The Banking Executive - Decemebr 2021, Issue 156

With extensive experience in banking, insurance and real estate investment sectors, Sheikh Mohammed Jarrah Al-Sabah was elected Chairman of the Board of Directors of KIB in 2010, after he had initially joined the Board of Directors in 2007. In addi- tion to his role at KIB, Al-Jarrah is the Chairman of the Union of Arab Banks, and the President of the Supreme Council of Arbitration, in the aforesaid Union. He is also a member of the Board of Directors of the World Union of Arab Bankers, a member of the Board of Directors of Kuwait Banking Association, a member of the Board of Trustees at the Arab Academy for Banking and Financial Sciences, and Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of Warba Insurance Company. Al-Jarrah has enjoyed a prolific professional career marked by numerous achievements, dur- ing which he has held several senior level positions at a number of key market play- ers inside and outside Kuwait such as Chairman & Managing Director of Com- mercial Bank of Kuwait, and the General Manager of Arab International Insurance Co. in Bahrain. Furthermore, Al-Jarrah has also held other senior posts in Kuwait Real Estate Investment Consortium, Kuwait Re-Insurance Company, Salhiya Real Estate Company and Arab Insurance Group (ARIG). Arab Banks Awards & Commendations of Excellence 2021 LIST OF AWARDED PERSONALITIES AT THE ARAB BANKING AWARDS AND COMMENDATIONS OF EXCELLENCE 2021 ISSUE 156 DECEMBER 2021 the BANKING EXECUTIVE 57 SHEIKH MOHAMMED JARRAH AL-SABAH LÉFõI {Gdફqõ a» Gd≤«ÉOIz Chairman of Kuwait International Bank (KIB) and Chairman of Union of Arab Banks H.E. Hamood Sangour Al- Zadjali is the Chairman of Board of Trusties, The Arab Academy for Management, Banking and Fi- nancial Sciences (AAMBFS). He was ap- pointed by Royal Decree as Executive President of the Central Bank of Oman (CBO) in June 1991 and served till 2017. H.E. Al- Zadjali is a renowned expert on financial and economic policy making in the GCC region. While serving as Execu- tive President of CBO, he was widely rec- ognized for nurturing and steering the banking sector in Oman into a stable, sound and resilient financial system, by developing not only the banking sector but also deepening and widening other segments of the financial markets. H.E. Al-Zadjali started his banking career with HSBC Bank in 1969. Before taking over as Executive President of CBO, he held executive positions in various capac- ities in the financial sector including CBO. Born in 1947, H.E. Al-Zadjali holds a Management degree from Boston Univer- sity’s School of Management, USA. H.E HAMOOD BIN SANGOUR AL-ZADJALI LÉFõI G’féÉR drawA tnemeveihcA emitefiL Chairman of Board of Trusties,The Arab Academy for Management, Banking and Financial Sciences (AAMBFS) and Former Executive President of the of the Central Bank of Oman (CBO)