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Oman Arab Bank
Board of Directors
Sulaiman Al Harthi
Chief Executive Officer
CB Ganesh
Deputy Chief Executive Officer
Sulaiman Al Hinai
Chief Wholesale Banking Officer
Ahmed El Damaty
Chief Financial Officer
Mr. Sulaiman Al Harthi joined Oman Arab Bank on 4 January 2023 as Chief Executive Officer. He previously held several leadership positions in leading local banks, including the position of Deputy CEO of Oman Arab Bank and CEO of Alizz Islamic Bank. He currently serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Takaful Oman Insurance Company SAOG, a member of the Board of Directors of the College of Banking and Financial Studies and a member of the Board of Directors of the Harvard Business School (HBS) Club.
Mr. Al Harthi graduated from Oman Banking Institute and obtained a Master’s degree in Business Administration Finance from the University of Leicester in the United Kingdom. He also completed a program in Executive Management from Harvard Business School as well as from the European Institute of Business Administration (INSEAD).
Mr. CB Ganesh joined OAB as Deputy Chief Executive Officer in February 2021 and was appointed Acting Chief Executive Officer from August 2021until 3 January 2023. Mr. Ganesh is an entrepreneurial and financially astute executive with an exemplary track record of building brands, improving profitability and creating stakeholder value. He has a vast global banking experience of more than 35 years, spanning across India, Hong Kong, UAE and Oman. He was the CEO of Ahli United Bank Ltd., Dubai, UAE from 2016 to 2021 and Dy CEO of AhliBank SAOG from 2008 to 2015.
Mr. Ganesh, an alumnus of MIT-Sloan (USA) and IIM-Calcutta (India), also holds a Master’s degree in Bank Management and a Master’s degree in Commerce. He is also a Non-Executive Director Diploma holder from Financial Times (FT-NED).
Mr. Sulaiman Al Hinai was appointed as Head of Treasury, Investments and Government Relations in July 2017. He is a treasury professional with regional expertise and experience spanning over thirty years in commercial banking and treasury with various local and regional banks including, Doha Bank, (Qatar), Oman International Bank and Ahli Bank SAOG, (Oman).
He earned a Banking Diploma in 2001 from Arab Academy for Banking and Financial Sciences in Jordan. He has also been involved in various senior courses and workshops from international training institutions that helped elevate him in his career. He also has an Executive Program in Banking Management from INSEAD, France. He was appointed as Chief Wholesale Banking Officer on 31 May 2023, adding the corporate banking division to his portfolio.
Mr. Ahmed El Damaty was appointed Chief Financial Officer in October 2021 and brings over 25 years of experience in the banking sector. He has held senior leadership roles across the Middle East with a leading global financial institution. Prior to joining OAB, he served as CFO at a prominent bank in Oman.
Mr. El Damaty holds a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting and is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and a member of the CFA Institute. He has also completed executive programs at leading international institutions, including Harvard Business School.
Asma Al Zadjali
Chief Banking Operations Officer
Zahra Abdulamir
Chief Risk Officer
Essam Al Busaidi
Chief Human Resources & Administration Officer
Mansoor Al Raisi
Chief Compliance Officer
Ms. Asma Al Zadjali joined Oman Arab Bank in 2016 and currently she is the Chief Banking Operations Officer. She has over 24 years of experience working in the banking industry. Her portfolio includes Central Operations, Payments, Transformation, Project/Change Management, Customer Onboarding, Operational Governance and Control, Retail and Corporate Credit Administration, Trade Finance and Treasury Back Office.
She holds a Banking Diploma from the College of Banking and Financial Studies and a Master’s degree in Business Administration from the University of Strathclyde. She also has an Executive Leadership from IMD Switzerland as part of the National CEO Program (NCP) which she graduated in May 2018 as the only candidate from the banking sector in Cohort 3.
Ms. Zahra AbdulAmir joined Oman Arab Bank in November 2022 as Head of Credit Review and was appointed as the Chief Risk Officer (CRO) in Nov 2024. She has more than 15 years of banking experience, having worked in local and international banks.
Ms. Zahra holds a BSc. In Mathematics, Operating Research, Statistics and Economics from Warwick University (UK) and Master’s in Business Administration from IE Business School (Spain). She received her professional certification of Financial Risk Management (FRM) from the Global Association of Risk Professions (GARP) in 2018 and in 2020 she completed a certification in Data Science and Machine Learning from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Mr. Essam Al Busaidi joined Oman Arab Bank in February 2022 as Chief Human Resources Officer. He is a seasoned HR professional with more than 27 years of working experience in higher education, commercial airline, oil and gas (Upstream and Downstream) and banking sectors.
He holds a Master’s degree in Public Management with a concentration in (HR) from Carnegie Mellon University, USA.
Mr. Mansoor Al-Raisi joined the Bank in 2015 as Chief Compliance Officer. He started his career in CBO as a Bank Examiner in 1988. He then went on to become in charge of the Banking Supervision Department in 1996. Mr. Al-Raisi was eventually promoted to Senior Manager, in charge of the Banking Examination Department. In 2008, he joined National Bank of Oman as the Chief Compliance Officer.
He earned a B.A. in Business Administration from Rollins College, Florida, USA and a Master’s Degree in Development Banking from, the American University, Washington D.C., USA.
Tariq Al Zadjali
Chief Technology Officer
Hamza Moosa Baqer
Chief Internal Audit Executive
Mr. Juma Al Fulaiti
Acting Chief Retail Banking Officer
Mr. Tariq Al Zadjali joined Oman Arab Bank on 30 December 2021 as Chief Technology Officer. He has more than 27 years of banking and IT experience having worked in different banks in Oman.
He holds an MSc in Computer Science (Information Management and Security) and other professional qualifications from reputable organizations such as the Wharton School, Queens School of Business and IBM.
Mr. Hamza joined Oman Arab Bank in August 2021 as Chief Audit Executive. He has over 23 years of experience in the field of auditing, where he worked in several sectors, including Big Four auditing firms, banking, aviation, oil and gas sectors and electricity and water sectors.
He holds a bachelor’s degree with honors in Science in Computers and Internet Applications from the University of Luton. He is a qualified internal auditor, holding the Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) qualification and several other professional qualifications related to the field such as CISA and CRISC.
Mr. Al Fulaiti later transitioned to the financial sector, bringing valuable public sector insight to Islamic banking. He served as Head of Government Relations and Institutional Sales at Bank Muscat’s Meethaq and Alizz Islamic Bank. At Oman Arab Bank, he has held several executive roles before being appointed Deputy Head of Retail Banking.
He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business Management and several professional certifications. He has participated in different international and regional programmes in leadership, strategy, Islamic finance, and sustainable development.
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