Samir Yaqoob Al Nafisi
Chairman
Mr. Al-Nafisi has extensive management experience in a number of different sectors, including trading, manufacturing and financial services. He is currently General Manager of Yaqoob Al-Nafisi & Sons Company, and former General Manager of Al-Nafisi Trading Company, both based in Kuwait. Prior to this, he held managerial positions at Kuwait Commercial Bank and Kuwait Insulating Materials Manufacturing Company. Mr. Al-Nafisi has equally extensive experience of serving on the Boards of numerous financial institutions and companies in the GCC. He is currently Chairman of International Turnkey Systems (Kuwait), Vice Chairman of Kuwait Finance House, and a Board member of Gulf Investment House (Kuwait), and Gulf Finance House and Khaleeji Commercial Bank in the Kingdom of Bahrain.
Ahmed Rashed Al Qattan
Managing Director
A Certified Public Accountant from Georgia State Board of Accountancy, USA, Mr. Al Qattan holds a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting from the University of Bahrain. Mr. Al Qattan has extensive experience in the banking, manufacturing, oil and gas, trading and contracting sectors across the GCC. Before joining Tameer, he was Chief Investment Officer at Gulf Finance House and, prior to this, a Partner at Arthur Andersen in the Kingdom of Bahrain. Mr. Al Qattan is Chairman of Bahrain Investment Wharf and Vice Chairman of Tala Property Development Company.
Dr. Khalid Abdulla
Chief Executive Officer
Acknowledged for his commitment to social and economic development at a national level, Dr Khalid Abdulla has a number of affiliations, including his position as Vice Chairman at the Economic & Financial Studies Committee, as member of the National Committee on World Trading Organization, and as member at the Bahrain Economic Society. Dr Khalid is highly active in projects promoting infrastructural development, such as the “Economic Reform Vision for Bahrain”. Dr Khalid’s academic background includes an M.Sc in Economic Development from the University of East Anglia, UK and a PhD in Economics obtained from Exeter University, UK.
Dr Khalid comes to Al Khaleei Development Company from his previous post as the inaugural CEO of Reef – Real Estate Finance Company, and prior to this as Assistant General Manager of Business Development in BBK. Dr Khalid also held the post of Assistant Professor and Chairman of the Department of Economics and Finance at the University of Bahrain.
Mohamed Abdulla Isa
Chief Financial Officer
Prior to joining the group, Mr. Isa held several management positions at Unilever, where he spent several years based at their Dubai (UAE) and Jeddah (Saudi Arabia).
His extensive experience includes project risk assessment, and due diligence and valuation for disposal of businesses, accounting system implementations. Mr. Isa is a Board member in Bahrain Investment Wharf.
A Certified Public Accountant from Colorado State Board of Accountancy, USA, he also holds a Masters in Business Administration from the University of Hull.
Hazim Abdulaziz Buali
Executive Director - Investments
Prior to joining Inovest, Hazim headed the Asset Management department at United Gulf Bank, where he managed the bank’s proprietary portfolio and designed Fund of Fund products which focused on alternative and regional investments. This position came after 7 years in London during which he was involved almost entirely with Hedge Funds; first while with Baring Asset Management (2000 – 2004) and then with a private family office where he exclusively managed a sizeable portfolio of hedge funds and served on an Investment Committee which oversaw private equity and real estate investments.
Mohammed Abdul Khaliq
Executive Director – Business Development & Administration
Prior to joining the group in 2004, Mr. Abdul Khaliq held a number of management positions with Bahrain Kuwait Insurance Company in the Kingdom of Bahrain. He also served as Chairman of the Market Committee for Property and Casualty Insurance in Bahrain. His current Board memberships include Chairman of Coldwell Banker Bahrain, and Vice Chairman of Adhari Park Development Company.
Mr. Abdul Khaliq is an Associate of the Chartered Insurance Institute (ACII), UK. He also holds a B.Sc. degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Bahrain, and a member of Bahrain Society of Engineers.
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