About
Corporate Governance
About
Corporate Governance
Mr. Hamad Abdulmohsen Almarzouq
(Non-Executive Director)
Chairman of the Group Board and Chairman of the Group Board Executive Committee
Director since 22 March 2023
Mr. Al-Marzouq earned his BA in Industrial Systems Engineering from the University of Southern California in the US in 1985. He received his MA in International Finance and Business Management from Claremont Graduate University in the US in 1987.
Mr. Al-Marzouq has diverse professional experience in banking and finance both in Kuwait and abroad spanning more than thirty years. He has serves as Chairman of Kuwait Turk Participation Bank in Turkiye since 2015, Chairman of Ahli United Bank in Bahrain since 2023, Chairman of KFH Egypt (formerly Ahli United Bank in Egypt) since 2023 and Chairman of Kuwait Banking Association (KBA) since Feb 2025.
Mr. Al-Marzouq has held many prominent positions in various banking, financial and regulatory institutions. He has served as a board member of Kuwait Banking Association (KBA) since 2002, KBA Chairman from 2010 to 2016, board member of the Union of Arab Banks from 2003 to 2010, board member of the Kuwait Institute of Banking Studies (KIBS) from 2003 to 2014, member of the Board of Trustees of the Arab Academy for Financial and Banking Sciences from 2004 to 2009, board member of the Public Authority for Applied Education and Training (PAAET) from 2007 to 2016, Chairman and Managing Director of Ahli United Bank in Kuwait from 2002 to 2014, Vice Chairman of Ahli United Bank in the UK from 1998 to 2014, in Egypt from 2006 to 2014, in Bahrain from 2000 to 2014, and in Oman from 2007 to 2014, Vice Chairman of the formerly known Commercial Bank of Iraq from 2006 to 2014, Chairman of Kuwait Finance House (Malaysia) Berhad from 2015 to 2016 and Chairman of Kuwait Finance House in Bahrain from 2015 to 2023. Mr. Al-Marzouq served as a board member, Vice Chairman, and Chairman of Kuwait and Middle East Financial Investment Company in Kuwait from 2002 to 2010.
He held the position of Vice Chairman of the Middle East Financial Investment Company in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia from 2009 to 2013 and was Vice Chairman of Ahli Bank in Qatar from 2004 to 2013.
Mr. Al-Marzouq commenced his professional career as an investment officer in US equity portfolios and derivatives in the Investment Department at Kuwait Investment Company from 1987 to 1990. He went on to hold several executive positions at the Central Bank of Kuwait, including Deputy Manager of the Technical Affairs Office in 1990. In addition, he served as the Deputy Manager and then Manager of the Financial Supervision Department from 1992 to 1996 and 1996 to 1998, respectively.
38 years of experience in the financial services sector.