degree in economics from the Université de Montréal and his Masters of Business Administration from the University of Detroit Mercy.

Sfeir has been associated with the newly commissioned Salim Sfeir Building at the School of Business Administration at USEK, the Holy Spirit University of Kaslik, being awarded honorary degrees at both USEK and the American University of Science and Technology (AUST).

[8] In close association with His Beatitude Bechara Boutros Al Rahi, the patriarch of the Maronite Church, Sfeir formed the World Maronite Foundation for Integral Development, whose mission is to harness the full potential of the Church and its adherents, to ensure funding from Lebanese nationals and the diaspora.

[9][10][11][12] In 2019, Sfeir was unanimously elected as chairman of the influential Association of Banks in Lebanon (ABL).

He was reelected for two additional mandates in 2021 and 2023 [13] Sfeir has been recognized through many honors internationally, including: People:Bank of Beirut SAL (BOB.BY)