18 March 2012
MUSCAT -- Following Central Bank of Oman's formal approval to his appointment Bank Nizwa announced the appointment of Dr Jamil el Jaroudi as the bank's CEO. Ahmed Saif al Rawahi, Chairman of the Bank Nizwa Founding Committee said: "Until we had formal approval from the CBO we couldn't go public with details of our chosen CEO, but now we can and it gives me great pleasure to announce the appointment of Dr Jamil as Bank Nizwa's first CEO. Jamil brings many years of commercial experience, but even more importantly has strong credentials in both Islamic banking and banking start-ups."
Dr Jamil has over 40 years business experience, and joins Bank Nizwa from Elaf Bank in Bahrain, where he was CEO. He started his career as a consultant with Booz Allen and Hamilton, in the UAE and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, after which he held various senior executive roles with Al Mawarid Group, Saudi Arabia. In the mid-1990's he co-established the Middle East Capital Group in Lebanon, the region's first merchant bank with a pan-Arab focus. Subsequent to this Dr Jamil held senior positions with DMI Trust, Islamic Investment Company of the Gulf and Shamil Bank, and was involved in the establishment of Arab Finance Bank in Lebanon and most recently Elaf Bank in Bahrain.
Dr Jamil holds an MBA from the Ivy League school Columbia University, and a PhD in Finance from Kellogg School, Northwestern University, USA. Among other activities for NGOs and charitable organisations, he is a Board member of the Beirut Islamic University, and a member of the Board of Trustees of the Lebanese American University Institute of Family Businesses. Just recently, Dr Jamil was nominated on the Governing Council of INCEIF, the Global University of Islamic Finance in Malaysia.
"I'm very excited to be a part of the team establishing Oman's first Islamic bank, Bank Nizwa. It has been my privilege to build a number of Islamic banks already in my life, and the opportunity to do this again is a great privilege," he said.
MUSCAT -- Following Central Bank of Oman's formal approval to his appointment Bank Nizwa announced the appointment of Dr Jamil el Jaroudi as the bank's CEO. Ahmed Saif al Rawahi, Chairman of the Bank Nizwa Founding Committee said: "Until we had formal approval from the CBO we couldn't go public with details of our chosen CEO, but now we can and it gives me great pleasure to announce the appointment of Dr Jamil as Bank Nizwa's first CEO. Jamil brings many years of commercial experience, but even more importantly has strong credentials in both Islamic banking and banking start-ups."
Dr Jamil has over 40 years business experience, and joins Bank Nizwa from Elaf Bank in Bahrain, where he was CEO. He started his career as a consultant with Booz Allen and Hamilton, in the UAE and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, after which he held various senior executive roles with Al Mawarid Group, Saudi Arabia. In the mid-1990's he co-established the Middle East Capital Group in Lebanon, the region's first merchant bank with a pan-Arab focus. Subsequent to this Dr Jamil held senior positions with DMI Trust, Islamic Investment Company of the Gulf and Shamil Bank, and was involved in the establishment of Arab Finance Bank in Lebanon and most recently Elaf Bank in Bahrain.
Dr Jamil holds an MBA from the Ivy League school Columbia University, and a PhD in Finance from Kellogg School, Northwestern University, USA. Among other activities for NGOs and charitable organisations, he is a Board member of the Beirut Islamic University, and a member of the Board of Trustees of the Lebanese American University Institute of Family Businesses. Just recently, Dr Jamil was nominated on the Governing Council of INCEIF, the Global University of Islamic Finance in Malaysia.
"I'm very excited to be a part of the team establishing Oman's first Islamic bank, Bank Nizwa. It has been my privilege to build a number of Islamic banks already in my life, and the opportunity to do this again is a great privilege," he said.
© Oman Daily Observer 2012
