Confirmed Designated Person Syria

Ahmad Saber Hamcho

Also: Ahmad Sabir Mohammed Hamsho · Ahmad Hamcho · Ahmed Saber Mohammed Hamshou · أحمد صابر حمشو · ابن المصدي

Eldest son of Mohammed Hamcho and separately sanctioned — designated with his mother and three siblings under the US Caesar Act on 17 June 2020. Named as Chief Executive Officer of Sama Alsham Group on that group's own website — the only place in this investigation where a named Hamsho family member is placed on a specific operating group's paperwork by a primary source rather than by inference. His own manhom.com directory profile adds two quantified shareholdings: a founding 11% (1,100 shares) of شركة جوبيتر للاستثمارات (Jupiter for Investments) and a founding 9% (27 shares) of شركة سيف الشام (Seif Alsham) — the first shareholder-level confirmation in this register that the Hamsho sons own the Jupiter vehicle, matching OCCRP's ownership claim. OpenSanctions lists addresses in Damascus, Dubai and London.

Record

Sector: Holding group management
Established: b. 25 Nov 1992, Damascus
Address: Damascus, Syria · Dubai, UAE · London, UK
Passport: N005364444
Confidence: Stated by a primary source — the party's own filing, site, or an official designation.

Positions held

Chief Executive Officer, Sama Alsham Group (per the group's own 2015 site)
Founding partner, 11% (1,100 shares), Jupiter for Investments
Founding partner, 9% (27 shares), Seif Alsham Company

Controls

Sama Alsham GroupNot designated
Jupiter for Investment and TourismNamed in a designation

Family

Documented family relation — not a claim of corporate control. See how this register is built.

Findings citing this entity

A named, sanctioned principalConfirmed
Jupiter's four sanctioned owners are now all namedConfirmed
"Seif Alsham" ties the family's horse interests to a live domainStrong

Timeline

17 Jun 2020 The whole household is designated under the Caesar Act
6–8 Jan 2026 Hamsho returns to Damascus and settles
12 Aug 2026 The two-server estate is mapped

Sources

Sama Alsham Group — Message from the CEO samaalsham.com via Internet Archive · retrieved 2026-08-12 Signed "Ahmad Saber Hamcho, Chief Executive Officer". Also carries the group's full activity list and its three foreign subsidiaries.
Ahmad Sabir Mohammed Hamsho — OpenSanctions OpenSanctions · retrieved 2026-08-12
Ahmad Saber Hamcho — FEI athlete profile 10028625 Fédération Équestre Internationale · retrieved 2026-08-12
All the dictator's men: who runs Assad's sanctions-busting network? The New Arab · retrieved 2026-08-12
من هو أحمد صابر محمد حمشو؟ — profile manhom.com · retrieved 2026-08-12 Names Ahmad Saber Hamcho as a founding partner of شركة سيف الشام (Seif Alsham Company) holding 27 shares (9%), and of شركة جوبيتر للاستثمارات (Jupiter for Investments) holding 1,100 shares (11%). Records his father Mohammed Hamsho as General Manager and founding partner of Al-Shahba Communications (الشهباء للاتصالات), Dawa (دوا), Hamsho for Investments (حمشو للاستثمارات), Tatweer (تطوير) and Seif Alsham (سيف الشام). Also covers Ahmad's equestrian career: first Syrian in Olympic equestrian competition (2012, 2020).
Ahmad Saber Hamcho — Facebook photo, Syrian Equestrian Federation show-jumping award Facebook (self-hosted copy) · retrieved 2026-08-13 Originally retrieved from Facebook's CDN at https://scontent-ham3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/502585017_4082579192028118_8121019537061400887_n.jpg — a signed, expiring link, which is why a copy is self-hosted here rather than linked live. Shows Ahmad Saber Hamcho mounted, holding a trophy, at a Syrian Equestrian Federation event — consistent with his documented career as Syria's first Olympic show-jumper. Used here for identification purposes only.