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.
His father took over part of the firm and it became Hédi Bouchamaoui & Sons, which specializes in oil, textile and other industry.
[2] Bouchamaoui is the managing director of HBS International, an oil company based in Egypt.
[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.