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 of Economics
(Northeastern University, USA)
ADCB Committee Memberships: Chairman — Risk & Credit Committee
Member — Nomination, Compensation & HR Committee
External Appointments:
Chairman — Emirates Telecommunications Corporation (Etisalat Group)
Vice Chairman — Maroc Telecom
Managing Director — Abu Dhabi Investment Council
Board Member — Abu Dhabi National Oil Company for Distribution, International Petroleum Investment Company, Emirates Investment Authority
Prior to joining the Department of
Finance — Emirate 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.
Bachelor of Finance
(Boston University, USA)
General Manager Program, Strategic IQ: Creating Smarter Corporations
(Harvard Business School)
Chartered Financial Analyst
(CFA Institute)
ADCB Committee Memberships:
Chairman — Nomination, Compensation & HR Committee
Member — Risk & Credit Committee
External Appointments:
Director General — Abu Dhabi Finance Department
Chairman — National Health Insurance Company (DAMAN)
Board Member — Social Welfare & Minor Affairs Foundation, Emirates Telecommunications Corporation (Etisalat Group)
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, ADCB Securities, Itmam Services, the ADCB Management Executive Committee, and the ADCB Management Risk & Credit Committee.
External Appointments:
Board Member — Abu Dhabi National Hotels PJSC (ADNH); MasterCard Asia/Pacific, Middle East & Africa Regional Advisory Board; and Mubadala Infrastructure Partners Advisory Board
Personal Awards
Awarded the Asian Banker CEO Leadership Achievement Award for the UAE for the period 2013–16 by Asian Banker; Named in 2015 as the Banking Business Leader of the year by Gulf Business Industry Awards; 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 in 2007, and in 2009, chosen by Arabian Business as one of the GCC's “Most Admired Executives.”
Mohamed Darwish Al Khoori has 27 years of experience in asset management and its related disciplines. Mr. Al Khoori has been Executive Director of the Operations Department of the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) since 31 May 2015. From 2008–2015, he was 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, and in April 2006, he was elected by the ADCB shareholders to be an ADCB Director. He was subsequently nominated to be an ADCB Director by the Government of Abu Dhabi in March 2009. In March 2015, he was again nominated and elected to be an ADCB Director.
Bachelor of Business Administration
(Siena Heights University, Michigan, USA)
General Manager Program
(Harvard Business School)
ADCB Committee Memberships:
Chairman — Audit & Compliance Committee
Member — Nomination, Compensation & HR Committee
External Appointments:
Chairman — Oman & Emirates
Investment Holding Company — Executive Committee
Vice Chairman — Oman & Emirates
Investment Holding Company — Board
Member — The Financial Corporation (FINCORP) Board
Chairman — The Financial Corporation (FINCORP) — Audit Committee
Member — Abu Dhabi Global Market (Board)
Member — Abu Dhabi Global Market (Audit Committee)
Executive Director — Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (Operations Department)
Member — ADIA's Investment and Management Committees
Khalid Deemas Al Suwaidi was appointed by the Abu Dhabi Investment Council (ADIC) to join the ADCB Board of Directors in March 2009. In 2012, he was nominated and elected by ADCB shareholders to act as a Director, and in March 2015, he was again nominated and elected by ADIC to act as a Director.
Khalid Deemas Al Suwaidi has approximately 15 years of banking experience, having held senior management positions with National Bank of Abu Dhabi and First Gulf Bank.
Master of Business Administration, minor in Management Information Systems and Strategic Planning (Widener University, USA)
Bachelor of Science/Computer Information Systems (Bethune Cookman College, USA)
ADCB Committee Memberships:
Member — Corporate Governance Committee
Member — Audit & Compliance Committee
External Appointments:
Chairman — Emirates & Morocco Trading & General Investment
Vice Chairman — Manazel Real Estate Company and Abu Dhabi National Takaful Company
Group Chief Executive Officer — Das Holding
Board Member — Citiscape Group Company
Mohamed Ali Al Dhaheri was appointed by the Abu Dhabi Investment Council (ADIC) to join the ADCB Board of Directors in May 2007. Prior to joining ADIC, Mohamed Ali Al Dhaheri was the Chief Operating Officer of the Treasury Department in Abu Dhabi Investment Authority.
