Hassan Abdalla
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Hassan Abdalla - حسن عبد الله | |
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Education | American University in Cairo |
Occupation | CEO of Arab African International Bank |
Hassan Abdalla - حسن عبد الله; (born August 1, 1960) is an Egyptian financier. He is the Chief Executive Officer of the Arab African International Bank (AAIB), a regional financial services institution. Established by a special law as a joint venture between the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) and the Kuwait Investment Authority (KIA), AAIB was Egypt's first Arab multinational bank.
Abdalla joined the bank in 1982 and by 2002 had become CEO. In parallel to his executive mandate, Abdalla has also been an adjunct finance professor at the American University in Cairo (AUC) for the past 18 years.
Early life and education[]
Hassan Abdalla was born in Cairo in 1960 to Egyptian parents. He attended the Port Said School in Zamalek for his junior and high school education. He went on to attend the American University in Cairo (AUC), where he graduated with a BA in Business Administration in 1982. Abdalla returned to AUC in 1992 to receive his MBA.[5]
Career and business ventures timeline[]
In 1982 Abdalla joined AAIB, starting in the bank's dealing room, then moved to AAIB's New York City branch in 1988 to manage its US treasury portfolio and hedging policy, while working on portfolio restructuring of bond swaps and repos, in 1994 Abdalla got promoted to Assistant General Manager, then to General manager of AAIB in 1999, In 2002 he was appointed Vice Chairman and Managing Director.[citation needed]
Current positions[]
- Chief Executive Officer of Arab African International Bank (AAIB)5
- Chairman of UBAF Hong Kong
- Board member of UBAF Paris6
- Board member of UBAC Curaçao
- Board member of London Stock Exchange - London Africa Advisory Group "LAAG"7
- Vice Chairman of German-Arab Chamber of Industry and Commerce
- Founder and Chairman of "We owe it to Egypt"8[1][2][3][4][5]
- Chairman of the Arab African Investment Management Company
- Chairman of Sandah for Microfinance
- Member of the Strategic Advisory Board of the School of Business at the AUC
- Board member of Arab Educational Information Network – Shamaa
Previous positions[]
- Board member of the Egyptian European Association for Economic & Social Development
- Director of Arab Banker's Association – London (ABA)
- Member of New York-based World President's Organization (WPO)
- Executive board member of Egypt International Economic Forum (EIEF)
- Board member of Egyptian National Competitiveness Council
- Board member of Egypt-US Business Council
- Chairman of International Securities Market Association (ISMA) Middle East Regional Committee
- Board member of the Young President Organization - New York, USA
- Technical Advisor to the Arab Academy for Financial & Banking Studies Member of AISEC - Egypt
- Board member of Egyptian European Association for Economic & Social Development
- Board member of the Egyptian Capital Association (ECMA)
- Board member of Orascom Construction Industries (OCI)
- Board member of Ghabbour Auto (GA)
- Board member of Central Bank of Egypt (CBE)
- Board member of Egyptian Stock Exchange (EGX)
- Board member of The Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Egypt
- Board member of Endeavour Egypt
- Board member of Telecom Egypt
- Founding member of the Egyptian National Competitiveness Council (ENCC)
- Founding member and former chairman of the Egyptian Junior Business Association9 (EJBA)
- Board of trustees member of the Egyptian Banking Institute (EBI)
- Chairman of the Middle East, Far East and Africa regional committee of the International Capital Association in Zurich (ICMA)
- Board member of Directors of the Institute of International Finance (IIF)
- Board member of the Emerging Markets Advisory Council (EMAC) of the Institute of International Finance[6]
Further reading[]
- "AAIB achieving exceptional growth in difficult circumstances"10
- Hassan Abdalla, the force behind the success story of AAIB
- Interview with Global Banking and Finance review on the occasion of winning Best Investment Bank in Egypt for 201611
- Interview with Global Banking and Finance review on the occasion of winning Best Investment Bank in Egypt for 201712
- Interview Hassan Abdalla with Banker Africa magazine13
- Ones to watch 2017: Hassan Abdalla14
References[]
- ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1RUcEIwKhY
- ^ https://www.aaib.com/ar/pages/%D8%A3%D8%B9%D8%B6%D8%A7%D8%A1-%D9%85%D8%AC%D9%84%D8%B3-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A5%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A9
- ^ http://www.ubaf.fr/PG/ShareHolders.asp?lang=1
- ^ "London Stock Exchange Group strengthens partnership with Kenya".
- ^ "We owe it to Egypt :: About Us > BOT".
- ^ http://www.ejb.org.eg/about-us/board-of-trustees/
- 1960 births
- Living people