Leadership

Yousif A. Taqi

Mr. Taqi has more than 30 years of experience in the financial services sector and is a recognised leader in the Islamic finance industry.

Mr. Taqi was appointed as a member of the Company’s Board of Directors in 2008. In addition to serving on the Board of Directors of Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C., he is currently the Chairman of the Board Audit Committee, Board member in Kuwait Finance House-Bahrain and Eskan Bank. Prior to his appointment as Chief Executive of Al Salam Bank Bahrain in 2006, he worked as the Deputy General Manager of Kuwait Finance House from 2003-2006.

From 1983 to 2003, he worked with Ernst & Young, Bahrain office, in various capacities and was promoted to a partner in the firm in 1999, a position that he held until 2003. He received a bachelor’s degree in Accounting from Husson College in the United States in 1990, and qualified as a Certified Public Accountant in 1991.

Shaikh Isa bin Khalid Al Khalifa

Shaikh Isa bin Khalid Al Khalifa is the Founder and Managing Director of SeaSpring Consulting WLL, a consulting company with a strategic focus on bringing leading technology solutions from various sectors (including IT, oil and gas, metals and mining and healthcare) into the GCC region. These include arranging growth equity in Biotricity Inc., a leading remote cardiac telemetry company based in Redwood City, California; Wedge Networks Inc., a cybersecurity company based in Calgary, Alberta.

Prior to founding SeaSpring Consulting, Shaikh Isa was a private equity associate with Oasis Capital Bank in Bahrain where he helped raise over US$245M in paid up capital and set up a clean tech focused fund. Previous to this position, he was an assistant manager of corporate banking & finance at Citibank where he played a key role in arranging the refinancing for Alba's Potline 5.

Shaikh Isa holds a Master of Science in Global Financial Analysis from Bentley University, Waltham, MA.

Rasha Sabkar

Rasha joined Investcorp Holdings B.S.C.’s Legal & Compliance Department in 2012 as a Principal, and is currently the Deputy General Counsel and Secretary to the Investcorp Board. Prior to joining Investcorp, Rasha managed her own legal consultancy practice in Bahrain, advising regional and international banking and financial institutions, as well as various other corporate and commercial clients.

Rasha is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania Law School, a member of the New York State Bar Association, qualified to practice law in Bahrain, and has a diverse work experience ranging from her work as a corporate and finance attorney at New York City law firms, to her work as a banking and corporate lawyer at international firms based in Bahrain.

Rasha is a member of the Board of Directors of Bahrain Real Estate Investment Company B.S.C. (c) (Edamah) and is also a member of the Board of Directors of the Economic Development Board (EDB).

Suha Karzoon

Ms. Karzoon joined Mumtalakat in September 2014 and currently holds the role of Group Head - Finance, overseeing the Finance and Treasury functions. As the Group Head - Finance, Suha is currently responsible for implementing effective financial policies and controls, financial reporting to relevant stakeholders in addition to developing, implementing and managing an optimal capital structures that effectively meets short-term liquidity needs and long-term strategic objectives.

Prior to holding this role, Ms. Karzoon was Chief Operating Officer, with the responsibility of overseeing Mumtalakat’s corporate functions including Legal, Risk Management, Human Resources and Administration, and Information Technology. She was also responsible for corporate governance practices at Mumtalakat, and ensuring compliance with legal and regulatory requirements where needed.

With over 20 years of experience in finance and accounting, audit, advisory and statutory reporting services, Ms. Karzoon’s industry exposure includes Financial Services, Insurance and the Public Sector. Prior to joining Mumtalakat, Ms. Karzoon held the role of Vice President, Finance and Support at Tamkeen (Labour Fund), where she was responsible for Tamkeen’s internal operating units, including Finance, Human Resources, Legal and Information Technology. Formerly, Ms. Karzoon held different managerial positions at KPMG International working within the Audit and Advisory Units in Bahrain, Qatar, and the United States.

Ms. Karzoon is a Certified Public Accountant, and holds a Bachelor’s of Science in Accounting from the University of Bahrain.

Mutlaq Hamad Al Morished

Mr. Mutlaq H. Al-Morished is the Chief Executive Officer, CEO of TASNEE, one of the largest Saudi diversified industrial companies having investments in several fields.

Prior to his present post, he was Executive Vice President of Corporate Finance, (CFO) at SABIC, Vice President of Metals SBU, EVP Shared Services, President of SADAF and HADEED, consecutively. He was also Chairman of the Board of YANSAB, SABIC Capital in Netherland, SAUDI KAYAN, SABIC Captive Insurance Limited in UK and Alinma Investment Co. He was board member of General Organization of Saudi Arabian airlines, Gulf Bank in Bahrain & the Advisory Board for Economic Affairs of the Supreme Economic Council of Saudi Arabia.

