Board of Directors
The Board of Directors of Jordan Islamic Bank includes a group of inspiring leaders who have high experience and distinguished qualifications and are able to foresee a bright future vision to improve the performance of the bank’s work and enhance teamwork with the executive management and employees to face various challenges, keep pace with developments and changes and meet the needs of customers.
H.E. Mr. Abdullah ben Ibrahim ben Suleiman Al-Howaish.
Chairman
Date of Birth: 1962.
Representative of Al Baraka Group / Bahrain.
Academic Qualification:
- Bachelor of Economics.
Practical Experience:
- Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of the Board of Directors at Sinad Holding Company (formerly Aseer Company) from January 2019 to date.
- Member of the Board of Directors - Al Rabie Saudi Foods Company since May 2021 to date.
- Member of the Board of Directors - Al Khozama Management Company since March2021 to date.
- Vice Chairman - Emaar Holding Company since October 2020 to date, and a member of the Board of Directors since October 2021 .
- Member of the Board of Directors - SEDCO Capital since June 2019 to date.
- Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors - Al-Essa Industries Company since September 2019 to date, and a member of the Board of Directors since January 2019.
- Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors - Halawani Brothers Company - Egypt since November 2019 to date.
- Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors - Halawani Brothers Company - Saudi From April 2019 to date.
- Chairman of the Board of Directors - Amlak International for Real Estate Financing Company from June 2018 to date.
H.E. Mr. Houssem Ben Haj Amor.
Vice-Chairman
Representative of Al Baraka Group / Bahrain.
Date of Birth: 1975.
Academic Qualification:
Bachelor's degree in Financial Accounting.
Practical Experiences:
- CEO of Al Baraka Group.
- Chairman/Member of the Board of Directors of Al Baraka Group and in some units of the group.
- Over 24 years of experience in financial services in the Middle East, Europe and North Africa.
- Previously held the position of Chief Financial Officer at Amlak Finance Company in the United Arab Emirates.
- He held the position of General Manager at SHUAA Capital (The leading investment banking company in the GCC).
- He started his career with Arthur Andersen, and later with Societe Generale banking Group.
- .He has held board positions in several banks and financial institutions.
H.E. Mr. Issa Haidar Issa Murad
Board Member
Representative of Al Baraka Group / Bahrain.
Date of Birth: 1964.
Academic Qualification:
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting and Business Administration.
Practical Experience:
- Member in the Jordanian Senate
- Former President of Amman Chamber of Commerce
- President and member of many economic and social institutions
- President and member of Board of Directors in a number of companies.
H.E. Mrs. Malak F. R. Ghanem
Board Member
Representative of Al Baraka Group / Bahrain.
Date of Birth: 1954
Academic Qualification:
- Master’s Degree in Banking and Finance.
Practical Experience:
- Member of the Board of Directors - Chairperson of the Audit Committee / Jordan Islamic Bank.
- Former Financial consultant at Jordan Securities Commission
- Chairperson of the Instructions Preparation Committee of the Islamic finance Sukuk law in Jordan
- Former expert in the International Monetary Fund (IMF), training expert, she worked for the Central Bank of Jordan in the position of the Banks Control Department Manager.
- Former Board member of the Islamic Insurance Company.
H.E. Mr. Daham Ben Mashour Ben Daham Al-Fayez.
Board Member
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Bachelor's degree in Business Administration.
Practical Experience:
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Former consultant in PwC.
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Use financial analysis tools and techniques to evaluate performance of real estate and projects, and make decisions based on data to improve results.
- Implement cost-saving strategies and negotiate favorable contracts to maximize returns on investments and minimize costs.
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Supervising on many properties, including rental units and agricultural lands.
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Managing money and family investments.
H.E. Mr. Farouk Abdelhaleem Taher Al Hadidi.
Board Member
Date of birth: 1962.
Representative of Social Security Corporation.
Academic Qualification:
- Master of Economics.
Practical Experience:
- Secretary General of the Ministry of Labor from 11/7/2019 to date.
- General Manager of the Development and Employment Fund from 15/6/2017 to 10/7/2019.
- Secretary General of the Ministry of Labor from 2/7/2016 to 14/6/2017.
- Board advisor / Jordan Development Zones Company (JDZ) from 16/10/2010 to 2/7/2016.
- General Manager of Jabal Ajloun Development Company from 14/4/2010 to 15/10/2010.
- General Manager of the Jordanian Cooperative Corporation 7/1/2010 to 14/14/2010.
