Citibank Kuwait hosts annual event, presents Leadership and Ingenuity Award

KUWAIT: For the fifth year, Citibank Kuwait hosted its annual Citi Alumni Network Event at the Radisson Blu Hotel. Atiq Rehman, Middle East and Africa Chief Executive Officer of Citi, CEO for Citibank Kuwait, Fatah Adour, and other seniors attended the event.

The purpose of the event is to gather alumni that worked at Citibank Kuwait and elsewhere. Every year, Citi honors one or more alumnus for exceptional work in one of three categories: Leadership and Ingenuity, Community Involvement and Network Development. The “Citi Distinguished Alumni Awards” are a global practice and are presented at each alumni event held in the countries Citi operates in around the world.

This year, Citi Bahrain presented the 2018 “Citi Distinguished Alumni Award” in Leadership and Ingenuity to Michel Accad, a veteran who served 27 years at Citi in several countries across the Middle East and Africa region and is currently the CEO of Al-Ahli Bank of Kuwait. Prior to ABK, he was CEO and General Manager of Gulf Bank in Kuwait and oversaw its turnaround following the 2008 crisis.

This year, Michel was listed as one of the 100 most powerful Arabs. In 2013, he was listed among the Gulf’s 50 most efficient CEOs and was ranked 133 in the Arabian Business Power 500. In 2016, Michel Accad was named ‘Bank CEO of the Year’ by CEO Magazine, an ITP affiliate.

Speaking at the event, Citibank Kuwait CEO and General Manager, Fatah Adour said: “This is the first year that we present the Leadership and Ingenuity Award and it is a well-deserved one by Michel who had many of us work under his leadership. We are proud of all of our alumni and plan to continue nominating prominent bankers like Michel for awards in this and other categories”.

The Citi Alumni Network is open to all alumni who worked with Citi for at least one year.

Group picture of Alumni and Citibank Kuwait employees during the fifth alumni event.

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(From left) Atiq Rehman, CEO of MEA presents the award to Ruben Fernandez (right) who received the Leadership and Ingenuity Award on behalf of Michel Accad.