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| has been a Director since inception and the President and Chief Executive since August 2004. He is the Chairman of Jordan Islamic Bank; Banque Al Baraka D Algerie; Al Baraka Turk Participation Bank; Al Baraka Bank Ltd., South Africa, Egyptian Saudi Finance Bank and Al Baraka Bank, Lebanon. He also holds directorships in several Al Baraka Group subsidiaries. He has more than 32 years international banking experience and was the recipient of the Islamic Banker of the Year Award at the World Islamic Banking Conference in December 2004. He was appointed Chairman of the Union of Arab Banks in May 2007. |
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| has been in the role since inception with the change in title to Deputy Chief Executive effective January 2007. He is the Chairman of Al Baraka Bank Sudan; member of the boards of Al Wafaa Muritanien Islamic Bank, Mauritania; Jordan Islamic Bank, Jordan; Al Baraka Bank Limited, South Africa; Egyptian Saudi Finance Bank, Egypt, Al Baraka Turk Participation Bank,Turky, Al Baraka Bank Lebanon and Al Baraka Islamic Bank, Bahrain. His career with Al Baraka Group began in 1988 following more than 24 years in banking in Sudan, leading to his appointment as Chairman of the Board and General Manager of El Nilein Bank. Since 1988 he has served the Dallah Al Baraka Group, based in Jeddah, representing its interests worldwide. In the final 7 years prior to his appointment to Al Baraka Group in 2002 he was responsible for all the Group banking interests in Africa, in addition to lending his considerable experience on the boards of Group banks in Asia and Europe and of the parent company. Mr. Sulieman is responsible particularly for Coordination & Planning in Al Baraka Group, in addition to his overall executive responsibilities. |
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began his career at Banque Nationale de Paris, Bahrain branch, in 1981 and moved to Arab Banking Corporation (B.S.C.)'s Internal Audit Department in 1988, where he carried out audits of the Head Office, its branches as well as most of the bank's overseas subsidiaries. During his 12-year tenure with ABC he was also involved in several due diligence pre-acquisition special assignments for the bank. He joined Al Baraka Banking Group in 2000, when it was still under formation.
- Mohammed Al-Alawi
Vice President - Internal Audit
- Hassan Y. Al-Banna
Vice President - Internal Audit
- Ebrahim A. Aziz Al Zayani
Vice President - IT Auditor
- Fadhel Al-Madhoob
Assistant Vice President - Internal Audit
- Mohammed Abdul Latif Al-Mahmood
Assistant Vice President - Internal Audit - Shari'a Auditor
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has over 30 years of experience in financial and management reporting, corporate and structured finance, credit, strategic planning, project management, equity research and fund management and administration. He has worked in the Middle East as well as in North America. After spending several years in the accountancy field in India and Bahrain, he joined Arab Banking Corporation (B.S.C.)'s investment banking subsidiary, where he served for 11 years before moving to the parent bank's Treasury Department to manage its mutual fund investment portfolio. He was later promoted to head the Treasury Mid-Office and play an instrumental role in implementing new front office and management information systems. After 2 years as a partner in a regional investment bank in the Gulf, and a further period heading the worldwide banking solutions business of a major Canadian IT solutions company in Toronto, in 2004 he took up his position at Al Baraka Banking Group initially as Head of Financial Control and in mid-2006 as Senior Vice President - Head of Strategic Planning.
- Ayman A. Mohammed
Vice President Strategic Planning
- Chandresh Mehta
Vice President Strategic Planning
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| has over 30 years of banking experience gained in positions with various financial institutions, both Islamic and conventional. He commenced his career with Habib Bank in 1973, later working with (then) Chase Manhattan Bank, Bank of America, Bahrain, American Express Bank, Bahrain and Bahrain Middle East Bank. After a successful career with Shamil Bank of Bahrain he was appointed as Assistant Chief Executive Officer - Operations of Bahrain Islamic Bank in 2002 and thereafter joined Al Baraka Banking Group in June 2006. Mr. Shehab is a board member of Banque Al Baraka D'Algerie.
Operations & Administration
- Fouad M Janahi
Assistant Vice President - Operations & Administration
Investors Relations
- Ahmed M. AbdulGhaffar
Assistant Vice President - Investors Relations
Corporate Communications
- Hassan A. Hassani
Assistant Vice President - Corporate Communication
IT Projects
- Hood Hashem Ahmed
First Vice President - IT Projects
- Ahmed Al Balooshi
Assistant Vice President - IT Projects
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has over 15 years experience in financial control and auditing. Prior to joining Al Baraka Group in February 2005, he worked at Shamil Bank as Senior Manager Internal Audit. Prior to this role, he was a member of the Assurance and Business Advisory team at Arthur Andersen. He is currently a director of the International Islamic Rating Agency (IIRA) and has been appointed a representative of Al Baraka Group to the Waqf Fund Committee. He is the deputy chairman of the Accounting and Auditing Standards Board of the Accounting and Auditing Organization For Islamic Financial Institutions (AAOIFI). He is also a Board and Audit & Governance Committee member of Al Baraka Turk Participation Bank, Jordan Islamic Bank and Banque Al Baraka D'Algerie.