- Secretary General of the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities from 2/2/2005 to 7/1/2010.
- Secretary General of the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Supply from 9/10/2002 to 4/12/2010.
- General Manager of the Jordan Export Development and commercial centers Corporation from 11/6/1998 to 8/10/2002.
H.E. Dr. Jamal Ahmad Mufleh Al-Sarayrah.
Board Member
Date of Birth: 1954.
Academic Qualification:
- Higher University Diploma in Law and International Relations.
Practical Experience:
- Former Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs.
- Member of the twenty-ninth Senate.
- Member of the twenty-eighth Senate.
- Former Minister of Communications and Post and Minister of Transport.
- Former Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Arab Potash Company.
- Former Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Jordan Bromine Company.
- Former member of the Jordanian National Charter Committee.
- Former member of the Board of Directors of Islamic Insurance Company.
- Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Jordan Telecom Company previously.
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First Vice President of the House of Representatives of Jordan and former member of the House of Representatives of Jordan.
H.E. Dr. Tayseer Radwan Saleem Al Smadi.
Board Member
Date of Birth: 1966.
Academic Qualification:
- PhD in Economics.
Practical Experience:
- Former Minister of Planning and International Cooperation.
- Former Minister of State for Public Sector Development.
- Former Minister of Agriculture.
- Senior Economic Consultant (Freelancer), since October 2016 Until now.
- Former member of the Statistics Advisory Committee.
- Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Jordanian Company for Press and Publication previously.
- Former member of the Jordanian Senate.
- Former member of the Board of Directors of the National Council of Education
- Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Arab Engineering Industries previously.
- Former Chief Executive Officer/ Al shamal Center for Consultations.
- Former Chairman of the Board of Directors of the National Petroleum Company.
- Former member of the Board of Directors of the Association of Banks in Jordan.
- Former Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Islamic International Arab Bank.
- Former member of the Board of Directors of the Arab Tunisian Bank.
- Former member of the Board of Directors of the Arab Bank Group
- Former Secretary General of the Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation. -Former Human Development Department, Ministry of Planning and international Cooperation
- Acting Director - Deputy Member of the Board of Governors, the World Bank previously.
- Part-time Lecturer, Department of Economics, University of Jordan previously.
- Former member of the boards of directors of many institutions and Companies, including: Industrial Development Bank, Jordan Investment Board, Jordan Export Development and commercial centers Corporation, Electricity Generating Company, Water Authority, Jordan Valley Authority.
H.E. Eng. Abed AlRahim Fathi Salim Boucai.
Board Member
Date of Birth: 1959.
Academic Qualification:
- Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering.
Practical Experience:
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Honorary Consul of the Republic of Belarus 2005 - 2007.
- Elected member of the Awqaf Fund for Development and Investment 2002 - 2007.
- Member of the Management Committee of the Transport Regulatory Authority – Ministry of Transport 2001 - 2007.
- Deputy Amman Mayor, elected 1998-2006.
- Formerly elected member of the Greater Amman Municipality.
- Member of the twenty-eighth Senate.
- Member of the seventeenth of House of Representatives of Jordan 2013 - 2016.
- Member of the fifteenth of House of Representatives of Jordan 2010 - 2012.
H.E. Mr.Ghassan ben Ahmed ben Mohammed Amodi.
Board Member
Date of Birth: 1972.
Academic Qualification:
- Bachelor of Business Administration.
Practical Experience:
- Member of the Board of Directors of Al baraka Türk Participation Bank from 2020 –till now.
- General Manager (Corporate Banking Services) – Saudi British Bank 2017 - 2019.
- Regional Head of Corporate Banking Services - Saudi British Bank 2007 - 2017.
- Corporate Banking Division – Assistant Manager of Relations- Saudi British Bank 1994 - 2007.
H.E. Dr. Khawla Fareez Awad Al-Nobani.
Board Member.
Date of Birth: 1967.
Academic Qualification:
- PhD in Islamic Banking.
Practical Experience:
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Founder of ARFAQ - Financial Advisory and Training Company, Amman, Jordan, from 2015 until now.
- A specialized partner in (BDO) Jordan (The company represents the fifth audit firm at the level of World), from 2004 to 2011
- General Manager of Derayah for Islamic Financial Consulting.
- Assistant Secretary General of the Islamic Financial Services Board Formerly /Malaysia.
- Part-time lecturer for Islamic Economics - College of Business/ University of Jordan previously.
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Expert at the International Islamic Fiqh Academy / Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia .