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WHO'S WHO PROFILES Q ALI ATAK Q ARVIND BENANI
Director
Managing Director

Protiviti Member Firm (Middle East)
Yapi Ve Kredi Bankasi A.S.
ALI HASAN
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AYMAN AL-AJMI
Chairman
CEO & Chairman

Braxtone Insurance Management WLL
Aliventure International Holding Co WLL
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ALI MOOSA
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BASHAR ALKHATIB
Vice Chairman & Senior Country Officer

JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A.
THE HOUSING BANK FOR TRADE AND FINANCE
Q ALI Y. FARDAN Regional Manager
General Manager
National Bank of Kuwait S.A.K.P.
Q ALI KHAMIS
Managing Partner
Prime Chartered Accountants & Consultants
BASHAR BAZIAN
Managing Director
Crestbridge Bahrain B.S.C (c)
Crestbridge Funds Services W.L.L.
Bashar is the Managing Director of Crestbridge Bahrain
B.S.C (c); he has extensive experience in trust and
financial services. With over 30 years’ experience in the
AMINE BEL HADJ SOULAMI region, Bashar has a strong track record in developing
CEO of BNP Paribas Middle East & Africa relationships with financial institutions, UHNW families
and institutional investors. He has a wealth of experience,
Amine Bel Hadj Soulami is the CEO of BNP Paribas
most recently as a private consultant, and previously as
Middle East & Africa for Corporate and Institutional
the former CEO of Intertrust Bahrain, Director at Credit
Banking (CIB). He has worked for BNP Paribas for 34
years in a number of global roles, including leadership Suisse, Regional Head Private Banking for Arab Bank
positions in Paris, New York & London. Group, and UBS Merrill Lynch before that.
Prior to taking the position as Head of BNP Paribas He is responsible for the growth strategy and performance
Middle East & Africa, Amine was Senior Advisor to Global of our Bahrain office in addition to business development
Markets. His previous roles also include Global Head activity in the Middle East.
of Sustainable Finance in Global Markets and Global
Head of Research and Sustainable Investments within
Corporate Institutional Banking. Amine also served as
Global Head of Commodity Derivatives, and Head of
Equity & Derivatives for the Americas.
After studying at the Ecole Polytechnique in France,
Amine joined BNP Paribas in 1987. He started his career
as a precious metals options trader in 1990 in Paris and
then New York, where he later headed up energy options
trading (oil and natural gas). Connecting Business
In 2005 Amine was named by Financial News among the Locally, Regionally, Globally
20 most influential Europeans in America. He is fluent in
French, Arabic and English.

Q AMR ELNOKALY
Chairman
Bank ABC - Islamic

Q ANDREW SIMS
Co-Founder and CEO
Infinios
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