Holder of a degree in Business Administration from Universite Saint Joseph (USJ) in 1993, Jean El-Khoury started his career at the Central Bank of Lebanon in 1995 in the Payment Systems Department. He then moved to the Foreign Exchange Department where he stayed there for 3 years and transfered to the Audit and Inspection Department in 1998. He took charge, along with a team, of auditing the foreign exchange operations for a period of 11 years before moving again and holding the position of Deputy Head of the Central Security and Surveillance Unit.