Mr. AbdulAziz Mohammed Al Balushi serves as the Group CEO of Oman International Development and Investment Company SAOG (Ominvest). With over 39 years of experience in the financial services sector, he possesses a profound understanding of global market dynamics.
Since joining Ominvest in 2014, Mr. Al Balushi and his management team have successfully implemented a transformative vision articulated by the Board of Directors, reshaping the company’s culture, structure and policies. Under his leadership, the team executed the merger between Ominvest and ONIC Holding, establishing Oman’s largest publicly listed investment company. His tenure also saw several significant initiatives, including the IPO of the flagship insurance company National Life, the development of the Ominvest Business Center and the merger of National Finance with Orix Leasing Company. Furthermore, he spearheaded capital-raising efforts, including a perpetual bond issuance and played a vital role in the merger of Oman Arab Bank with Alizz Islamic Bank, which facilitated Oman Arab Bank’s listing on the Muscat Stock Exchange as an SAOG. He also led NLGIC’s acquisition of RSA Middle East, positioning NLGIC among the top ten insurance companies in the region.
Before his role at Ominvest, Mr. Al Balushi served as the CEO of Ahli Bank SAOG from 2007 to 2014, where he was instrumental in transforming a single-product mortgage bank into a comprehensive commercial bank, achieving over US$ 3 billion in assets and more than US$ 450 million in equity. In recognition of his achievements, he was named “Second Best CEO in the Arab Banking World” by Forbes Middle East in November 2012 and received the “CEO of the Year” Award at the Oman Banking and Finance Awards in April 2019.
He also holds the position of Chairman of Ubhar Capital, Chairman of Oman Real Estate investment and services LLC, Deputy Chairman of Jabreen International Investment Company SAOC. Additionally, he is a board member of Oman Arab Bank SAOG, National Finance Company SAOG, LIVA Bahrain as well as Injaz Oman.
Mr. Al Balushi holds a Master of Science in Finance from the University of Strathclyde (UK) and is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Bankers (UK). He has also served on various boards in the Sultanate and was an Advisory Board Member at the College of Agriculture and Marine Services at Sultan Qaboos University and a board member at Financial Service Authority (FSA),
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 LLC, and the Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Group. He is a Board Member of Towell International Holding Company KSCC (Kuwait), Chairman of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee and Member of the Executive Committee.
He is also the Vice Chairman and Member of the Executive Committee and Audit Committee at Muscat Stock Exchange. Formerly, he served as a Director on the Boards of National Bank of Oman, Oman International Development and Investment Company SAOG. (Ominvest), National Hospitality Institute, Savannah Resources PLC 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. Mohammad Al Ghanamah has held the position of Executive Vice President and Head of Credit Division at Arab Bank 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 held several positions between 1976 and 2010 across major regional banks including Saudi American Bank, United Saudi Bank and BanquSaudi Fransi in Saudi Arabia. He also worked at 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 Islamic International Arab Bank, where he holds the position of Deputy Chairman of the Board, Arab National Bank in Saudi Arabia, Arab Bank in Syria and T-Bank in Turkey. He is also the Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Arab National Leasing Company, Jordan and Deputy of Supervisory of AB invest in Jordan. He holds a Bachelor of Science 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 and Board Audit Committee member of TradeXBank – Zurich, Switzerland, Board member and Chairman of Audit Committee of Ubhar Capital, Oman and a Board member in AB Fund Managers-Guernsey.
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.
Dr. Nabil Qaddumi is a seasoned entrepreneur and strategic leader with a distinguished career spanning the energy, banking, and development sectors. He is the Founder and Chairman of SPETCO International Petroleum Company, a prominent oil and gas facilities and services provider in Kuwait and the UAE. He also founded PROJACS International, a leading project management firm later acquired by the global engineering group EGIS.
Dr. Qaddumi has held key roles in the banking industry, including board memberships at Jordan Investment & Finance Bank (2000–2017) and Bank of Palestine (2018–2019). In the public service arena, he serves as Vice Chairman of the Arab Fund for Arts & Culture and is the Founder and Director of the Hani Qaddumi Scholarship Foundation. He previously represented Palestine as Governor at the Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development.
An accomplished academic, Dr. Qaddumi holds a Ph.D. from MIT, an M.Sc. from Stanford University, and a B.Sc. from the University of Texas, all in civil engineering. He has lectured at Kuwait University and was a visiting lecturer at Stanford.
Mr. Yasir Badri currently serves as Head of Financial Services on the Private Equity Platform at Mubadala Investment Company. He oversees Mubadala’s global private equity investment strategy and activities in the financial services space.
Prior to his role with Direct Investments, Mr. Badri was a member of the Mergers and Acquisitions team, responsible for providing transaction execution support to multiple business units at Mubadala. Before that, he worked in the financial risk management department of Mubadala’s corporate finance and treasury function. He joined Mubadala in 2009 as an analyst in the healthcare division.
Mr. Badri is a founding member of the financial services’ direct investments team. He led several marquee transactions across buyouts and fund investments. Prior to assuming a leadership role in the team, he led the development of Mubadala’s insurance investment strategy and deal execution. He also led the expansion of Mubadala’s Direct Investments coverage into Asia.
Mr. Badri is also a director on the Boards of Investcorp Holdings and Bermuda-based (re)insurance company (Private). He holds a Bachelor of Science in Finance from the American University of Sharjah (AUS). He is also a certified Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) since 2013.
