Mr. Abdulla bin Mohammed Al Zamil is a board member and the Chief Executive Officer of Zamil Industrial Investment Company, having previously served as Chief Operating Officer. Prior to this, he was the Senior Vice President at Zamil Air Conditioners, where he started his career as an industrial engineer. He is also the Chairman of Saudi Global Ports & Dammam Airports Company and his board memberships include Gulf Insulation Group and Ranco-Zamil Concrete Industries. Board memberships of government entities include the Eastern Province Council and Eastern Health Cluster and non-profit organisations including Dhahran Ahliyya School. Mr. Al Zamil holds an MBA (with a concentration in Finance) from King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia, and a BSc in Industrial Engineering from the University of Washington, USA. He has 32 years’ professional experience.

Mr. Abdulaziz bin Abdulrahman Al-Helaissi is the Group Chief Executive Officer and a board member of Gulf International Bank B.S.C.

Prior to joining GIB in February 2016, Mr. Al-Helaissi was the Deputy Governor for Supervision at the Saudi Central Bank (SAMA), having started there in May 2013. At SAMA, his responsibilities included the oversight of the Banking and Insurance sectors as well as finance company regulations (mortgage, leasing, and other non-bank finance institutions). He was additionally responsible for consumer protection. Prior to SAMA, Mr. Al-Helaissi was Senior Country Officer and Managing Director, Saudi Arabia for JPMorgan Chase as well as Head of Global Corporate Banking for the Middle East and North Africa. Earlier in his career, he was Saudi British Bank’s (affiliate of HSBC), Central Province Area General Manager, covering all key lines of business, including corporate and consumer banking. He has also served on a number of boards, including the Saudi Stock Exchange (Tadawul).

Mr. Al-Helaissi holds a BA in Economics from the University of Texas in Austin, USA and has 30 years of banking and regulatory experience primarily in Saudi Arabia.

Mr. Sultan bin Abdul Malek Al-Sheikh is the Director for the Local Holdings Investment Division at the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia (PIF). He is also a board member of Almarai Company, Saudi Fisheries Company, Tahakom Investment Company, Saudi Company for Exchanging Digital Information and The Helicopter Company as well as being an executive committee member of the Saudi Telecom Company. Prior to joining PIF, Mr. Al-Sheikh was a Vice President, Investment Banking, at Saudi Fransi Capital. Before that he worked as an officer in the Securities Listing and Corporate Finance and Issuance departments at the Saudi Capital Market Authority and as a relationship manager, Corporate Banking Group, at Saudi Arabia’s National Commercial Bank. Mr. Al-Sheikh holds a MSc in Finance from George Washington University, USA and a BSc in Finance from King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia. He has 16 years’ professional experience.

Mr. Bander bin Abdulrahman bin Mogren is the Chief Operating Officer at the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia (PIF). He is also a member of the PIF Portfolio Companies Nomination Committee, a board member of the Saudi Development and Investment Company and the Chairman of its Remuneration Committee, and the Vice Chairman of the Saudi Real Estate Company and a member of its Nomination Remuneration Committee. Mr. Mogren is a board member of King Abdullah Financial District and the Chairman of its Nomination Remuneration Committee, a board member of Jassara and a member of the Nomination Remuneration committees of Tadawul, Sanabil Investments, Noon and the National Center for Privatization.

Previously, he was Managing Director of Human Resources and Corporate Services at NCB Capital, Head of Human Resources at Jadwa Investment as well as having held managerial positions at STC. Mr. Mogren holds a BA in Human Resources and Business Administration from Eastern Washington University, USA. He has 18 years’ professional experience.

Dr. Najem bin Abdulla Al Zaid is the Founding Partner of ZS&R law firm in association with Hogan Lovells. He is the Vice Chairman of the Saudi Electricity Company, a member of the Tadawul Regulatory Policies and Oversight Committee and the Audit & Risk Committee of the Diriyah Gate Development Authority. He also served as the Vice Chairman of The Mediterranean & Gulf Cooperative Insurance & Reinsurance Company and as a board member of the National Centre for Privatization & PPP. Prior to founding ZS&R, Dr. Al Zaid was the Chief Governance and Legal Officer at Al Rajhi Bank Group and had previously served as the Commissioner and a board member of the Saudi Capital Market Authority, appointed by royal decree.

Dr. Al Zaid holds a Doctor of Juridical Science from the George Washington University Law School, USA, a Master of Laws from the University of Minnesota Law School, USA, a High Diploma in Law from the Institute of Public Administration, Saudi Arabia and a BA in Islamic Jurisprudence & Law from Umm AlQura University, Saudi Arabia. He has 23 years’ professional experience.

Mr Rajeev Kakar is a board member of Eurobank Ergasias SA (Greece), Commercial International Bank (Egypt), UTI Asset Management Company (India), Satin Credit Care Networks (India), and is a Global Advisory Board member at the University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business.

From 2006-2018, he was the Global Co-Founder of Fullerton Financial Holdings, a wholly owned subsidiary of Temasek Holdings, Singapore and also served concurrently as the Global CEO of Consumer Banking, Regional CEO for Central Europe, Middle East and Africa, and as the founder, Managing Director and CEO of Dunia Finance, Fullerton’s UAE subsidiary. Prior to that, he was at Citibank for 20 years finishing as the Regional CEO & Division Executive - Turkey, Middle East and Africa.

Mr. Kakar holds an MBA, Finance & Marketing from the Indian Institute of Management and a Bachelor of Technology, Mechanical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology. He has 33 years’ professional experience.

Mr. Frank Schwab is a strategic advisor, a co-founder of FinTech Forum Frankfurt, and a member of the Risk Advisory Committee at PayU in Amsterdam. His main topics are new ideas, creativity, innovation, technology and banking.

Previously, Mr. Schwab was the CEO of GIZS GmbH & Co KG (Sparkassen-Finanzgruppe / paydirekt) and Fidor TecS AG. He was also the Chairman of Hufsy in Copenhagen, a senior advisor to McKinsey on banking transformation in Germany and has held numerous management roles at Deutsche Bank AG including Director for Strategy, Architecture, Business Development and Innovation, Group Technology & Operations and Private & Business Clients IT & Operations as well as Head of Internet & E-Commerce Technology. He has also lectured several years at the Mannheim Business School Creativity and Innovation Management.

Mr. Schwab holds an Executive MBA from Ashridge, UK and completed a Bank Officer Apprenticeship with Deutsche Bank, Mannheim, Germany and Study of Computer Science and Business Administration at the University of Mannheim. He has 21 years’ professional experience.