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Eissa Mohamed Al Suwaidi was appointed by the Government of Abu Dhabi to join the ADCB Board of Directors and was elected as Chairman of ADCB in September 2008. Eissa Mohamed Al Suwaidi has more than 20 years of experience in asset management and banking.
Bachelor in Economics
(Northeastern University, USA)
Prior to joining the Finance Department of the Government of Abu Dhabi, Mohamed Sultan Ghannoum Al Hameli was the Assistant Director of the European Equities Department of Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA). He was appointed by ADIA to join the ADCB Board of Directors in October 2004.
Ala’a Eraiqat joined ADCB in January 2004 and held various senior posts before taking over as Chief Executive Officer and also becoming a member of ADCB’s Board of Directors in February 2009. He has been a banker since 1991 and previously held senior positions at Citibank and Standard Chartered Bank, among others.
His responsibilities extend to chairing the following subsidiaries and committees of ADCB, among others: Abu Dhabi Commercial Properties, Abu Dhabi Commercial Engineering Services, Al Dhabi Brokerage, the Management Executive Committee and the Management Risk & Credit Committee.
Board Member – Abu Dhabi National Hotels PJSC (ADNH), MasterCard Asia/Pacific, Middle East & Africa Regional Advisory Board, and Mubadala Infrastructure Partners Advisory Board
Named in 2011 as the No. 1 CEO among the Top 50 CEOs from 300 companies in Saudi Arabia and the UAE by Trends, an international magazine on Arab affairs; received The Asian Banker “Promising Young Banker Award” for the Gulf region 2007; and in 2009, chosen by Arabian Business as one of the GCC’s “Most Admired Executives.”
Mohamed Darwish Al Khoori has 23 years of experience in asset management. Since 2008, he has been the Executive Director of the Internal Equities Department at Abu Dhabi Investment Authority.
In May 2004, Mohamed Darwish Al Khoori was nominated by the Government of Abu Dhabi to join the ADCB Board of Directors. He was subsequently elected in April 2006 by ADCB shareholders to act as an ADCB Director, and, in March 2009, he was again nominated by the Government of Abu Dhabi.
Abdulla Khalil Al Mutawa is a competent and dedicated investment professional with more than 30 years of experience and a comprehensive background in finance and administration. He was nominated by ADCB shareholders to join the ADCB Board of Directors in March 1997.
Bachelor of Business Administration
(University of North Carolina, USA)
Khaled H Al Khoori was elected by ADCB shareholders to join ADCB’s Board of Directors in April 2012. Since January 2006, he has been the Chairman of Orient House for Development & Construction.
Mohamed Ali Al Dhaheri was appointed by Abu Dhabi Investment Council (ADIC) to join the ADCB Board of Directors in May 2007. Prior to joining ADIC in 2007, Mohamed Ali Al Dhaheri was the Chief Operating Officer of the Treasury Department in Abu Dhabi Investment Authority.
Sheikh Sultan bin Suroor Al Dhahiri was elected by ADCB shareholders to join the ADCB Board of Directors in March 2009.
Khalid Deemas Al Suwaidi was appointed by the Abu Dhabi Investment Council to join the ADCB Board of Directors in March 2009, and in 2012 was nominated and elected by ADCB shareholders to act as an ADCB Director. He has approximately 14 years of banking experience, having held senior management positions with National Bank of Abu Dhabi and First Gulf Bank.
Aysha Al Hallami is currently a Research Manager in the Strategy Unit of H.H. the Managing Director’s Office at Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA). She is part of the Strategic Research Team that is responsible for ADIA’s portfolio construction, as well as strategic and tactical asset allocation decisions.
Master of Sciences in Finance & Banking, British University in Dubai in association with Cass Business School, City University, London
Bachelor of Science in Business Sciences: major in Finance, Zayed University, Abu Dhabi
Omar Liaqat is the Chief Operating Officer at Abu Dhabi Investment Council. He is an experienced professional with more than 30 years of experience in a wide range of industries in the financial, auditing and management areas. He was a member of the founding team of the Abu Dhabi Investment Council, prior to which he worked at Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) for 19 years. At the onset of his career, he worked in the auditing profession with a host of high-profile clients in the UK and US.
ADCB appointed Gerry Grimstone as adviser to its Board of Directors with effect from 1 January 2013. He brings significant international expertise and experience in investment banking and the financial services industry, and serves on the boards of public and private sector companies.
He was previously a senior investment banker at Schroders and an official in the UK’s HM Treasury. He was responsible for privatisation and policy for state-owned enterprises and helped oversee HM Treasury’s Operational Efficiency Programme. He has also served as one of the UK’s business ambassadors.
Abdirizak has been the Group Chief Internal Auditor at ADCB since 2006, having previously worked at the NASDAQ Stock Market, NASD (FINRA) and OFHEO (FHFA). He has more than 20 years of financial industry experience that spans capital markets management, accounting policy/applications, examinations and auditing, risk management, regulatory oversight, and corporate governance. Currently, he serves as an Audit Committee member of various Abu Dhabi–based companies. Abdirizak is a Certified Public Accountant, and holds a Bachelor’s degree from the University of Washington in Seattle and a Master’s from the George Washington University in Washington, DC.
