Board of Members

H.E Dr.Marwan M Awad
H.E Dr.Marwan M AwadChairman of the Board

Memberships in other Commissions and Boards:

  • Chairman- Jordan Elaf for Integrated Solutions/ Gate to Pay
  • Vice President- International Union of Arab Banks
  • Managing Director – First International Consultancy & Arbitration
  • Board Member – Jordan Kuwait Bank
  • Member/ Board of trustees/ Head of Audit Committee – Arab Academy for Banking and Financial Sciences

H.E Dr.Marwan M Awad was formerly:

  • Minister of Finance
  • Secretary-General- Ministry of Industry & Trade
  • Chairman/ Board Member – Several national and regional companies & Financial Institutions
  • CEO/ GM- Jordan Ahli Bank, Industrial Development Bank, Qatar Islamic Bank, Middle East Investment Bank
  • Publisher of several books and articles/ lecture in finance, banking, and management.
Mr. Shaher Suleiman
Mr. Shaher SuleimanExecutive Director

A Banking Leader, equipped with 30 years of solid experience in the sector, with proven track record of accomplishments in raising banks’ efficiency by applying solid strategically aligned controls within a rigorous corporate governance framework that helps the business grow under well-managed risk and rationalized executive management scope.

A diversity of high level exposure gained while working with regulatory parties, combined with heading audit, risk, compliance and active involvement in business executive roles .

Education:

1997 – 1998 MSc In “International Banking and Financial Studies”.

Heriot -Watt University – United Kingdom

Professional Certifications & Memberships:

  • Board Member/Al baraka bank Syria/member Board Audit &Compliance, and social responsibility Committee.

  • Board Member/Al baraka Bank Sudan/Chairman Board Audit &Risk, and member Compliance& Governance Committees.

  • Certified Risk Professional, CRP – USA
  • Board Member/Petra mobile Payment Services co./Orange Group/chief Board Audit Committee.
  • Board member/Jordan International Trading center co. plc./ Chief Board Risk Committee, Chief Corporate Governance Committee, member Board Audit committee.
  • Member of management commission/Jordanian Association for Investors in Amman stock exchange.
  • TV channels interviews/banking and economic arising issues
  • Former Board Chairman/Jordanian Pharmaceutical Manufacturing co. plc.
  • Former Board Member/Islamic Insurance co. plc./Chief Board Risk Committee.
  • Former Member /The National Committee for the implementation of Basel II
  • norms on banks in Jordan (Established by the Central Bank of Jordan)
  • Former Board member/Darat Jordan holdings co. plc

Career History:

  • Jordan Kuwait Bank, Amman – Jordan, 1999 to May 2017 / Head of Risk Management & Compliance Group, Feb. 2010 to May 2017.
  • AGM, Head of Internal Audit, May 1999 to Feb 2010
  • Member of Senior Executive Committees:

– Executive Management, Assets and Liability Management, Credit Management, IT Steering, Investment, Loans classifying and

provisioning.

– Head of procurement and tendering committee.

  • Central Bank of Jordan, Amman – Jordan, 1989 until 1999 / Senior at banking supervision department
Mr. Adel Ibrahim Assad
Mr. Adel Ibrahim AssadVice Chairman

Qualifications: Masters in Business Administration, USA 1993

Professional Certificates:

Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS) USA / 2004

Certified Public Accountant (CPA) USA / 1998

He also studied Risk Management at Boston University in the USA and acquired training at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, World Bank, Securities and Exchange Commission.

Professional Experiences:

Mr. Assad has been working in banking since 1994. He has acquired a diverse array of practical

experiences; including business, credit, risk, compliance, and financial analysis. During such period, he held various senior positions at Housing Bank for Trade and Finance being Head of SMEs ,Chief Risk Officer, and Chief Credit Officer.

Mr. assad is currently:

– chairman of board at Al-Daman for Investments

– chairman of board at Alnamothajiah for Islamic Microfinance

– board member at Arab Jordan Investment Bank

Mr. Mohamed Hamad
Mr. Mohamed HamadMEMBER

Chief Risk Officer for Qatar International Islamic Bank and he was the

head of Risk Management Department at Jordan Kuwait Bank

Mr. Azem hold Master degree in Accounting and Finance, he has twenty eight years of banking experience in many fields: the Risk management, Financial control and analysis, Audit and Basel compliance audit, operations, credit , Total Quality Management and Strategic Planning. Now under his responsibility the Credit(credit analysis, credit control) , Market, Operational Risks, Information security and Business Continuity Management, Complying with Basel requirements and IFRS 9 are under his responsibility, Service Quality.

He was a member in the working groups that chosen by CBJ in order to implement Basel II on the level of Banking sector in Jordan. He was ex board member for Ejarah leasing company, and he was acting head of Compliance department.

Contributed in many conferences and specialized training courses over the Middle East, writing many articles specialized in Basel and risk management.

Mr. Arafat Fayoumi
Mr. Arafat FayoumiMEMBER

Arafat Alfayoumi was the Executive director of Anti-Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Control Department at Central Bank of Jordan with responsibility of laying down and implementing the general framework of risk management to insure achieving the goals of Central bank effectively. Previously he was responsible for supervising banks and drafting regulation in all areas of banks supervision ,including AML/TCF in accordance with international standards

Lately he was entrusted with the responsibility of heading a new established department “ANTI MONEY LAUNDARING- COMPACTING THE FINANCING OF TERRORISM SUPERVISION DEPARTMENT “

He was seconded to the IMF as an expert to work for Central Bank of Libya for a period of 6 months.

He was the head of Basel II committee, and Basel III committee for preparing regulation for banks operating in Jordan. He also participated in amending the Banking law to incorporate corporate governance aspects, and resolution framework.

Arafat Alfayoumi received a B.A degree in (Banking and Finance) from Yarmouk University. He was selected to Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Program during which spent a year in U.S.A/ at Boston University accompanied by Professional development in US – based financial institutions

He is a member of the IFSB technical committee.

MR. Ziad Kokash
MR. Ziad KokashMEMBER

Deputy CEO / Chief Credit Officer | Safwa Islamic Bank

Professional Experience:

Mr. Kokash has been working in banking sector since 1992 with an extensive & solid experience in Credit & Risk Management, he started as a Credit Officer in Cairo Amman Bank, and then he worked as a Credit Manager at Arab Banking Corporation – Jordan(ABC).

In 2004, he moved to Jordan Ahli Bank working as Assistant General Manager – Chief Risk Officer (CRO).

Now he is Deputy CEO – Chief Credit Officer at Safwa Islamic Bank since 2012.

Education:

  • Master in Financial Management, Arab Academy for Banking & Financial Sciences, 2006.
  • Bachelor degree – Finance & Banking Sciences, Yarmouk University,1992.
Mr.Ala’a Qattan
Mr.Ala’a QattanMEMBER

Lawyer, Qattan Law Firm

Professional Experiences:

Mr.Alaa Qattan joined Qattan Law Firm in 1994, and the firm’s led by professional and experienced lawyers and legal consultants and advisors who are running the firm’s business in Arabic and English.
Mr.Alaa has extensive legal experience and high skills, including registering and establishing companies, transferring company shares and make necessary amendments in the memorandum and article of association of companies, verifying labor rights of current and new employees, arbitration through review and settle cases with relevant parties (debtors, employees, others), patents, copyrights, consultancy and legal drafting.

He has a commitment to understanding the needs of the clients and the structure of the services; this understanding is built to satisfy the client needs.
He specializes in all aspects of Jordanian Law and regulations and in representing clients before all Jordanian courts in addition to a variety of international legal services geared to the specific needs of high tech companies.