ALI AHMED AL KUWARI

CEO, QATAR NATIONAL BANK ORIGIN QATAR RESIDENCE QATAR SECTOR FINANCE

Ali Ahmed Al Kuwari is in charge of QNB’s $190.1bn of assets – the most of all banks in the GCC. Making an impressive $3.4bn in profit in 2015, plus another $1.7bn in the first six months of 2016, the bank has been a standout performer on the region’s financial scene. Al Kuwari became group CEO in 2013 and is in control of the bank’s 76 branches in Qatar, and more than 600 subsidiaries and associates in 27 countries, among other assets. He also sits as chairman of numerous boards, including QNB Capital, CBI, QNB Kesawan and NSGB in Egypt, as well as the MasterCard Advisory Board for the Middle East and Africa.