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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
                     ENLIST RESOURCES CO W.L.L
                  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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