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Q SHAJ BABU Q TALAL KAIKSOW
Chief Executive Officer Chief Executive Officer
JULIUS BAER (BAHRAIN) B.S.C. (C) EFG AG BAHRAIN BRANCH
Q SHAJAN ANTONY
Head of Recruitment WHO'S WHO PROFILE
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Q SHAMS SADIQ AL BAHARNA
Managing Partner
RSM Bahrain

USMAN AHMED
Group Chief Executive Officer of National Bank of Bahrain
Usman Ahmed was appointed as the Group CEO of the
National Bank of Bahrain (NBB) on January 01st, 2023.
Usman has over 27 years of diverse international banking
experience in emerging markets across the EMEA and
Asia Pacific regions, of which for the last 14 years he has
SHEIKH MOHAMED ABDULLA KHALIFA held various senior leadership roles as CEO, Managing
AL KHALIFA Director, Board Member and Executive Chairman covering
Chairman, ICAP (Middle East) W.L.L. Corporate & Investment Banking, Capital Markets,
Kingdom of Bahrain Commercial, Consumer and Islamic Banking in London,
Hong Kong, UAE, Philippines, Pakistan, Bahrain and
Member of the Royal Family - Kingdom of Bahrain
Malaysia.
Share percentage - 51%
Prior to joining NBB, he was the CEO and an Executive
Company Type - Category 3 Investment Firm
Board Director of Citi Malaysia, leading over 5,200
Ownership Type - Private with limited liability employees. Mr. Ahmed was also the Executive Chairman
Former name 1976 - UNABCO of Citigroup Global Markets Malaysia and concurrently
1991 - Harlow Butler responsible for the Citi Solutions Centres hubs for AML,
2001 - ICAP (Middle East) W.L.L. Securities Services and Cash & Trade operations, covering
Principal activities - FX, Money Market and over 50 countries across the globe.
Derivatives trading He has also been the CEO and Managing Director of Citi
Bahrain, Kuwait & Qatar, while concurrently being the
Partner
Global Head of Citi Islamic Banking, based in Bahrain.
N.C.R. Corporation - Leading provider of ATM machines
As the Chief Operating Officer & Managing Director for
and computers in Bahrain
Citi's Asia Pacific Corporate Bank in Hong Kong and
Chairman
the Corporate and Investment Banking Head for Citi in
Arabian Exhibition Management Philippines, Usman was extensively involved in leading
Oil Shows for major oil companies: strategy and client coverage in Asia after the global
SAUDI ARAMCO, ADNOC financial crisis. While at Barclays Bank Plc. Usman led
EXXON MOBIL, CHEVRON, TOTAL, SHELL etc. a team of over 1,100 client coverage and Transaction
Banking product professionals across 14 countries in the
Real Estate owner
MENA, Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia regions as the
Bahrain and Overseas
Head of Corporate & Commercial Banking for Emerging
Social Activities Markets, based in Dubai. As part of his Capital Markets
Ex. President - Bahrain Cricket Federation Origination responsibility in the Citi London EMEA team,
Ex. Vice President - Bahrain Tennis Federation Usman has originated, structured and executed some of
Ex. Board of Trustee - Bahrain Bayan School the largest and most innovative conventional and Islamic
Ex. Board member - Endicott College, Beverly, financing transactions for the Middle East region. He was
also designated as a Senior Credit Officer of Citi for over
Massachusetts
9 years. Usman has served on the Boards of the Asian
Chairman - American Mission Hospital of
Institute of Chartered Bankers, the American Chambers
Bahrain
of Commerce in Malaysia & Bahrain, the Association of
Banks Malaysia, Financial Industries Collective Outreach
Q SYED SALAM
Manager - Client Relations Malaysia, Bahrain Institute of Banking & Finance, Bahrain
MINDS UNITED RESOURCE HUB W.L.L International School Association and Injaz Bahrain.
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