Permanent Committees

Introduction

Eleven permanent committees were established in order to give deeper and more comprehensive institutional dimension for the activities and functions of the association and allow for greater participation from all members of the association to enable the association of perform its functions.

Asset Management Committee

Supervised by: Abdulaziz Al Helaissi

Abdulhadi M. Shahadah

Chairman
GIB

Head of Asset Management

Ammar Fuad Al Subah

Deputy Chairman
BisB

Senior Manager – Corporate Banking

Ahmed Al Shaikh

Al Baraka Islamic Bank

Senior Manager, Investments & Structured Finance – International Banking Dept.

Talal Nabeel Almahroos

KHCB

Head of Investments

Francis Dassou

HSBC

Head of HSBC Securities Services Bahrain &
Regional Head of Global Custody & Fund Services MENA

Ayoob Yousif Al-Awadhi

Ithmaar Bank

Senior Manager, Head of Asset Management

Neil Sharp

BBK

AGM – Treasury & Investment

Ali Marshad

CFA

Principal, Head of Fixed Income
SICO

DeenJayah

BIBF

Head of Centres for Banking, Accounting & Finance

International Standards Committee

Supervised by: Jacques Michel

Abid Hussain

Chairman
BNP Paribas

Chief Financial Officer

Eduardo Rangel

Deputy Chairperson
NBB

Chief Compliance Officer

Russell Bennett

Secretary
NBB

Chief Financial Officer

Ali Tariq Khan

HSBC

Head of GTRF and GLCM

Ameer Abdul Ghani Shabaan

BisB

Acting CFO, Financial Control

Mohamed Al Kooheji

Venture Capital Bank

Financial Control

Jassim Al Aradi

BBK

Financial Controller

Vinod Sharma

ICICI Bank
Member

Head Finance

Aman Ullah Khan

KHCB

Financial Controller and Acting CFO

Khalid Jalili

Al Salam Bank

Acting Head of Finance

Zahra Jamali

Citibank

Country Financial Officer

Chandramohan Ganapathy

AUB

Group Head of Risk Management

Ashish Kumar

SC

Executive Director, Sales & Relationship Mgt, CB

Rahul Thomas

GIB

Head of Balance Sheet Management

Fatema Abdulla Budhaish

Ithmaar Bank

Chief Risk Officer

Jaideep Rana

BIBF

Head of Finance

Terms Of Reference

Regulations

Banking Products Development Committee

Supervised by: Hassan Jarrar

Dalal Abdulla

Chairman
BisB

Head of Retail Banking

Odeh AlMassri

Deputy Chairperson
Arab Bank

Head of Consumer Banking

Francis Dassou

HSBC

Head of HSBC Securities Services Bahrain & Regional Head of Global Custody & Fund Services MENA

