Bahrain-based Al Baraka Islamic Bank announced the joining of Abdul Rahman Abdullah Mohammed to the Bank’s board after the approval of the Central Bank of Bahrain.
Abdul Rahman is currently serving as a member of the Board of Directors of Taib Bank, also was a former member of the Deposit Protection Programme of the Central Bank of Bahrain.
Abdul Rahman expertise extends over 36 years in the banking business in a number of banks most recently served as General Manager of the Banking Group in National Bank of Bahrain, and before that served as Assistant General Manager for Corporate Banking Services, Senior Manager in the Strategic Planning Management in the same Bank and other important positions . Abdul Rahman holds a master degree in business administration from the University of Hull in the United Kingdom.
“We are very delighted for the accession of Abdul Rahman Abdullah Mohammed to the membership of the Board of Directors of the Bank, bringing with him experience of three and a half decades in the areas of banking in the local market, and thus, he constitutes high value added to the Bank,” Khalid Rashid Al Zayani, Chairman of Al Baraka Islamic Bank said.
“Abdul Rahman brings to the Board of Directors of Al Baraka Islamic Bank rich expertise and experience in commercial banking in the local market, which will contribute to support the implementation of the Bank’s strategy in the expansion in the domestic market. The fact that Abdul Rahman is an independent member of the Board of Directors, this reinforces the rules of governance in the Bank,” Adnan Ahmed Yousif, Vice Chairman of Al Baraka Islamic Bank and President and Chief Executive of Al Baraka Banking Group, said.