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Board of Directors

Abdulaziz Abdullah Dakheel Al-Shaya

Chairman (Non-Executive)

Skills and Experience:

He joined the Board in 2009. He is a well-known businessman with more than 42 years of experience in general trading and real estate sectors, and he manages a trading company in Kuwait. Mr. Al-Shaya holds a bachelor’s degree in Economics from Kuwait University.

Adel Abdul Wahab Al-Majed

Vice-Chairman & Group Chief Executive Officer (Executive)

Skills and Experience:

He joined the Board in 2010, and has around 40 years of banking experience. He worked previously at the National Bank of Kuwait (NBK) for more than 25 years, where he held leadership positions, including Deputy Chief Executive Officer and General Manager - Consumer Banking Group. Mr. Al-Majed graduated from the University of Alexandria with a bachelor’s degree in accounting, and attended various executive management development programs at various universities, including Harvard, Wharton, Stanford, and other reputable institutions.

Current Positions:

Vice-Chairman & Group Chief Executive Officer of Boubyan Bank (Executive)
Chairman – The Bank of London and The Middle East (U.K.)

Hazim Ali Al-Mutairi

Director (Non-Executive)

Skills and Experience:

He joined the Board in 2010. He has a well-diversified experience for more than 30 years in the fields of financing, investment, and banking. He is currently the CEO of Credit One Kuwait Holding Company. He graduated from the United States of America with a bachelor’s degree in Finance.

Current Positions:

Director - Boubyan Bank (Non-Executive)
Director and CEO - Credit One Kuwait Holding Company.
Director – Warba Insurance Company, K.P.S.C. (Kuwait)

Mohamed Yousef Al-Saqer

Director (Non-Executive)

Skills and Experience:

He joined the Board in 2019. He is a well-known businessman with more than 35 years of business experience. Mr. Al-Saqer holds a bachelor’s degree in Public Administration from Point Park University - USA.

Current Positions:

Director - Boubyan Bank (Non-Executive)
Chairman and Managing Director - Alyasra Group

Waleed Mishari Al-Hamad

Director (Non-Executive)

Skills and Experience:

He joined the Board in 2010, and is a businessman with more than 30 years of experience in the banking and investment sectors. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Economics, and a Master’s degree in Finance from the United States of America.

Current Positions:

Director - Boubyan Bank (Non-Executive)
Director– Helvetia Arab Holding Company, K.S.C.C. (Kuwait)

Fahad Ahmad Al-Fouzan

Director (Non-Executive)

Skills and Experience:

He joined the board in 2023. He is a businessman with more than 39 years of experience, including 30 years of experience in banking sector, where he worked in various leadership positions. He manages a contracting company in Kuwait. Mr. Al-Fouzan holds a bachelor’s degree in Accounting from Kuwait University.

Current Positions:

Director - Boubyan Bank (Non-Executive)

Waleed Khalid Al-Yaqout

Director (Non-Executive)

Skills and Experience:

Mr. Al-Yaqout has 42 years of banking experience. Before joining Boubyan, he served as General Manager - Administration and Human Resources Group at NBK. Mr. Al-Yaqout graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration and Marketing from the University of Ashland, USA, and participated in various executive management development programs at Harvard, Wharton, Stanford and Columbia.

Current Positions:

Director (Non-Executive)
Vice Chairman - Boubyan Takaful (Kuwait)

Khalid Ahmad Al-Mudhaf

Director (Independent)

Skills and Experience:

He joined the Board in 2022. He has legal expertise as he was hired in the Kuwaiti judicial system following his graduation from the Faculty of Law and Sharia. Over the past period, he held several positions, the most prominent of which were Head of the Experts Administration, the Undersecretary for Legal Affairs, and the Undersecretary for Real Estate Registration & Attestation at the Ministry of Justice.

He also held prominent posts at various state bodies such as Deputy Head of the Legal Advice and Legislation Bureau, Chairman of the Public Authority for Assessment of Compensation for Damages, and Head of the General Secretariat of the Central Committee Overseeing Environmental Rehabilitation Projects.

Current Positions:

Independent Director - Boubyan Bank
Chartered Arbitrator at G.C.C Commercial Arbitration Centre “GCCCAC”
Chartered Arbitrator at Kuwait Chamber of Commerce & Industry

Abdullah Saud Al-Bader

Director (Independent)

Skills and Experience:

He joined the Board in 2022. He enjoys an extensive practical experience in the financial sector in the State of Kuwait. Following his graduation from Kuwait University, Al-Bader worked in the financial sector for over 39 years, where he occupied various positions leading a team to set primary targets. This team set the policies and procedures on the one hand, and guided initiatives to generate profitability and capital returns on the other hand. He also had an effective contribution to planning construction projects executed by the companies he managed.

Mr. Al-Bader graduated from Kuwait University with a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration. Additionally, Mr. Al-Bader attended various programs of Harvard Business School, including the First Middle East Executive Program.

Furthermore, he attended training programs on Islamic financing. In addition to completing a comprehensive training on Islamic finance schemes & services, and financial instruments, Mr. Al-Bader attended a course on transformation to the Islamic system.

Current Positions:

Independent Director - Boubyan Bank

Dr. Amani Khaled Boresli

Director (Independent)

Skills and Experience:

She joined the Board in 2025 and has 34 years of experience in the areas of training, advisory, and the banking sector. Currently, she is a professor at Kuwait University. She holds a bachelor’s degree in finance from Kuwait University, a Master’s Degree from Seattle University, and a PhD in corporate finance from Illinois University, Carbondale, USA.

Moreover, she previously held the positions of the Minister of Commerce and Industry in the State of Kuwait and the Minister of State for Planning and Development Affairs. Moreover, she held many leadership positions, including being an independent director at Burgan Bank’s Board of Directors, and she held many other memberships in other banking institutions outside Kuwait. She has also received many recognitions; in 2018, she was recognized with the “Kuwaiti Economic Researcher Award” under the auspices of the Central Bank of Kuwait, and the Middle East Excellence Award in 2010 in business management and economics for her contributions to the development and organization of the Capital Market in Kuwait.

Current Positions:

Independent Director - Boubyan Bank

Rabah Abdulrahman AlRabah

Director (Independent)

Skills and Experience:

He joined the Board in 2025 and has 40 years of experience. He has a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration and Marketing from Kuwait University and he earned a Master in Public Administration from Claremont Graduate University, USA. He has extensive expertise in the investment & business sectors, where he served as the Director Manager of Kuwait Chamber of Commerce and Industry, in addition to occupying several leadership positions in the investment sector.

Current Positions:

Director General - Kuwait Chamber of Commerce & Industry
Representative of the Kuwaiti Private Sector in Arab and International Labor Conferences
Kuwait’s Secretary General - International Chamber of Commerce
Independent Director - Kuwaiti International Custody Company

Ahmed Mohammad Al-Fahad

General Manager and Secretary to the Board of Boubyan Bank

Skills and Experience:

With more than 19 years of experience in the banking sector, he has been serving as Secretary to the Board of Boubyan Bank since 2004. He earned his Master’s degree in Islamic Jurisprudence and Principles of Islamic Jurisprudence from Kuwait University. Moreover, he enjoys vast experience through several specialized training programs attended in business management and governance, in addition to excellent business knowledge.

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