Board of Directors

	HRH Prince Amr Mohammed Al Faisal CHAIRMAN HRH Prince Amr has more than twenty–four years of extensive and diversified experience in commercial and investment banking, executive management, architecture and engineering.He is a member of the Board of Supervisors of Dar Al Maal Al Islami Trust, Faisal Islamic Bank (Sudan) and Faisal Islamic Bank (Egypt) and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Al Daleel Information Systems. HRH Prince Amr is also Founder and Director of the Red Sea Bureau for Engineering Consultancy (Jeddah), Al Daleel Company For Information Systems (headquartered in Jeddah with sister companies in Tunisia, Sudan and Pakistan), Al Wadi Company For Trading Ltd. (Jeddah) and Amr Establishment for Marketing and Commerce. He is a fellow of the Saudi Association for Construction Societies, City Development and Clean Environment and a member of the Saudi Council of Engineers.HRH Prince Amr holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Architecture from King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia.
	Khalid Abdulla-Janahi EXECUTIVE VICE CHAIRMAN Mr. Janahi is Group Chief Executive of Dar Al-Maal Al-Islami Trust (DMI Trust), Chairman of Faisal Private Bank (Switzerland), DMI Administrative Services and Islamic Investment Company of the Gulf (Bahamas) Ltd., and Chairman of Solidarity Group. He is a member of the Board of Directors and Chairman of the Executive Committee of BBK (formerly known as Bank of Bahrain and Kuwait) and a member of the Board of Faisal Islamic Bank of Egypt. He is a Member of the Board of the Centre for International Business and Management (CIBAM) at the University of Cambridge, UK. A Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, Mr. Janahi holds a BSc. in Computer Science and Accountancy from the University of Manchester, UK.

Tunku Dato’ Ya’acob Bin Tunku Abdullah Prince Ya'acob is Chairman of MAA Holdings Berhad (Malaysia), which he joined in 1999. Prior to his current position, Prince Ya'acob worked for 19 years for Malaysian Assurance Alliance Berhad, where his last position was as Chairman. He also worked at Price Waterhouse London (UK) and Malaysia, where he held the position of Assistant Manager in their offices in Kuala Lumpur. Prince Ya'acob holds a Bachelor of Science degree with Honours from the City University in London and is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales.

Abdulhameed M. Aboumoussa Mr. Aboumoussa is Governor of Faisal Islamic Bank of Egypt, which he joined in 1977. Prior to his current position, Mr. Aboumoussa worked in the Central Bank of Egypt for 16 years. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Accounting and a Diploma in Finance from Cairo University in Egypt, and a Diploma in Banking Economics from Lwegi Boconi University in Milano, Italy. He is a Member of the coordinating council that determines the monetary and fiscal policy objectives of the Egyptian economy.

Sheikh Mohammed Youseef El Khereiji Sheikh Mohammed comes from one of the leading merchant families in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. He studied in Switzerland and the United Kingdom and graduated with an MBA in Marketing and Finance. He started his career as a consultant and financial adviser for, inter alia, Prudential Bache and BNP Paribas in Geneva. He is currently Chairman of Global Investment and Marketing SAGeneva – Global Hotels and Resorts BV – Marriott European Holding – and Creative Investment and Marketing SA. He is Chief Financial Officer of El Khereiji Group – Chairman of Sage Capital Management Group in Bahrain. Sheikh Mohammed is also Honorary Chairman of the Swiss Red Cross as well as its international Ambassador, and is an active contributor to many charitable entities. He holds many other prominent executive Board positions in Europe and the Middle East.

Shaikha Hissah bint Saad Al-Sabah Shaikha Hissah is President of the Council of Arab Businesswomen. She has had a long history in the Kuwait Government and private voluntary service, including: Department of Medical Services, Research and Development, Military Hospital, Ministry of Defence, State of Kuwait; Adviser, Defence Minister's Office, State of Kuwait; Chairperson of the Narcotics Control Committee; Kuwait Volunteers Women Society; Kuwait Businesswomen Committee; Arab African Women's Council; Honorary Chairperson, Arab Federation of Non-Government Societies for Addiction Prevention; Deputy Chairperson, Kuwait Narcotics Control Committee; and Member, National Committee for Narcotics Control and International Council of Alcohol and Addiction. Shaikha Hissah studied Public Administration and Political Science at the American University of Beirut, Lebanon and has a Doctorate in Humane Letters.

