Chief of International Business & Real Estate Investments at Dubai Islamic Bank , UAE.

He is the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Dubai Islamic Bank Pakistan, Bank of Khartoum in Sudan, and a member of the Board of Directors of Diyar Development Company since 2009, the Liquidity Management Center, and Tamweel Real Estate Company.

He has 30 years of experience in Islamic banking and central banking, having started his career at the Central Bank of the UAE and held several positions including Director of the Banking Supervision and Examination Department between 1986 and 1999.

He held the position of CFO at Dubai Islamic Bank between 1999 and 2010, Head of Investment Banking at the same bank, and CEO of DIB Capital, a subsidiary of Dubai Islamic Bank. He also held the position of Chairman of the Board of Directors of Al Safwa Islamic Bank, and was Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of the same bank between 2011 and 2013.

He holds a Master’s degree in Accounting from the Catholic University of America in Washington, DC, a Bachelor’s degree in Economics, specializing in Accounting, from the United Arab Emirates University in 1986, and a Certified Public Accountant certificate from the Virginia Board of Accountancy in the United States.