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MR. RAFIK NAYED
Group Chief Executive Officer
(Al Salam Bank - Bahrain)
Rafik Nayed is a seasoned banker with over 25 years’ REYADH YOUSIF HASAN SATER
experience. He joined Al Salam Bank-Bahrain from BBK, Manama, Bahrain.
Deutsche Bank where he was the Vice Chairman of the Mr Reyadh Sater is a career banker and has been working
MENA region, Chief Country Officer for the UAE and with BBK (a leading Bahraini Commercial bank) since
Senior Executive Officer of Deutsche Bank AG Dubai 1978 when he joined right after upon completion of his
(DIFC).
initial academic milestones. He has since grown within the
Before joining Deutsche Bank, Rafik was the Chief organization in terms of hierarchy upon performing various
Executive Officer of the Libyan Investment Authority and responsibilities spreading into diverse functionalities
prior to that worked for many years in the oil and gas and across the organization structure. He became part of the
financial services industries in a variety of international core management group at the Bank in 2007/08 and has
senior positions. taken over as the Group Chief Executive in April/2016. In
performance of his responsibilities as the CE of the Bank,
he chairs many of the internal management committee
and is actively involved in day to day management of the
bank while guiding the institution in achieving its business
strategies. Mr Reyadh, holds an MBA from University of
Glamorgan, UK which he pursued in 2001. He is married
and has four children.

RAFIQ JAFFER
Partner, Banking & finance (Bahrain, KSA and UAE)
Al Tamimi & Company
Rafiq is a Partner in the Banking & Finance department at
Al Tamimi & Company and is the Head of the Banking and
Finance departments in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia and
the Head of Al Tamimi & Company’s Debt Capital Markets
Practice. Rafiq has worked for the firm for over 12 years,
and specialises in debt capital markets transactions
and advising banks on lending transactions, using both
conventional and Islamic structures.
Before re-joining the firm, Rafiq was Head of Legal
at Barclays Bank in India. At Barclays, Rafiq led the
legal team responsible for wholesale lending (including
External Commercial Borrowing), trade finance and cash
management. Rafiq holds a Master’s degree in Law from
the University of Buckingham and is a qualified solicitor in
England & Wales.
Both the Legal 500 and IFLR1000 recognise Rafiq as
being a leading lawyer in the field of Banking, Finance &
Capital Markets.

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