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

External appointments:
Chairman – Emirates Telecommunications Corporation (Etisalat)

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

Bachelor in Economics (Northeastern University, USA)

Prior to joining the Finance Department of the Government of Abu Dhabi, Mohamed S 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.

External appointments:
Director General - Abu Dhabi Finance Department

Chairman - Health Authority (HAAD)

Board Member – Abu Dhabi Ports Co, Abu Dhabi Health Services Co, Abu Dhabi Public Service Co. (Musanada), 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, 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, Management Executive Committee and Management Risk & Credit Committee.

External appointments:
Board Member – Abu Dhabi National Hotels PJSC (ADNH), MasterCard Asia/Pacific, Middle East & Africa Regional Advisory Board, 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; and in 2009 he was chosen by Arabian Business as one of the GCC’s Most Admired Executives.

Mohamed D Al Khoori has 23 years of experience in asset management. Since 2008 Mohamed D Al Khoori has been the Executive Director of the Internal Equities Department at Abu Dhabi Investment Authority.

In May 2004, Mohamed D 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, by the Government of Abu Dhabi.

External appointments:
Chairman – Oman & Emirates Investment Holding Company

Executive Director – Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA)

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

Member – ADIA’s Investment, Alpha and Management Committees

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

General Manager Program (Harvard Business School)

Abdulla K 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; UAE Bank Federations

Chairman of Bank Al Falah’s Audit and Risk Committees

Member of Bank Al Falah’s Finance Credit & HR Committee

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

Salem M 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 M 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:
Chairman – Abu Dhabi National Hotels (ADNH)

Executive Director – Abu Dhabi Investment Council

Board Member – Abu Dhabi Investment Company

Chairman of Abu Dhabi Investment Company’s Audit Committee

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

Khalid H 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.

External appointments:
Chairman – Orient House for Development & Construction

CEO – Future Investments & Blue Lake Properties

Board Member & Chairman of Audit Committee – Abu Dhabi National Hotels (ADNH)

Master of Civil Engineering (Northeastern University, USA)

Bachelor of Civil Engineering (Northeastern University, USA)

Before being appointed by Abu Dhabi Investment Council to join the ADCB Board of Directors in May 2007, Mohamed A 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 Abu Dhabi Investment Council’s Remuneration Committee

Chairman of Al Hilal Takaful’s Investment Committee

Member of Al Hilal Takaful’s Audit and Executive Committees

Member of Securities & Commodities Authority’s Internal Audit Committee

Bachelor of Business Administration (International University of America)

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

External appointments:
Chairman – SSD Group, Abu Dhabi Maritime & Mercantile International Co

Vice Chairman – National Corporation for Tourism & Hotels, Al Khazna Insurance Company

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

MBA (Abertay Dundee University, UK)

Khalid D 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. Khalid D Al Suwaidi has approximately 14 years of banking experience, having held senior management positions with National Bank of Abu Dhabi and First Gulf Bank.

External appointments:
Chairman – Emirates & Morocco Trading & General Investment, United Tina

Vice Chairman – Manazel Real Estate Company

Chief Executive Officer – Das Holding

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 P 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 Adviser and then Senior Adviser 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 P Villain Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur.

In May 2004 Jean-Paul P 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’s Strategy Committee

Chairman of ADIA’s Compensation and Benefits Working Group

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

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

ADCB appointed Gerry Grimstone as adviser to its Board of Directors with effect from 1 January 2013. Mr Grimstone brings significant international expertise and experience in investment banking and the financial services industry, and serving 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 enterprise 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

Chairman – The City UK

Lead Non-Executive Director – UK Ministry of Defence

Independent Non-Executive Director – Deloitte LLP

Board Member – UK Government’s Shareholder Executive

UKTI Special Representative to India for Financial Services