Board of Directors

Eissa Mohamed Al Suwaidi

Eissa Mohamed Al Suwaidi

Chairman
Independent*, Non-Executive Director

Eissa Mohamed Al Suwaidi has more than 20 years of experience in asset management and banking. He was appointed by the Abu Dhabi Investment Council to join the ADCB Board of Directors in 2008, when he was also elected Chairman.

Bachelor of Economics (Northeastern University, USA)

ADCB COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIPS:
Chairman—Risk & Credit Committee
Member—Nomination, Compensation & HR Committee

EXTERNAL APPOINTMENTS:
Chairman—Emirates Telecommunications Group Company
Vice Chairman—Maroc Telecom
Chief Executive Officer — Abu Dhabi Investment Council
Board Member—Emirates Investment Authority

Mohamed Sultan Ghannoum Al Hameli

Mohamed Sultan Ghannoum Al Hameli

Vice Chairman
Independent*, Non-Executive Director

Mohamed Sultan Ghannoum Al Hameli brings substantial financial experience to the Board having served in the Department of Finance — Emirate of Abu Dhabi and as Assistant Director of the European Equities Department of the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority. 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
Board Member — Social Welfare & Minor Affairs Foundation, Emirates Telecommunications Group Company, Abu Dhabi Retirement Pension and Benefit Fund, UAE Federal Tax Authority, Abu Dhabi Development Holding Company

Mohamed Darwish Al Khoori

Mohamed Darwish Al Khoori

Independent*, Non-Executive Director

Mohamed Darwish Al Khoori has 30 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)

ADCB COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIPS:
Member — Risk & Credit Committee
Member — Nomination, Compensation & HR Committee

EXTERNAL APPOINTMENTS:
Chairman — Oman & Emirates Investment Holding Company — Board
Chairman — Oman & Emirates Investment Holding Company — Executive Committee
Chairman — 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 Committee

Khalid Deemas Al Suwaidi

Khalid Deemas Al Suwaidi

Independent*, Non-Executive Director

Khalid Deemas Al Suwaidi provides more than 15 years of banking experience, having held senior management positions in National Bank of Abu Dhabi and First Gulf Bank. He was appointed by the Abu Dhabi Investment Council 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.

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:
Board Member — Manazel Real Estate Company
Vice Chairman — Abu Dhabi National Takaful Company
Group Chief Executive Officer —  Das Holding

Mohamed Ali Al Dhaheri

Mohamed Ali Al Dhaher

Independent*, Non-Executive Director

Mohamed Ali Al Dhaheri supports the Board with his experience in financial services and investments. He was appointed by the Abu Dhabi Investment Council 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)

ADCB COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIPS:
Chairman — Corporate Governance Committee
Member — Audit & Compliance Committee

EXTERNAL APPOINTMENTS:
Chairman — Invest AD

Abdulla Khalil Al Mutawa

Abdulla Khalil Al Mutawa

Independent*, Non-Executive Director

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)

ADCB COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIPS:
Member — Audit & Compliance Committee

EXTERNAL APPOINTMENTS:
General Manager — The Private Office of Sheikh Suroor bin Mohammed Al Nahyan
Board Member — Bank Alfalah Limited
Chairman — Makhazen Investment Company
Non-Executive Member — EFG Hermes Board

Sheikh Sultan bin Suroor Al Dhaheri

Sheikh Sultan bin Suroor Al Dhaheri

Independent*, Non-Executive Director

Sheikh Sultan bin Suroor Al Dhaheri has more than 10 years’ experience in business and marketing and strong commercial knowledge. He 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

Faisal Suhail Al Dhaheri

Independent*, Non-Executive Director

Faisal Suhail Al Dhaheri brings a wealth of experience from working within the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority where he has managed a broad range of investment and organisational reforms. He is a member of the Strategy & Planning Department at ADIA and oversees its Alternative Investments mandates: strategic asset allocation and tactical hedges against strategic portfolios.
He was nominated by the Abu Dhabi Investment Council to join ADCB’s Board of Directors in March 2016.

Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA Association)
Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA Institute)
Bachelor of Islamic Law (Al-Imam Muhammad Ibn Saud Islamic University, KSA)
Master & Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics (Boston University, Massachusetts, USA)

ADCB COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIPS:
Member — Corporate Governance Committee

EXTERNAL APPOINTMENTS:
Vice Chairman — Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahayan Charitable & Humanitarian Foundation Investment Committee

Aysha Al Hallami

Aysha Al Hallami

Independent*, Non-Executive Director

Aysha Al Hallami is a Research Specialist in the Real Estate and Infrastructure Department at the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, where she has served for more than eight years. Aysha Al Hallami was appointed by the The 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:
Chairperson — Audit & Compliance Committee
Member — Risk & Credit Committee

Khaled H. Al Khoori

Khaled H. Al Khoori

Independent*, Non-Executive Director

Khaled H. Al Khoori brings more than 20 years commercial experience to ADCB and, since 2006, has been Chairman of Orient House for Development & Construction as well as serving on the Board of Abu Dhabi National Hotels from 2009. He was elected by ADCB shareholders to join ADCB’s Board of Directors in April 2012.

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
NCHR Committee — Abu Dhabi National Hotels (ADNH)
Board Executive Committee — Abu Dhabi National Hotels (ADNH)
Chairman of the Board of Directors — Abu Dhabi National Hotels (ADNH Compass)

Sir Gerry Grimstone

Sir Gerry Grimstone

Adviser

Sir Gerry Grimstone 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, the immediate past Chairman of Standard Life Aberdeen, is the Chairman of Barclays Bank plc, Europe’s largest investment bank, which oversees Barclays’ Corporate and Investment Bank, Private Bank, and International Cards and Payments businesses. He was previously Chairman of TheCityUK, the representative body for financial services in the UK, 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.
He was appointed as an Adviser to the ADCB Board of Directors in 2013.

EXTERNAL APPOINTMENTS:
Chairman — Heng An Standard Life, a major Chinese Insurance Company
Non-Executive Director — HDFC Life, a major Indian Insurance Company
Lead Non-Executive Director — UK Ministry of Defence
Independent Non-Executive — Deloitte North West Europe

* Independent (assessed as per Bank policies and by reference to local regulations)