Ibrahim Fayez

He was born in 1949 in the Ajman city of the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Mr. Ibrahim Fayez had his degree in Economics from the Arab University of Beirut in Lebanon in 1972. He commenced his professional career in 1969-1971 at Bank of Oman as Current Accounts Chief. Later on he became the manager of its Ajman branch (1971). In between 1972-1976, he held the following positions: Manager of Financial Affairs at the Ministry of Housing & Town Planning of UAE. He worked as Assistant General Manager at Abu Dhabi Fund for Arab Economic Development between 1976-1989; Board Member for European Arab Bank Holding in Luxembourg (1978), Board member for Industrial Bank of UAE (1983-1999), Board member for Austrian Conference Centre Co in Vienna (1984) and Board member for Dubai Islamic Bank (1998-2001). He also worked as chairman of UAE Bangladesh Investment Co in Bangladesh (1988-1989), and Board of the Arab Fund for Economic & Social Development in Kuwait (1983-2010). He has been the Chairman and CEO of the Emirates Islamic Bank in Dubai between 2004 and 2011. Later on, his own company AlRabiah Trading Co. (Dubai). He is the Chairman of Albaraka Bank Egypt, board member at the Albaraka Banking Group (Bahrain) and Albaraka Bank Syria. He has been a board member of Albaraka Türk since April 2005. He is also the member of Corporate Governance and Sustainability and Social Responsibility Committee.