Eyad Alshaikh

Al Baraka Islamic Bank

Senior Manager, Cards and Electronic Channels

Hassan Abdul Wahab Al Khan

BisB

Assistant General Manager, Central Operations

Ahmed Al-Mahri

Benefit

Manager – Business Services

Mohamad Al Garni

GIB

Head of Retail Banking

Saransh Jain

ICICI Bank

Saransh Jain, Head Retail

Mohammed Isa Buhijji

Al Salam Bank

Head of Retail Banking

Simone Carminati

BBK

Chief – Business Development

Nader Moosa

Citibank

Consumer Bank Head

Abdulla A. Aziz Al Abbasi

Ithmaar Bank

Senior Manager, Product Development & Management

Ali Tariq

HSBC

Head of GTRF and GLCM

Abeer Albaitam

Bank ABC

Senior Operational Risk Manager – Risk Management

Kunal Varma

Standard Chartered

Head of Retail Banking

Dr. Chithra Suresh

BIBF

Senior Lecturer, Centre for Banking

Mujtaba Khalid

BIBF

Head of Centre for Islamic Finance

Terms Of Reference

Regulations

Islamic Banking Committee

Supervised by: Hassan Jarrar

Wesam Baqer

Chairman
BisB

General Manager, Corporate & Institutional Banking

Abdulnaser Omar Almahmood

Deputy Chairman

Khaleeji Commercial Bank

Head Shariah

Huda Janahi

Venture Capital Bank

Head of Risk Management

Rauf Ahmed

GIB

Head of Sharia Compliant Banking

Karim Ismail

ABC Islamic Bank

MLRO, Sharia & Compliance Officer

Mohammed Salem

BBK

Islamic Business Department and Sharia Reviewer

Ebrahim Abdulla Khalil Jassim

Ithmaar Bank

Manager, Commercial & Financial Institutions

Dr. Mohamed Mustapha Khemira

Al Baraka Banking Group

First Vice President – Strategic Planning

Layal Ishaq

BISB

Senior Manager – Transactional Banking

AbdulKarim Turki

Al Salam Bank

COO

Terms Of Reference

Regulations

Digitalization and Cyber Security Committee

Supervised by: Adnan Ahmed Yousif

Ahmed Albalooshi

Chairman
Al Baraka Banking Group

Senior Vice President – Head of IT

Dr. Yousif Almas

Deputy Chairperson
Bank ABC

Head of Group IT Program and Project Management

Mohamed Jamsheer

Secretary
Al Baraka Banking Group

First Vice President – IT

Attiya Mohsin

HSBC

Head of IT – Bahrain

Osama Ali Hasan Nasr

BisB

Assistant General Manager, Head of Information Technology

Jose George

GIB

Group Head of InfoSec

Rama Badana

ICICI Bank

Head of IT

Nada Mohamed Abdulrahman

KHCB

IT Operation and Infrastructure Senior Manager

Khaled Abi Khalil

SC

CIO

Jamal Al Sabbagh

BBK

General Manager – Information Technology & Operations

Rashid Hidayat

Citibank

Business Information Security Officer

NBB

Salman Abdulla

CrediMax

Head of Information Technology

Ahmed Buqais

Ithmaar Bank

Senior Manager, Information Technology

Shafqat Anwar

AUB

Deputy Group CEO, Operations & Technology

Mahmood Zuhair

Arab Bank

IT

Mohammed Ibrahim

SICO

Head of IT

Maisa Jawdat Shunnar

Head of Strategic Planning and Transformation

BisB

Mohammed Al-Alawi

Senior Manager- Information security

Al Salam Bank

Reyadh Almearaj

Benefit

AGM Information Technology

Ahmed Naeemi

BIBF

Head of Operations, IT & Project Management

Terms Of Reference

Regulations

Anti-Money Laundering & Compliance Committee

Supervised by: Ahmed Abdulrahim

Balu Ramamurthy

Chairperson
Ithmaar Bank

Head of Compliance & AML

Abeer Al Shehabi

Deputy Chairperson
HSBC

Head of Regulatory Compliance,
Financial Crime Compliance & Operational Risk

Basma Aljar

Secretary

Ithmaar Bank

Assistant Manager Compliance and AML Departmentk

Ali Nawar Al Mahmood

KFH

Compliance Department.