Arup joined ADCB in 2005 and is Executive Vice President and Head of the Consumer Banking Group. He had previously spent seven years with Citibank, becoming Head of Wealth Management products and Marketing Director for its UAE Consumer business. Before that he worked with Unilever in India in several sales and marketing roles. Arup is a Mechanical Engineering graduate and holds an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow.
Simon has been General Counsel and Board Secretary at ADCB since 2008. After graduating from Durham University in the UK, he practised corporate law in the City of London for eight years. He joined Abu Dhabi Investment Authority in 2006, acting as lawyer to the Emerging Markets Department and the Strategic Investment and Infrastructure teams. He has more than 15 years’ experience in banking, finance, and corporate law.
Simon is a UK-qualified solicitor and has been highly instrumental in the Bank’s recent recognition as a regional leader in corporate governance.
Ali is an experienced banking professional who has worked at senior executive levels since 1998. He is Head of Human Resources for ADCB. Ali’s distinguished career in banking began in 1988, when he joined British Bank of the Middle East (HSBC currently). Before joining ADCB, he was a key part of organisations such as Tamweel, Dubai Islamic Bank (DIB) and ABN AMRO. Under Ali’s leadership, his DIB subsidiary was voted Best Organization by the Board of Islamic Financial Services. He was also an integral part of ABN AMRO’s success in winning the “Best Bank Customer Service/Contact Centre” award at the 2006 Banker Middle East Industry Awards.
Kevin joined ADCB in 2009 as the Head of Treasury and Investments Group. He has held significant Treasury and Risk positions in global organisations such as ALICO, Citigroup, Westpac Bank and Merrill Lynch. At ADCB, he is responsible for a front office staff of 40, including FX trading and sales, derivative trading and sales, and fixed income and investments personnel, along with money market and balance sheet analytics teams. Kevin is the Chairman of the UAE Banks Federation’s Financial Markets Committee and holds an MBA from Macquarie University in Australia.
Ala’a Eraiqat joined ADCB in January 2004 and since then has held various senior posts, before taking over as Chief Executive Officer and also becoming a member of ADCB’s Board of Directors in February 2009. He previously held senior positions at Citibank and Standard Chartered Bank, among others.
His responsibilities extend to chairing the following subsidiaries and committees of ADCB, among others: Abu Dhabi Commercial Properties, Abu Dhabi Commercial Engineering Services, Al Dhabi Brokerage, the Management Executive Committee and the Management Risk & Credit Committee.
Deepak was appointed Group Chief Financial Officer in 2008 and is responsible for group finance, investor relations, and strategic sourcing. He previously spent 15 years with Standard Chartered Bank in the Middle East and in Korea. Before joining Standard Chartered, he worked for 12 years with Ernst & Young and Price Waterhouse & Co. (now PricewaterhouseCoopers) in the Middle East and India. He is an Associate of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and an Associate Member of the Association of Corporate Treasurers (UK).
Abdulla joined ADCB as Executive Vice-President and Head of Government Relations in 2010, after being the Vice-President of Dubai Islamic Bank’s Wealth Management Division. He is currently appointed as Managing Director of ADCB’s subsidiaries: Abu Dhabi Commercial Properties LLC and Abu Dhabi Commercial Engineering Services LLC. Abdulla is responsible for retaining the ISO certification by Lloyd’s Register Quality Assurance for both companies. He is a member of ADCB’s MEC, Vice-Chairman of the ADCP & ADCE boards and Chairman of ADCIF.
Abdulla has 11 years’ experience in banking and business management and holds Master’s degrees in Business Administration and Science in Management from Colorado Technical University, USA, with double majors in Business Management and System Management.
Colin completed his Master of Arts in Financial Economics at the University of Dundee, receiving the Bowie Memorial Prize for top economics graduate. He is an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Bankers and a Fellow of the Royal Society for the Arts. Colin joined Barclays Bank in 1992 and undertook various roles as an international banker. In 2007, he was appointed Barclays’ Corporate Banking Director, GCC, joining ADCB a year later as Executive Vice-President and Head of the Wholesale Banking Group.
Kishore joined ADCB as Chief Risk Officer in 2009, having started his banking career with State Bank of India, where he spent 12 years in diverse roles. He also spent 13 years at ABN AMRO, handling various assignments across Asia, Europe and North America, and was previously Chief Credit & Risk Officer at Arab Banking Corporation for five years, responsible for enterprise-wide risk-management implementation. Kishore is a member of ADCB’s MEC, MRCC, MRC and ALCO. As the Bank’s first CRO, Kishore is charged with setting up, embedding, and expanding the risk framework. He is a qualified cost accountant and corporate secretary and holds a degree in physics.
Jerry was appointed Group Chief Operating Officer following ADCB’s acquisition of the Royal Bank of Scotland’s retail banking business in the UAE in 2010. He was previously Chief Operating Officer for Royal Bank of Scotland’s Middle East and Africa franchise, a position he held from 2008. He also served as an Executive Director for ABN AMRO’s Group Services Division, and before that fulfilled various directorships within ABN AMRO’s Wholesale Division. Jerry holds a BA from the University of California, an MBA and Master in Business Informatics from Erasmus University — Rotterdam School of Management, and was a distinguished Fulbright fellow at the University of Leiden in The Netherlands.
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