Eissa Mohammed 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 Mohammed Al Suwaidi has over 20 years of experience in asset management and banking.

External appointments:
Executive Director – Abu Dhabi Investment Council

Board Member – Abu Dhabi National Oil Company for Distribution, International Petroleum Investment Company, Abu Dhabi Fund for Development, Emirates Investment Authority, Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company (du)

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 ADIA. He was appointed by ADIA to join the ADCB Board of Directors in October 2004.

External appointments:
Executive Director of Abu Dhabi Finance Department

Chairman of Health Authority (HAAD)

Board Member – Abu Dhabi Ports Co, Abu Dhabi Health Services Co, Abu Dhabi Development Fund, Abu Dhabi Public Service Co. (Musanada), Abu Dhabi Airports Co, Social Welfare & Minor Affairs Foundation

Bachelor in Finance (Boston University, USA – graduated with a major in finance)

General Manager Program (Harvard Business School)

Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA Institute)

Ala’a M 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 amongst others.

His responsibilities expand to chairing the following subsidiaries and committees of ADCB, among others: Abu Dhabi Commercial Properties, Abu Dhabi Commercial Engineering Services, Al Dhabi Brokerage, Management Executive Committee, Management Risk & Credit Committee.

External appointments:
Member of Board of Directors in Abu Dhabi National Hotels, Public Joint Stock Co, Director to the MasterCard Asia/Pacific, Middle East & Africa Regional Advisory Board, Member of Mubadala Infrastructure Partners Advisory Board

Personal Awards:
Adjudged in 2011 as the No 1 CEO among the Top 50 CEOs from 300 companies in Saudi Arabia and UAE by Trends, an international magazine on Arab Affairs; The Asian Banker Promising Young Banker Award for the Gulf Region 2007 on 16 March 2008; and in 2009, he was chosen by Arabian Business as one of the GCC’s Most
Admired Executives.

Mohamed Darwish Al Khoori has 22 years of experience in asset management. In January 2008 Mohamed Darwish Al Khoori was appointed as the Executive Director of ADIA’s Internal Equities Department.

In May 2004, Mohamed Darwish Al Khoori was nominated by the Government of Abu Dhabi to join the ADCB Board of Directors, and he was subsequently elected by ADCB shareholders to act as an ADCB Director, in April 2006. In March 2009, he was again nominated by the Government of Abu Dhabi to join the ADCB Board of Directors.

External appointments:
Executive Director Abu Dhabi Investment Authority

Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors – Oman & Emirates Investment Holding Company

Chairman of the Executive Committee – Oman & Emirates Investment Holding Company

Board Member – The Financial Corporation Company

Bachelor in Business Administration (Siena Heights College, Michigan, USA)

General Manager Program (Harvard Business School)

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.

External appointments:
General Manager – Office of Sheikh Suroor Bin Mohammed Al Nahyan

Board Member – Al Falah Exchange, UAE; Bank Al Falah, Pakistan; Wateen Telecom, Pakistan; National Banks Association, UAE; Emirates Bank Association

BS in Business Administration, (University of North Carolina, USA)

Salem Mohamed Athaith Al Ameri is currently the Executive Director of the Private Equity Department of the Abu Dhabi Investment Council (since May 2007).

Prior to being appointed by Abu Dhabi Investment Council to join the ADCB Board of Directors in May 2007, Salem Mohamed Athaith Al Ameri spent 9 years with ADIA. During that time he was the Head of the Rest of the World region in ADIA’s Private Equities Department.

External appointments:
Executive Director – Abu Dhabi Investment Council

Board Member – Abu Dhabi Investment Company

Chairman – Abu Dhabi National Hotels

Bachelor in Business Management (Colorado Technical University, Colorado Springs, USA)

Mohamed Esmaeel Al Fahim is a prominent UAE national, employed with the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority and holding a senior position since 1987.

Mohamed Esmaeel Al Fahim was elected by ADCB shareholders to join ADCB’s Board of Directors in March 2009.

External appointments:
Board Member – Abu Dhabi Islamic Financial Services (subsidiary of Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank), Baniyas Investment, Al Fajer Investment, Bloom Real Estate, Green Crescent Insurance, Burooj Master of Science in Banking & Finance (Lebanese American University, Lebanon)

Before being appointed by Abu Dhabi Investment Council to join the ADCB Board of Directors in May 2007, Mohamed Ali Al Dhaheri was the Chief Operating Officer of the Treasury Department in ADIA.

External appointments:
Board Member – Abu Dhabi Investment Company, Al Hilal Takaful, Securities & Commodities Authority (since June 2010)

Member of Remuneration Committee – Abu Dhabi Investment Council, Al Hilal Takaful, Securities & Commodities Authority (since June 2010)

Bachelor of Business Administration (International University of America)

Sheikh Sultan Al Dhahiri was elected by ADCB shareholders to join the ADCB Board of Directors in March 2009.

External appointments:
Chairman of SSD Commercial Investment, and Abu Dhabi Maritime & Mercantile International Co

Board Member – Abu Dhabi National Tourism and Hotels, Al Khazna Insurance Company

Bachelor in Business & Marketing (Middlesex University, London, UK)

MBA (Abertay Dundee University, UK)

Khalid Deemas Al Suwaidi was appointed by the Abu Dhabi Investment Council to join the ADCB Board of Directors in March 2009. Khalid Deemas Al Suwaidi has approximately 13 years of banking experience, having held senior management positions with National Bank of Abu Dhabi and First Gulf Bank.

External appointments:
Chief Executive Officer – Das Holding

Chairman of Emirates & Morocco Trading & General Investment, United Tina

Vice chairman of Manazel Real Estate Company

Board Member – Abu Dhabi National Takaful Company, Citiscape Group Company

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)

After a brief period as an Assistant Professor in Finance at a Parisian University, Jean-Paul Pierre Villain joined Banque Paribas in 1971, moving from Portfolio Manager to Head of Investments in the asset management department. In 1982, he joined ADIA as the Regional Manager for Europe before being appointed Senior Fund Manager. He returned to Paribas in 1987 to become the first Chief Executive and Chief Investment Officer of newly created Paribas Asset Management. In 1992 he returned to ADIA as Regional Manager for Europe and was subsequently appointed Advisor and then Senior Advisor for Investment Strategy. He is currently the Director of the Strategy Unit at HH the Managing Director’s Office, ADIA.

In 2007, the President of the French Republic made Jean-Paul Pierre Villain Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur.

In May 2004 Jean-Paul Pierre Villain was appointed by the Government of Abu Dhabi to join the ADCB Board of Directors.

External appointments:
Director of Strategy Unit, HH the Managing Director’s Office, ADIA

Member of ADIA Strategy Committee

Chairman – ADIA Compensation and Benefits Working Group

Member of the Investment Committee of the Abu Dhabi Fund for Retirement and Benefits

Governor – British School Al Khubairat, Abu Dhabi

Institut d’Etudes Politiques (Paris) Licence et DEA Economie (Paris) Licence et DEA Science (Paris)