Bader Isa Alshetti

Al Baraka Islamic Bank

Senior Manager, Head of Compliance and AML, MLRO

Anal Riaz

HBL

Head of Compliance & MLRO

Ismaeel Al-Meer

GIB

Compliance Officer and Deputy MLRO

Shahbaz Khan

Investcorp

Group Head of Compliance

Pallavi Narayanan

ICICI Bank

MLRO & Head Compliance

Omar Al Bastaki

KHCB

Nadine Al Shirawi

BBK

Department Head – Compliance and MLRO

Warif Kanaan

Citibank

Country Compliance Head

Maryam Kamal

Benefit

Assistant Manager – Compliance

Mahmood Muslim

CrediMax

Compliance Officer & MLRO

Ravi Mehra

AUB

Group Head of Compliance

Hisham Khattab

Arab Bank

Head of Regulatory Compliance

Mohammed Juma

SICO

Compliance Officer

Alaa Al-Hamad

Bank ABC

Head of Regulatory Affairs Group Compliance

Ismaeel Al Meer

GIB

Compliance Officer and Deputy MLRO

Ali Yusuf al Khaja

Al Salam Bank

Head of Compliance & MLRO

Savitha Raghavan

BIBF

Senior Lecturer, Centre for Banking

Terms Of Reference

Regulations

HR and Remuneration Committee

Supervised by: Dr. Khaled Kawan

Adel Al Abbasi

Chairman
Bank ABC

Head of HR ＆ Administration

Muna Al Balooshi

Deputy Chairperson
Al Salam Bank

Group Head of HR & Administration

Hawra Murad

HSBC

Country Head of Human Resources

Tahera Al Alawi

Mashreq Bank

Head of HR & Administration

Dawood Al Ashhab

BisB

Assistant General Manager Human,
Resources & General Services Human Resources

Helen Lloyd

GIB

Chief Human Resources Officer

Vinod Sharma

ICICI Bank

Head Finance

Fatema Ahmed Al Bin Ali

KHCB

Head of Human Resources

Najwa Al-Ahmed

BBK

Department Head – Human Resources

Nacira Ferdjoukh

Citibank

HR Head

Dana Buheji

NBB

Chief Human Resources Officer

Latifa Khalfan

CrediMax

Head of HR

Enas Mohammed Rahimi

Ithmaar Bank

Senior Manager & Head Human Resources

Salah Al Awadhi

Benefit

Head of HR & Administration

Yousif Abdulla Ali

BIBF

Head of BIBF Centre for Leadership & Management

Terms Of Reference

Regulations

Risk Management Committees

Supervised by: Jean-Christophe Durand

Bruce Wade

Chairman
NBB

Chief Executive – Financial Restructuring

Maisoon Mohamed BenShams

Deputy Chairperson

Al Baraka Islamic Bank

Assistant General Manager,
Head of Risk Management

Usman J Khan

HSBC

Head of Commercial Banking

Fahim Shafiqi

BisB

Chief Risk Officer
Credit and Risk Management

Sheheryar Ali

GIB

Chief Credit Officer – Risk Management

Amit Bansal

ICICI Bank

Amit Bansal, Head Corporate Banking & It

Tawfeeq Bastaki

KHCB

Deputy General Manager, Chief Risk Officer

C.V Murthy

BBK

Acting Chief Risk Officer

Krishnan Hariharan

Al Salam Bank

CRO

Dicle Yalcin

Citibank

Risk Head

Ahmed Mohammed Janahi

Ithmaar Bank

Senior Manager, Risk Management

Keith Gale

AUB

Deputy Group CEO – Risk, Legal & Compliance

Munther Jbara

Arab Bank

Head of Credit

Asif Saherwalla

Arab Bank

Head of Finance

Anantha Narayanan

SICO

Chief Operating Officer

Zainab Redha

Bank ABC

Group Credit Officer, Credit Department

Julius Kirumira

SC

Head of Audit – Bahrain and GCC

Latifa Almutawa

Benefit

Manager – Credit Reference Bureau

Dr. Chithra Suresh

BIBF

Senior Lecturer, Centre for Banking

Terms Of Reference

Regulations

Sustainable Development Committee

Supervised by: Adnan Ahmed Yousif

Dr. Ali Adnan Ibrahim

Chairman
Al Baraka Banking Group

First Vice President – Head of Social Responsibility

Zeeba Askar

Deputy Chairperson
Ithmaar Bank

Director  – Investments

Hussain Al Banna

BisB

Assistant General Manager, Treasury

Hanadi Araik

GIB

Corporate Communications

Subah Abdulrahman Alzayani

KHCB

Head of Corporate Communications

Rafa Kaddoura

BBK

Department Head – Corporate Communication

Dr. Ali Al-Moulani

NBB

Head – Treasury & ALM – Treasury, Capital Markets & Wealth Management

Latifa Khalfan

CrediMax

Head of HR

Omar Al Adhami

KFH

Business Development

Fatema Yusuf

Bank ABC

Public Relations Manager –
Group Corporate Communications

Nadeen Oweis

SICO

Head of Corporate Communication

James Brazier

BNP Paribas

MEA Head of CSR, Conduct and Corporate Governance

Noora Al Nusuf

Standard Chartered

Head of Corporate Affairs and Brand and Marketing

Yousif Alnefaiei

Benefit

DGM Business Development

Mujtaba Khalid

BIBF

Head of Centre for Islamic Finance

Terms Of Reference

Regulations

Bahrain Banks Treasurers Committee

Supervised by: Abdulaziz Al Helaissi

Steve Moulder

Chairperson
GIB

Chief Investment and Treasury Officer
(CI&TO) – Treasury

Mohammed Moamen

Deputy Chairperson
NBK

Treasurer

Peter Mutti

AUB

Group Head of Treasury

Roomi Siddiqui

SC

Head of Treasury for Bahrain & GCC Cluster

Batool Al Rahma

HSBC

Treasurer

Hussain Al Banna

BisB

Head of Treasury

Faizan Alam

Habib Bank Ltd.

Dealer – Treasury Retail & Wholesale

Ihab al Agha

BBK

Unit Head – Money Market and Derivatives

Neil Sharp

BBK

Head of Treasury & Investments

Ali Dashti

GFH

Head of Treasury

Christopher Wilmot

Bank ABC

Group Treasurer

Mazen Ladki

Bank ABC

Head of Corporate Treasury (BSC)

Hussain Ali Abdulhaq

Al Salam Bank

Head of Treasury & Financial Markets

Anupam Alok

ICICI Bank

Treasury Head (MEA Region)

Abdulla Dawood

BMB

AGM-Treasury & Business Divisions

Dr Ali Al-Moulani

NBB

Head- Treasury & ALM, Treasury Capital Market & Wealth Management

DeenJayah

BIBF

Head of Centres for Banking, Accounting & Finance

Terms Of Reference

Regulations