Mr. Al Dhaheri is currently the Executive Director of Accounting & Financial Services Department, Abu Dhabi Investment Council.
Bachelor of Business Administration
(International University of America)
ADCB Committee Memberships:
Chairman — Corporate Governance Committee
Member — Audit & Compliance Committee
External Appointments:
Chairman —Invest AD
Abdulla Khalil Al Mutawa is a skilled 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)
ADCB Committee Memberships:
Member — Nomination, Compensation & HR Committee
Member — Audit & Compliance Committee
External Appointments:
General Manager — The Private Office of Sheikh Suroor bin Mohammed Al Nahyan
Board Member — Alfalah Exchange Company, Abu Dhabi, UAE; Bank Alfalah Limited; Makhazen Investment Company (Chairman)
Bank Alfalah:
Chairman — Board Strategy & Finance Committee
Chairman — Board Human Resources & Nomination Committee
Member — Board Audit Committee
Member — Board Risk Management Committee
Member — Board Compensation Committee
Sheikh Sultan bin Suroor Al Dhaheri was elected by ADCB shareholders to join the ADCB Board of Directors in March 2009.
Master of Business Administration
(Abertay Dundee University, UK)
Bachelor in Business & Marketing
(Middlesex University, London, UK)
ADCB Committee Memberships:
Member — Corporate Governance Committee
External Appointments:
Chairman — SSD Group, Abu Dhabi Maritime & Mercantile International Co.
Chairman — Al Dhaana Holding
Faisal Suhail Al Dhaheri was nominated by the Abu Dhabi Investment Council (ADIC) to join ADCB's Board of Directors in March 2016. He is a member of the strategy team of Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA). Mr. Al Dhaheri manages ADIA's alternative investments mandates, strategic asset allocation, and tactical hedges against strategic portfolios.
Prior to holding this position, Mr. Al Dhaheri served as a Senior Adviser within ADIA's Managing Director's Office spearheading a broad range of investment and organisational reforms.
Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst
(CAIA Association)
Chartered Financial Analyst
(CFA Institute)
Master of Arts in Mathematics
(Boston University, Massachusetts, USA)
Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics
(Boston University, Massachusetts, USA)
ADCB Committee Memberships:
Member — Risk & Credit Committee
External Appointments:
Member — The Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahayan Charitable & Humanitarian Foundation Investment Committee
Aysha Al Hallami is currently a Research Specialist in the Strategy Unit of H.H. the Managing Director's Office at Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA). She is part of the Private Equity Strategy team that is responsible for ADIA's Private Equity allocation. Aysha Al Hallami was elected by Abu Dhabi Investment Council to join the ADCB Board of Directors in April 2013.
Chartered Financial Analyst,
CFA Institute
Private Equity and Venture Capital
(Harvard Business School)
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, UAE)
ADCB Committee Memberships:
Member — Audit & Compliance Committee
Member — Risk & Credit Committee
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.
Master of Civil Engineering
(Northeastern University, USA)
Bachelor of Civil Engineering
(Northeastern University, USA)
ADCB Committee Memberships:
Member — Risk & Credit Committee
Member — Corporate Governance Committee
External Appointments:
Chairman — Orient House for Development & Construction
Board Member & Chairman —
Capital Expenditure Committee — Abu Dhabi National Hotels (ADNH)
ADCB appointed Sir Gerry Grimstone as Adviser to its Board of Directors in January 2013. He brings significant international expertise and experience in investment banking and the financial services industry, and serves on the boards of several high-profile public- and private-sector companies.
Sir Gerry was previously Chairman of TheCityUK, 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.
External Appointments:
Chairman — Standard Life
Deputy Chairman — Barclays PLC
Lead Non-Executive Director — UK Ministry of Defence
Independent Non-Executive Director — Deloitte LLP