- Mahmood T. Taheri
Assistant Vice President - Financial Control
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has over 30 years of international banking experience involving credit, risk management, commercial banking and trade finance. He commenced his banking career in 1969 with Bank of Montreal, Canada in international banking and was later its Middle East Representative, initially in Beirut, Lebanon and thereafter in London. He joined Gulf International Bank B.S.C. (GIB) in 1979 as Regional Marketing and Credit Officer for Central Europe based in London. He worked in various capacities in GIB within Credit and Business Development. In 2001, he was appointed Chief Credit Officer covering the areas of credit administration, economics, legal and credit review. He was also member of the Group Risk Committee. His most recent position with GIB was as Executive Vice-President, Head of International Banking with the responsibility for commercial banking business outside the GCC and thereafter joined Al Baraka Group in September 2006.
- Dr. Hala Khalid Radwan
Vice President - Credit and Risk Management
- Jaffer Mohamed Ahmed
Assistant Vice President - Credit and Risk Management
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has over 27 years of professional experience as a practicing advocate, judge, legal consultant or professional serving a wide spectrum of local and international clientele. After 20 years of practice in the various capacities in Sudan, he moved to Oman in 2001 to work for an associated firm of an International Law Firm and was admitted to practice by Omani Advocates Admission Committee before all Omani courts. In 2004, he moved to Bahrain to join Albaraka Islamic Bank (AIB) as Manager, legal affairs and was appointed Head of Legal Affairs & Compliance in September 2007. He is also serving as Secretary to the Board of Directors of both Al Baraka Group and AIB.
- Dr. Adel Basha
Assistant Vice President - Legal Affairs & Compliance
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| is a prominent International Islamic Economics Scholar. Throughout his career he has written widely for publications, in Islamic Banking, and Islamic Economics. He has lectured extensively at regional specialized conferences and overseas and is a regular participant in the Jeddah-based Fiqh Academy.
Dr. Ahmed served in several capacities including the post of Banking Research and Studies Head, and Head of Shari'a research, and Studies, Dallah Al Baraka Group, KSA, Manager of Research and Development, Al Baraka Banking Group, Advisor, Dallah Al Baraka Group President's office. Dr. Ahmed is currently holding the position of the Secretary General for Economic Affairs at the Islamic Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Pakistan. He is a member of several Shari'a boards and boards of directors including, Shari'a Unified panel, Al Baraka Banking Group, Executive Committee of the Shari'a unified Panel of Al Baraka Banking Group, Saudi Egyptian Shari'a supervisory board, Shari'a Board of RHB, Shari'a Advisor, Al Tawfeeq Company for Leasing Finance, Egypt, Dr. Ahmed is an expert at the Jeddah-based Fiqh Academy.
He has overseen and edited many research activities including the publications of Dallah Al Baraka Group, Al Baraka Annual Islamic Economic symposium, Iqra annual Fiqh & media symposium, the development of the first comprehensive electronic Figh encyclopaedia with Sakhr computers, and Saleh Kamel's program for publishing university theses in Islamic economics.
Dr. Ahmed has written several books on Islamic economics and Islamic banking including such subjects as the activities of Islamic investment companies in the international markets, securities markets and their developmental impact on Islamic economics. |
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| has over 27 years of banking experience in Credit and Marketing. He began his banking career in 1981 at Bank of Bahrain and Kuwait (BBK) in the Credit and Marketing Departments and made his way to a managerial level. He joined Albaraka Islamic Bank in 1994 as Department Head in charge of Credit Analysis and Administration. From 2000 to 2007, he was Assistant General Manager of Credit and Marketing. In November 2007, he joined Albaraka Banking Group as First Vice President- Head of Financial Institutions. |
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| has over 25 years of banking experience in Treasury and Operations. He commenced his banking experience at United Gulf Bank as an Operations Clerk in 1983. In 1988, he joined Shamil Bank (formely Faysal Islamic Bank of Bahrain) as Operations clerk and was promoted to Manager in charge of the Treasury operations of the bank. He was later Treasury Manager in Eskan Bank from April 2006 to May 2007 where he handled the overall liquidity management of the bank and was involved in several committees. In June 2007, he joined Albaraka Banking Group as First Vice President - Head of Treasury and Investments. |
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