YOUSIF ABDULLA TAQI
Board Member, Chief Executive Officer

A Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Mr. Taqi has been active in the banking and financial services industry since 1983. During his career, Mr. Taqi worked in leading positions for a number of institutions in the Kingdom of Bahrain. Prior to joining Al Salam Bank–Bahrain, he was Deputy General Manager of Kuwait Finance House (Bahrain), and was responsible for establishing Kuwait Finance House Malaysia. Before this, Mr. Taqi spent 20 years with Ernst & Young, during which time he provided professional services for many regional and international financial institutions. During his career with Ernst & Young, Mr. Taqi was promoted to Partner, responsible for providing auditing and consultancy services to the Islamic financial firms. He is currently the Chairman of Manara Developments Company B.S.C. (c), Amar Holding Company B.S.C. (c) and ASB Biodiesel (Hong Kong) Limited, affiliates of ASBB, and also a board member of Al Salam Bank-Algeria and Aluminum Bahrain (ALBA).

NABEEL EBRAHIM AL TATTAN
Executive Vice President, Head of MENA region

A Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA), Mr. Al Tattan, since 1989, has been active in banking, investment and wealth management. He spent seven years with Arcapita (Bahrain), where his last position was Director, Investment Placement. Before this, he held senior management positions with Shuaa Capital (UAE), SICO (Bahrain), and Arab Insurance Group (Bahrain). He is experienced in setting up and managing investment portfolios for clients in areas such as treasury and fixed income, equities, derivative products, private equity and structured finance. Mr. Al Tattan has also assisted two regional stock exchanges in setting up their market index calculations.

MUKUNDAN RAGHAVACHARI
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer

A Chartered Accountant and a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) from the State of Colorado, USA, Mr. Raghavachari’s experience in the financial services industry goes back to 1988. During his career, he has worked for two “Big 4” firms in several countries in the Middle East and the United States. Prior to joining Al Salam Bank-Bahrain, he held the position of Group Head of Strategic Development at Ahli United Bank. Mr. Raghavachari is an Associate Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.

AHMED SWALEH ABDISHEIKH
Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer

Mr. Abdisheikh is a qualified Chartered Accountant (South Africa) and a member of South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA) and Global Association of Risk Professionals (GARP). Practicing the profession since 1996, Mr. Abdisheikh has gained combined experience in audit profession, risk management and financial services. Mr. Abdisheikh spent 5 years with Deloitte & Touche Tohmatsu working in South Africa, New Zealand and Qatar. In the last 7 years, he spent most of his time in the development and implementation of enterprise-wide risk management systems and processes including the implementation of Basel II in two prominent Qatari institutions. Prior to joining the Bank, he was Assistant General Manager-Market & Operational Risk at Qatar National Bank.

MOHAMMED PARACHA
Executive Vice President, Head of Europe

A qualified Solicitor (English Law), Mr. Paracha holds a Bachelor degree in Law (LLB Hons.) from Brunel University (UK) and a Postgraduate Diploma in Law from the College of Law (UK). He was Partner Designate at the international law firm Norton Rose. Notable career achievements by Mr. Paracha include being named as ‘Lawyer of the Year’ in 2004 and in their Hot 100 list in 2007 by the prestigious legal publication, The Lawyer. He served as a member of the Bank of England Working Party on Islamic Finance, assisted in the formation of the Islamic Bank of Britain, and advised Lloyds TSB on the establishment of an Islamic banking window.

MARCO DONDI
Senior Vice President, Head of Treasury and Capital Markets

Since 1987, Mr. Dondi has been indulged in regional and international banking, specializing in treasury, money markets, derivatives trading, and bonds. He was Chief Dealer and Deputy Treasurer at BNP Paribas Bahrain, where he held a global mandate for trading, marketing and sales on GCC and North African currencies. Before this, Mr. Dondi spent four years with the Kuwait-based Gulf Bank and eight years with the Brussels branch of Sumitomo Bank.