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Abdullah joined the Board of BLME Holdings as a Non-executive Director in June 2021. He is a member of the Audit Committee and the Nominations and Remuneration Committee. Abdullah is Chief Executive Officer – Consumer, Private, and Digital Banking of Boubyan Bank, which he joined in December 2011, Chairman of Boubyan Capital Investment Company, a member of the board of directors of Boubyan Takaful Insurance Company and Chairman of BB2 Digital and Technology Services Limited. Abdullah has more than 32 years of banking experience, including 23 years at National Bank of Kuwait. During his time with NBK, he held different leadership roles in retail banking in Kuwait and London. Abdullah received his bachelor’s degree in Finance from Kuwait University and attended several executive development programs at Harvard Business School, INSEAD, and other reputable institutions.

As a member of the Al Subeaei Family, he was engaged in the MASIC business early on in his career, and now as one of the second generation is an active member and participant in almost all MASIC committees including but not limited to Investment, logistics, real estate, business development and community service (MASIC Charity Organization). Part of his role is to oversee day to day activities for some of these committees and lead others. Mohammed is also the Chairman of Ibrahim Mohammed Al-Subeaei & Sons Investments (ERA).

Mohammed holds a bachelor's degree in Business Administration in Management from King Saud University.

Jabra Ghandour is a Non-executive Board member of BLME Holdings having previously served as Chief Executive Officer between March and November 2016. He has more than 30 years of experience in Financial Services. He is currently Chief Executive Officer of Boubyan Capital Investment Company, a subsidiary of the Company’s majority shareholder, Boubyan Bank K.S.C.P. Before joining the Group, he was the Managing Director and Board member of International Bank of Qatar. Jabra began his career at Cairo Amman Bank where he was Head of Treasury before moving to Union Bank as Executive Manager responsible for Treasury and Financial Institutions. Jabra joined Jordan National Bank (Ahli Bank) in 1994 as Assistant General Manager followed by four years at Merrill Lynch (Jordan) as General Manager. From 2002 to 2012 he worked at National Bank of Kuwait holding several senior positions including General Manager, Jordan and Head of Private Banking. Jabra has played a key role in developing and growing market leading banks. He is also an independent Board member of Bank of Etihad and a Non-executive Director of Boubyan Takaful Insurance Company.

Andrew is CEO of BLME and joined the business in 2015 as Head of Wealth Management and Head of Business. Prior to that, Andrew was Head of Strategy and Head of Retail Banking at International Bank of Qatar (IBQ). He began his career with Lloyds Bank in 1989, working onshore in the branch network as well as in the Offshore Banking Group in the Channel Islands before moving to Citibank International PLC where he held several roles including Head of Sales and Distribution. In 2004 Andrew joined National Bank of Kuwait as Head of Affluent Sales, after which he worked at Al Khaliji where he held several senior positions including Group Head of Consumer Banking and Head of Premium and Business Banking.

Yasser joined BLME in February 2022, and he is responsible for the securities company’s operations and strategy direction, as well as increasing BLME’s profile within the GCC. Prior to joining us, Yasser worked across Wealth Management, Investment Banking and Corporate Banking roles for 15 years. He joined from EFG Bank, a Swiss Private Bank, where he was an Executive Director of Wealth Management. Prior to joining EFG, Yasser was VP Wealth Management at Deutsche Bank in Riyadh and Head of Business Development in Corporate Banking Group at Bank Saudi Fransi. He has also held senior positions in Samba Financial Group and Saudi Hollandi Bank. Yasser has an MBA from the University of Essex in the UK.