More than 25 years in banking, with leadership experience across the Gulf region and beyond.
Executive General Manager (EGM), Chief Wholesale and International Banking Officer
As Executive General Manager (EGM), Chief Wholesale and International Banking Officer at Commercial Bank of Qatar, I’m responsible for strategic relationships across government, corporates, and financial institutions.
I enjoy the challenges of international banking, and leading a team of people, who have different working styles and ways of motivating themselves. I have led teams, managed complexity, led transformation projects, and built partnerships across borders in a banking career that began at Commercial Bank of Qatar in June 2000.
Alongside my executive role, I serve as a board member at the National Bank of Oman (Chair of the Risk and Compliance Committee, Audit Committee member); United Arab Bank (Risk, Compliance and Credit Committees), and at Alternatif Bank, Turkey.
I believe that leadership, in both business and mountaineering, involves resilience, clarity, and knowing when to listen. That applies whether you’re navigating markets—or standing at 8,000 meters in sub-zero winds.
Executive General Manager (EGM), Chief Wholesale and International Banking Officer | Commercial Bank of Qatar | July 2024 - Present
Executive General Manager, International Banking | Commercial Bank of Qatar | January 2015 – June 2024
Executive General Manager, Head of Wholesale Banking | Commercial Bank of Qatar | February 2013 – January 2015
Executive General Manager, Government & International Banking | Commercial Bank of Qatar | October 2011 – February 2013
Head of Government & Public Sector Relations – Corporate Banking | Commercial Bank of Qatar | November 2010 – October 2011
Various roles in operations, cards, retail and corporate banking | Commercial Bank of Qatar | June 2000 – November 2010
Board Member | Alternatif Bank, Istanbul – Turkey | March 2025 – Present
Board Member | National Bank of Oman, Sultanate of Oman | May 2016 – Present
Board Member | United Arab Bank, Sharjah – United Arab Emirates | July 2016 – Present
Vice Chairman | Alternatif Lease, Istanbul – Turkey | April 2016 – October 2018
Board Member | Alternatif Bank, Istanbul – Turkey | July 2013 – October 2018
MBA in Business and Finance | University of Durham, United Kingdom | 2006–2007
BA in Banking and Finance | Bangor University, United Kingdom