Executive Management

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, amongst others. His responsibilities extend to chairing the following subsidiaries and committees of ADCB, amongst 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.

Deepak was appointed Group Chief Financial Officer in 2008 and is responsible for Group finance and strategy, 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. Deepak is an Associate of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and an Associate Member of the Association of Corporate Treasurers (UK).

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 Banking Division. Jerry holds a BA from the University of California and an MBA and a Master’s degree in Business Informatics from the Rotterdam School of 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 Head of the Wholesale Banking Group.

Arup joined ADCB in 2005 and is 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. In 2016, Arup was named the Retail Banker of the Year In the Middle East by The Asian Banker, Singapore.

Kevin joined ADCB in 2009 as Head of the Treasury & Investments Group. He has held significant treasury and risk positions in global organizations 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, balance sheet analytics teams. Kevin has over thirty years of global experience in banking and finance and is a member of the UAE Banks Federation Financial Markets Committee and a member of the Board of Directors of Gulf Capital. He holds an MBA from Macquarie University in Australia and a Master of Science in Risk Management from the Stern School of Business, New York University.

Ali Darwish is a versatile leader with over 20 years of banking experience. A combination of interests in operational excellence, talent engagement and business strategy has accelerated his career through diverse positions in top financial institutions within the UAE. Ali’s particular focus on human capital strategy enables him to transform talent into tangible assets for organisations. His in-depth understanding of strategy, performance objectives and drivers enables him to optimise capacity and capability across all business areas of the Bank. Ali is managing a multidisciplinary award winning HR team who keep service excellence at the heart of the HR value proposition.

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 degree from The George Washington University in Washington, DC.

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 a lawyer to the Emerging Markets department and the Strategic Investment and Infrastructure teams. He has more than 20 years of 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.

Tilak was appointed as the Acting Group Chief Risk Officer in March 2017. He has been with ADCB for 37 years with main focus areas on credit underwriting, remedial risk & restructuring. He has an in-depth understanding of the functionalities across all areas of the Bank. Prior to joining ADCB, Tilak worked for Hatton National Bank in Sri Lanka, undertaking different roles within the Credit Group.