Hamad Abdulmohsen ALMARZOUQ
Chairman of the Board of Directors
Born in 1962, Kuwait, Mr. Almarzouq holds a Master’s Degree in International Finance and Business Management from Claremont University in the U.S. awarded in 1987 and a Bachelor’s Degree in Industrial Systems Engineering from the University of Southern California in the U.S. awarded in 1985. He has taken senior positions at Kuwait Investment Corporation since, Central Bank of Kuwait between 1990-1998 and Ahli United Bank Bahrain between 1998-2014. He has been a board member of Kuwaiti Banks Association (KBA) since 2002 and has been the association’s Chairman from 2010 till 2016. Mr. Almarzouq has been a Board Member of the Banking Studies Institute since 2003 till 2014, and a Board Member of the Public Authority for Applied Education and Training (PAAET) from 2007 till 2016. He held the position of Member of the Board of Trustees of the Arab Academy for Financial and Banking Sciences from 2004 to 2009 and was also a Member of the Union of Arab Banks from 2003 to 2010. Mr. Almarzouq has been appointed as the Chairman of Board of Directors of Kuveyt Türk in 2014. Mr. Almarzouq is also a Member of Corporate Governance Committee, Executive Committee and Credit Committee.