In addition, Mr. Al-Morished is board member of Alinma Tokio Marine(ATMC), Aluminum Bahrain (ALBA), Gulf Petrochemical & Chemical Association (GPCA), CITI Group in Saudi Arabia, Alinma Bank, Saudi General Authority for Military Industries and TRONOX (NYC). Chairman of the board of National Metal Manufacturing & Casting Co. (Maadaniyah).

Mr. Al-Morished holds an MBA degree from Stanford University, a Master of Science degree in Nuclear Engineering from Princeton University, and a Bachelor of Science degree in Nuclear Physics & Mathematics from the University of Denver.

Omar A. Al-Amoudi

Mr. Amoudi has a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from the King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM) and an MS Chemical Engineering from Drexel University, USA.

Mr. Omar A. Al-Amoudi has been the Executive Vice President, Shared Services, from January 1, 2013 to October 14, 2016 then transferred as Executive Vice President, Engineering & Project Management till date.

Omar is the Chairman of the Board of Directors of SAUDI KAYAN SABIC affiliate and Board Member of Gulf Coast Growth Ventures.

Prior to his present post, he was the President of PETROKEMYA and IBN ZAHR. He was also the Chairman of the Board of Directors of SPECIALTY CHEM, Gas & Arrazi SABIC Affiliates, also he was board member of SHARQ, IBN RUSHD, Petrokemya, Sadaf, Ibn Sina and MARAFIQ.

Ahmed Alduriaan

Mr. Ahmed Alduriaan comes to Alba with a wealth of experience. He has over 33 years of experience in SABIC (the 3rd largest chemicals company in the world focused on chemicals, agri-nutrients and metals). Mr. Alduriaan is heading SABIC’s global joint venture portfolio management looking after more than 50 companies across the world and leading discussions with many regional and Foreign partners to improve joint ventures performance and governance.

Prior to his current role, Mr. Alduriaan spent over ten years managing the Merger & Acquisitions Execution Department in Sabic. Before this, he held a number of positions including Hadeed Venture Manager.

Mr. Alduriaan is currently a board member of HADEED and the Chairman of HADEED board audit Committee. He is also the Vice Chairman of Garmco Board.

Mr. Alduriaan hold a Bachelor’s degree in Mining Engineering.

Iyad Al-Garawi

Mr. Iyad Al-Garawi, has a long experience in the oil, gas and chemicals industries. His professional experience spread from operations/maintenance, mega project development and business management. He is currently the General Secretary of SABIC Board and leads Investor Relations. He is a member in various board and steering committees. He worked both inside Saudi and abroad part of two global leading companies Saudi Aramco and SABIC. In SABIC, he led the development of one of the downstream projects. The business is the newest in SABIC portfolio with many technical and product development into Automotive, Industrial, Medical, Military, Construction and other commercial segments. Developing this business involved establishing SABIC new affiliate “SAMAC” in partnership with Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation. He also leads SABIC’s Engineering Thermoplastic Polymers business in the Middle East and Africa, including Polycarbonate, ABS, POM, PMMA and compounds. In his tenure in SABIC, he also was a Managing Director of SABIC South Africa ltd, which involved leading sales activities, investment opportunities in the region and governmental affairs.

Before joining SABIC, Iyad was leading the operations unit at one of the major Gas Oil Separation Plants in Aramco. He has an engineering background (Mechanical Engineering from University of Missouri at Columbia in the US) with master’s degree in Industrial Management (University of Sheffield in the UK). He has been in various training programs in technical/business/financial/leadership fields; one of the latest is Strategic Financial Analysis at Harvard Business School.

Tim Murray

Tim Murray is CEO of Cardinal Virtues Consulting and has over 20 years of executive leadership experience. He holds an MBA from Vanderbilt University as well as a degree in Accounting from Susquehanna University. He is also CPA and a member of the American Institute of CPAs.

Tim recently published his first book called “CEO Words of Wisdom (WoWs)”. The WoWs deliver practical life lessons to help you survive and thrive in the Post COVID world.

Tim spent 12 years with Aluminium Bahrain (Alba) where he was CEO for the 7 last of those years. During his time at Alba he was also Chief Financial Officer, Chief Marketing Officer, Chief Supply Chain Officer and General Manager of Finance.

Tim played an instrumental role in the $3 billion Line 6 Expansion Project which was commissioned on-time and significantly under budget. He is considered an expert in Safety Management and played a key role in the transformation of Alba’s Safety culture.

Tim spent 10 years with ARC Automotive where in his last role he was Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. He played a key role in the building of greenfield manufacturing facilities in both Mexico and China.

Tim is an avid reader and also an Adjunct Professor at Susquehanna University teaching classes on the impact of CEO leadership.