Board of Directors

Eissa Mohamed Al Suwaidi was appointed by the Abu Dhabi Investment Council (ADIC) 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)

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)

Mohamed Darwish Al Khoori has 29 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 ADIA 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 ADIC in March 2009. In March 2015, he was again nominated and elected by shareholders to be an ADCB Director.

Bachelor of Business Administration (Siena Heights University, Michigan, USA)

General Manager Program (Harvard Business School)

Khalid Deemas Al Suwaidi was appointed by 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))

Mohamed Ali Al Dhaheri was appointed by 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 the Accounting & Financial Services Department, ADIC.

Bachelor of Business Administration (International University of America)

Abdulla Khalil Al Mutawa is a skilled and dedicated investment professional with more than 35 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)

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)

Faisal Suhail Al Dhaheri was nominated by ADIC to join ADCB’s Board of Directors in March 2016. He is a member of the strategy team of 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)

Aysha Al Hallami is currently a Research Specialist in the Fixed Income and Treasury Department at ADIA. Aysha Al Hallami was elected by ADIC 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)

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 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.