Hayssam Fakhry is a career entrepreneur and one of the successful focused business leaders in Ghana.
He is the Managing Director of Interplast LTD and the Chairman of Inesfly Africa LTD, the Managing Director of Platinum Gray LTD, and Maroon and Green LTD. He is a board member of DreamRealty LTD, Topaz Interiors LTD, and Mitsulift Ghana LTD. He is the Honorary Consul for Djibouti in Ghana.
Mr. Fakhry holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Richmond in England. He joined Interplast Limited in 1993 as a management trainee, holding a variety of marketing and operations leadership positions over the course of his career.
His corporate governance has been guided by the principle of enduring total customer satisfaction and confidence in the company’s innovative products and services since 1995. This has enabled the company to grow and diversify to achieve the accolade as the largest manufacturer of uPVC and HDPE pipes exporting to over 21 West and Central African countries.
Mr. Fakhry’s experience and knowledge of the manufacturing industry in Ghana is second to none. He is a highly respected managing director and has the ability to focus on daily operational details at the same time as being able to develop strategic initiatives that ensure his companies maintain their position in the industry.
Working with staff strength of over 1,500, he has managed to successfully practice an open-door policy in administration. His quest for excellence is unparalleled.
He has demonstrated a commitment to quality achievements, winning several First-Class honors for the company, including Platinum Awards for Export performance from 2003 till date by the Ghana Export Promotion Council for its contribution to Ghana-Africa Economic Co-operation and a Gold Award in recognition of its commendable contribution to the development of Ghana in the context of the new Partnership for Africa’s development (NEPAD) for 2008. He is the 2019 Outstanding Industrialist of the Year, who was awarded during the Made in Ghana Awards 2020, also the Quality Business Leadership Awards 2020, and the CEO of the Decade 2010-2020 (Rubber and Plastics Sector).
He has also contributed immensely towards the development of the nation by extending support in the areas of education, health care, sports, and national infrastructures which was recognized as he was adjudged the Millennium Foreign Personality of the year 2005. Mr. Fakhry was inducted into the Corporate Ghana Hall of Fame in 2020.
Further to the ongoing development of Interplast, Mr. Fakhry, together with partners, founded a Real Estate development company, Dream Realty in 2011, which has the largest single surface area building in West Africa measuring 120,000 m2 in the heart of Accra called the Octagon.
In 2013 Mr. Fakhry invested substantially in the development of a brand new, state-of-the-art factory that produces innovative insecticide products, Inesfly Africa which is believed to contribute to the African continent in their continuous battle against malaria and other vector-borne diseases.
Together with his father, Mr. Saied Fakhry, Chairman of Interplast, have created a legacy that will have an impact Ghana’s economy for many years to come.