Khalil Nooruddin Mr. Nooruddin is the founder and the Managing Partner of Capital Knowledge, a financial consultancy and training company based in Bahrain. Mr. Nooruddin is also a board member of Gulf International Bank and Vice Chairman of Alpine Wealth Management. Before establishing Capital Knowledge, he served as the Director of the Bahrain Institute of Banking and Finance until he resigned in 2007. Prior to assuming that assignment in 2004, Mr. Nooruddin worked for 20 years as a corporate and investment banker. His last assignment in this field was with Investcorp Bank, where he served as a Member of the firm’s Management Committee for 10 years. Before Investcorp, he served as a corporate banker with Chase Manhattan Bank in Bahrain and as an investment banking professional with Chase Investors Management Corporation and UBS Asset Management in London and Zurich. Before his banking career, he worked as an operations research analyst with Bahrain Petroleum Company (Bapco) in Bahrain and Caltex Petroleum Corporation in New York. Mr. Nooruddin is a Chartered Financial Analyst and holds a Master of Science in Quantitative Analysis from Stern Business School, New York University and a Bachelor of Science in Systems Engineering from the University of Petroleum and Minerals, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. He is an active member of several civil and professional societies in the Kingdom of Bahrain.

Michael P. Lee Mr. Lee has more than thirty five years of experience as an international investment banker serving multilateral, governmental, corporate, financial institutional and high net worth clients. In his earlier career, with assignments based in London, Hong Kong and New York, he served investment banking clients in West and Eastern Europe, Africa, Asia Pacific and North and South America. Immediately prior to joining Ithmaar, he was Deputy Chairman and Managing Director of Emerging Markets Partnership (Bahrain) BSC(c), the general partner and manager of the pioneering, $730.5 million Islamic Development Bank (IDB) Infrastructure Fund. This successful regional private equity fund, headquartered in Bahrain and investing in private sector infrastructure in the Muslim world, was co-founded by IDB, DMI and EMP. After graduate training at Chase Manhattan Bank, Mr. Lee started his investment banking career at Merrill Lynch in 1973, spending more than 10 years in London, Hong Kong and New York in commercial and investment banking, and general management. From 1979-81, he was Director of Corporate Development, Merrill Lynch International & Co., New York and, Over the period 1981-84, he headed Merrill Lynch’s international investment banking group responsible for financial institutions and private placements, becoming a Managing Director of Merrill Lynch-White Weld Capital Markets Group. over the period 1984-92, Mr. Lee was the Chief Executive Officer of Dean Witter Capital Markets International Ltd., London, covering capital markets and investment banking, and was also a Managing Director-Corporate Finance of Dean Witter Reynolds Inc., New York. In 1992, Mr. Lee became a senior adviser at Bahrain’s Ministry of Finance & National Economy, providing inter alia strategic advice on the development and regulation of the Bahrain International Financial Centre and on investments. He has now lived in Bahrain for 17 years. Mr. Lee holds an MA (Honours) degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from the University of Oxford.

Mohamed Hussain CEO & MEMBER OF THE BOARD  Mr. Hussain, who was appointed Ithmaar Bank Chief Executive Officer in August 2009, has been a Member of The Ithmaar Board of Directors since June 2008. He is also a member of the Bank’s Executive Committee. Mr. Hussain is responsible for overseeing the Bank’s holdings in subsidiaries, associates and strategic investments, as well as the Group’s Treasury, Private Banking and Risk Management. Prior to his current appointment, Mr. Hussain was Chief Executive and Member of The Board of Shamil Bank (Bahrain), which is wholly-owned by Ithmaar Bank. A seasoned banker who joined Shamil Bank in 1998, Mr. Hussain previously held other senior positions at the Bank, including Deputy Chief Executive. He was also General Manager of Islamic Investment Company of the Gulf (E.C.) in Bahrain prior to its merger with Faysal Islamic Bank of Bahrain (E.C.) in 2000. His previous positions included Senior Vice President, Smith Barney Inc. Bahrain; Director, Marketing and Corporate Finance, Bahrain International Bank; and Assistant Vice President, Gulf International Bank. He currently serves on the boards of BBK (formerly known as Bank of Bahrain and Kuwait), Faisal Private Bank (Switzerland), Faysal Bank Limited (Pakistan), Faisal Islamic Bank of Egypt, First Leasing Bank, Solidarity and Ithraa Capital (Kingdom of Saudi Arabia). Mr. Hussain, a Bahraini National, holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics and Finance.