The first company of the group was incorporated in 1972 in London as Zalloum & Associates International. This company was the first Arab petroleum projects management consultancy. The company was later incorporated in Jordan and Panama and formed an associate office in India. Since it was established Z&A was involved in the grass roots formation and development of several OPEC as well as non OPEC national oil companies.

Later on the group branched off into the food business and formed, as early as 1977, one of the foremost automated biscuit manufacturing plants capable of producing 42 varieties of biscuits. It added factories that produce conserved canned foods including oriental specialty foods. A refinery to process and package vegetable oils was built which produces most varieties of vegetable oils. A sister company was established in Uzbekistan. The group also established companies to lacquer and lithograph tin plates, for the various food and chemical industries. The poultry farms were established as part of the food business in the late 1970’s.

Zalloum Group International owned and operated companies and businesses outside Jordan, from as faraway as Uzbekistan in Central Asia to Sudan in Africa.

Its consultancy services served the petroleum industry extensively for more than 35 years in countries such as Libya, Egypt, Sudan, Syria, Iraq, Qatar and Abu Dhabi..

The business units of the group are managed independently by professional managers who execute the corporate business plans of the group.