05 March 2008
The United Bank Limited, Bahrain has appointed Ebrahim Jalili as head of Retail Banking. His appointment is yet another step towards the bank's customer-centric focus in enhancing and enriching its product offering across the network, the bank announced yesterday.

Jalili has 20 years of extensive working experience with HSBC and American Express, Bahrain.  

UBL is majority owned by the consortium of Abu Dhabi Group and the Bestway Group of the United Kingdom. The UAE's Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Shaikh Nahayan Mabarak Al Nahyan, is the Chairman of the bank.  

UBL's international presence spans Bahrain, UAE, Qatar, Yemen, New York, UK, Switzerland, Oman, Iran, Kazakhstan, China and Pakistan. UBL started operations in Bahrain in 1969 and currently has a network of three branches.

The bank opened its third offsite ATM at Gulf Air Head Office in the Kingdom, as a part of its expansion plans for alternative delivery channels to its customers. Mohammed Ali Lutfalla, Chief Treasurer, Gulf Air and Faisal Basheer, General Manager, UBL inaugurated the newly installed ATM at Gulf Air Office in the presence of other bank officials.

© Bahrain Tribune 2008