Mr. Abdulaziz Mohammed Al Balushi is the Chief Executive Officer of OMINVEST, major shareholder of Oman Arab Bank. He is an experienced and professional banker with more than 28 years of experience in the banking industry and capital markets. He was the CEO of Ahli bank SAOG from 2007 to 2013 and was primarily responsible for converting a single product mortgage bank into a full-fledged commercial bank.

During his tenure, Ahli bank won many prestigious awards including the best bank of Oman for three consecutive years by OER, the best bank in Oman 2012 by World Finance and the Bankers award 2013. In a career that has spanned over two decades, Mr. Al Balushi has held positions of increasing responsibility in all major areas of Banking. He started his career with Oman International Bank and prior to joining Ahli bank, he was Deputy CEO of National Bank of Oman. He holds Master of Science Degree in Finance from the University of Strathclyde (UK) and a Fellow Chartered Institute of Bankers (UK). He has attended a host of Specialized Executive Management Development Programs at International Institutes of worldwide repute such as Strathclyde; London and INSEAD Business Schools. In November 2012, he was ranked as the “Second Best CEO in the Arab Banking World” by Forbes Magazine.

Mr. Al Balushi served in various Boards of companies across the Sultanate including ONIC Holding, Al Ahlia Insurance Company, National Life Insurance, Oman Investment & Finance Company, Gulf Hotels Co. and as an Advisory Board Member in the College of Agricultural and Marine Services at Sultan Qaboos University. Currently, he is the Chairman of Oman Real Estate Investments and Services SAOC and Salalah Resorts SAOC; and Deputy Chairman of Jabreen Capital. He is also a Board member at Oman Arab Bank SAOG, National Life and General Insurance Company SAOG and National Finance Company SAOG. Additionally, he is a member of Oman American Business Center, an organization formed to foster the development of commercial activity between the United States of America and the Sultanate of Oman. Mr. Al Balushi is also a Fellow of the Institute of Financial Services, an organisation supporting professionalism in financial services.

Mr. Walid Al Samhouri is Executive Vice President – Jordan Country Head at Arab Bank. He has a vast banking experience for more than 33 years with Arab Bank where he worked in different geographies and handled various responsibilities in the Corporate and Institutional Banking, Credit, Banking Operations, Commercial and Trade Finance.

Mr. Al Samhouri is the Chairman of Arab Sudanese Bank -Sudan, and a board member of Arab Tunisian Bank, Tunisia. He is also a board member in Jordan Loan Guarantee Corporation, Jordan. He holds a Master’s degree in Economics from the University of Jordan.

Mr. Imad Sultan joined the family business at W. J. Towell & Co. LLC, (a major diversified family-owned corporation since 1866) as a Business Development Manager in 1995 and has been in the Towell Group since then. He is currently the Vice Chairman & Managing Director of W. J. Towell & Co. LLC, and the Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Group. He is also the Vice Chairman of National Hospitality Institute SAOG, Board Member and Chairman of the Nomination Committee and Member of the Executive Committee at Muscat Stock Exchange. In addition, Mr. Sultan is a Board member of Savannah Resources PLC. Formerly he served as a Director on the Boards of National Bank of Oman, Oman International Development & Investment Company SAOG. (Ominvest) and Oman Tennis Association among others. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration degree in Marketing from the American University in Washington DC, USA and has been a member of the Young Presidents Organization since 2005.

Mr. Mohammed Al Ghanamah has held the position of Executive Vice President and Head of Credit Division at the Head office of the Arab Bank in Jordan since 2010. He previously worked in several executive positions at the Bank, where he held the position of Executive Vice President – Global Head of Corporate and Investment Banking from 2007 to 2010.

Mr. Al Ghanamah occupied several positions between 1976 and 2010 across major regional banks, including the Saudi American Bank, Riyadh in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the United Saudi Bank and the Banque Saudi Fransi. He also worked at the Gulf International Bank in Bahrain and Cairo Amman Bank in Jordan.

Mr. Al Ghanamah has over four decades of experience in the banking and management field. He is a member of several Boards of Directors, including the Islamic International Arab Bank, where he holds the position of Deputy Chairman of the Board, as well as the Arab National Bank in Saudi Arabia, the Arab Bank in Syria and T-Bank in Turkey. He is also a Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Arab National Leasing Company, Jordan and Deputy of Supervisory of AB invest in Amman, Jordan. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics from King Saud University in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and a Diploma in Computer Programming from London.

Mr. Nasri Malhamé served as the CEO of Arab Bank (Switzerland) from 2009-2017. He is a board member of various entities, Arab Tunisian Bank, AB Fund Managers-Guernsey, Ubhar Capital-Oman and Chambre de commerce Arabo-Suisse, Geneva.  He was also appointed as board member in Banque Du Crédit National-Lebanon.

Mr. Malhamé has previously worked at B.A.I.I. Paris, an affiliate of BNP, after that he joined BNP Paribas-Geneva as an Executive Director in charge of Private Banking and Trade Finance for Southern Europe and the MENA region, and was appointed as a member of the Executive Committee in 2000. He holds a Ph.D. in Banking and Management from Université Paris Dauphine and has set up his own consultancy firm, NVM Consulting.