He was closely allied to Tunisia's former president, Ben Ali, and one of those named as using HSBC's private bank tax evasion schemes in Switzerland, although never charged with any offence.[3][4]Jeune Afrique reported that the Swiss Leaks investigation revealed that Bouchamaoui had over 43 million Euros in an HSBC bank account.[5] In addition, he had three business accounts as well, two of which were accounts of a subsidiary of his family group, Hédi Bouchamaoui and Sons (HBS International Ltd), and all three accounts related to companies registered in the Bahamas.[6]
^Chris Green; Tom Peck (30 May 2015). "Fifa President Sepp Blatter issues defiant warning to opponents: 'I forgive everyone, but I don't forget' | Europe | News". The Independent. Archived from the original on 26 May 2022. Retrieved 10 March 2019. One new member is the Tunisian Football Federation chief, Tarek Bouchamaoui, a close ally of the country's former president Ben Ali, whose 2011 overthrow sparked the Arab Spring uprisings. Mr Bouchamaoui was also recently named in connection with tax evasion schemes organised by HSBC's private bank in Switzerland – but he has not been charged with any offences and has been allowed to join the Fifa committee.
