CEO Today Middle East Awards

CEO TODAY MIDDLE EAST AWARDS 2020 Banking 50 Adnan Ahmed Yousif President & CEO of Al Baraka Banking Group Mr. Adnan holds over three decades of international banking experience. As President & Chief Executive, Mr. Yousif has led Al Baraka Banking Group (ABG) since its inception, developing the Group into one of the largest and most diversified Islamic banking groups in theworld, operating a network of around 700 branches in 16 countries, with its Head Office in the Kingdom of Bahrain. He is the Chairman of Jordan Islamic Bank, Al Baraka Bank Sudan, Al Baraka Turk Participation Bank, Al Baraka Bank Egypt, Al Baraka Bank Ltd. South Africa, Banque Al Baraka D’Algerie S.P.A., Al Baraka Bank Pakistan Ltd., Al Baraka Bank Lebanon S.A.L, Al Baraka Bank Syria S.A., Vice Chairman of Al Baraka Islamic Bank B.S.C.(c), Bahrain and a Board member of Al Baraka Bank Tunisia and Itqan Capital in Saudi Arabia. Mr. Yousif is currently the Chairman of Bahrain Association of Banks. He has beentheChairmanoftheUnionofArab Banks, headquartered in Lebanon, for two consecutive terms (2007-2013). In 2011, Mr. Yousif received the Medal of Efficiency, a unique honor conferred by His Majesty King Hamad Bin Isa Al Khalifa, the King of the Kingdom of www. albaraka .com Bahrain. In 2017, Mr. Yousif received the Honorary Freedom Award, the highest honor from the City of London for his outstanding contributions to international banking services. In recognition of his efforts in evolving a unique business model for Islamic banking, he was awarded the Accolade of the Sudanese Presidency for Excellency in Social Responsibility in 2015. Mr. Yousif has been declared as the Islamic Finance Personality of the Year 2017 by the Global Islamic Finance Awards (GIFA). He was also awarded by the LARIBA American Finance House the 2012 LARIBA Award for Excellence in Achievement in recognition of his leadership role in consolidating and operating the largest diversified Islamic banking group in the world. In 2004 and 2009, he received the Islamic Banker of the Year award. Mr. Yousif was previously at the Arab Banking Corporation for over 20 years, and last served as a Director on its Board. He holds a Master’s in Business Administration degree from University of Hull, U.K. In recognition of Mr. Yousif’s outstanding contribution in the field of contemporary Islamic finance and for modernizing its theoretical fundamentals in practice, the Al Jinan University of Lebanon granted him an Honorary Doctorate of Philosophy in Business Administration. Al Baraka Banking Group B.S.C. (“ABG”) is licensed as an Islamic wholesale bank by the Central Bank of Bahrain and is listed on Bahrain Bourse and NasdaqDubai. It is a leading international Islamic banking group providing its unique services in countries with a population totaling around one billion. The Group has a wide geographical presence in the form of subsidiary banking units and representative offices in 17 countries, which in turn provide their services through over 700 branches. Al Baraka Banking Group has operations in Jordan, Egypt, Tunis, Bahrain, Sudan, Turkey, South Africa, Algeria, Pakistan, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Morocco and Germany, in addition two branches in Iraq and two representative offices in Indonesia and Libya.