Giel-Jan brings with him over 23 years of extensive and varied banking experience and his most recent assignment was with Tier One Capital BV, Netherlands as Managing Director. Prior to that he worked with ABN AMRO for over 21 years in positions of increasing responsibility.
Giel-Jan’s long and diverse experience included assignments in different geographies like Indonesia, Ecuador, USA, Pakistan, Lebanon, Netherlands, Aruba, and Saudi Arabia where he was Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of Saudi Hollandi Bank. Apart from detailed experience in Islamic Banking in Corporate and Retail areas, he also has a successful track record of strong achievements in various functions such as Corporate Banking, Operations and Human Resources. Among the many positions that he has held, Giel-Jan was also the Country Head for Aruba, Country Operations Head for Pakistan and Global Head, Human Resources, Global Financial Markets.
Giel-Jan holds a Masters of International Management from the American Graduate School of International Management, Thunderbird, USA and Bachelor of Business Administration from Nyenrode, Netherlands Business University, Breukelen.
Mohamed Amiri has over 17 years of banking experience in both Islamic and international banking. Most recently, Mr Amiri held the position of Executive Vice President – Chief of Retail and Business Banking for Dubai Islamic Bank (DIB), and prior to this he had been Head of Central Operations. He joined DIB from HSBC UAE where he worked for nine years. Mr Amiri holds a Bachelor’s degree in Management Information Systems and was a graduate of the first batch of the Mohammed Bin Rashid Program for Leadership Development (MBRPLD).
Fahad Al Shaer has a diverse and in-depth experience in finance and banking and joined the bank in September 2007. He also has a distinguished professional background. Prior to his current position, he worked with Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank in a number of different senior positions, including Head of Corporate and Commercial Finance, Dubai & Northern Emirates, Regional Manager, East Coast and Fujairah as well as that of Branch Manager.
Vineet Varma, Head, International and Financial Institutions
Vineet Varma has worked as Chief Financial Officer for Dubai First, and prior to this assignment he worked as Executive Director, Business Development for Dubai Financial Group for over 18 months. Mr Varma has has accumulated over 13 years of experience with ABN AMRO in UAE and was Regional Head of Financial Institutions and Public Sector for the Middle East and Africa region in his most recent assignment with the bank. He has had extensive experience in cash management, global transaction services and corporate banking. Mr Varma has a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from the University of Delhi, as well as a professional certificate in International Cash Management from the Association of Corporate Treasurers in the UK and a certificate in Mergers and Acquisitions from the London Business School.
Darius joined Dubai Bank in October 2009. Prior to that he was the Vice President of Citibank, New York from 2006 to 2009 where he had oversight of Consumer Bank portfolios across 60 countries globally. Previous to that he served as the Vice President to Citibank, Hong Kong for 5 years where he managed the overall balance sheet of the consumer bank in Hong Kong for both local and foreign currencies. From 1998 to 2001 he was the Vice President of Citibank Dubai. Darius has a Bachelor of Commerce from Poona University, India.
Prior to joining Dubai Bank, Sheikh Abdulsalam worked as Shari’a Consultant for Makaseb Islamic Financial Services L.L.C, a leading Islamic brokerage firm in UAE. He gained extensive experience in equity instruments and implementation of Shari’a resolutions related to stock brokerage. Prior to this he worked with the Emirates Center for Stocks as Shari’a Consultant. Sheikh Abdulsalam sits on the Fatwa & Shari’a Supervisory Board of Makaseb and is a Founding Member of the Unified Committee of Islamic Banks for Shari’a Screening of Equities (UAE). He holds a Master’s degree in Islamic Financial Transactions from the American University and a Bachelors degree in Islamic studies from United Arab Emirates University. SheikhAbdulsalam has studied exclusively in a number of Islamic study circles with well-known Sheikhs in Al Ain and has also completed his PhD in Shari'a from the Scandinavian University.
Ahmed Elshall joined Dubai Bank in July 2006 as Chief Financial Officer and has banking experience of nearly 28 years. Prior to joining Dubai Bank, he held a number of senior positions including Senior Vice President & Group Head Union National Bank and Senior Vice President Strategic Planning and Financial Control, Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank.
Amin Faruqi joined Dubai Bank in February 2007. He is Chief Auditor of Dubai Bank and has banking experience of 29 years. Previous semi banking positions include Head of Audit at Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank and assistant Vice President of Audit at Mashreqbank, Dubai.
Faizal Eledath joined Dubai Bank in October 2006 as the Chief Information Officer after working for Mashreqbank and Mindscape (UAE), where he held a number of senior positions, including that of Vice President of IT Solutions.
Hisham has over 19 years of banking experience in different capacities such as Operation & Technology, Risk Management, Sales & Distribution. He was with Citibank for over 16 years & his last position was that of Senior Vice President- Senior Chief Operating Officer, in addition to his role as Regional Risk Manger for MEA region. He holds a Masters degree in International Business from the University of Wollongong, Australia, and also holds a Certificate of Financial Management & Banking from the American University of Sharjah.
Afsaneh joined Dubai Bank in July 2009 as Head Special Assets Management. Prior to that she was the Managing Director at Etemad FZE for about 3 years. She was previously with National Bank of Fujairah as Head of Corporate Banking – Northern Emirates for four years, Citibank NA as Vice President Business Regional Sales Manager UK and Vice President/Global Relationship Banking Head UAE for 5 years. Afsaneh had also served with United Arab Bank from 1984 to 1989, as well as Banca Commerciale Italiana from 1982 to 1983. Afsaneh has a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (Finance) from University of Central Florida.
Stuart Brocklehurst, Head, Legal and Compliance
Stuart joined Dubai Bank in January 2009 as Head of Legal and Compliance, prior to which he was General Counsel of Dubai Islamic Investment Group LLC (DIIG), the diversified global Shari’a compliant investment company of Dubai Group LLC, where he worked for one year. Stuart has three years experience in the UAE having joined DIIG from Allen & Overy in Dubai and is a UK qualified solicitor and an officer of the Supreme Court of England & Wales. Before moving to Dubai, Stuart worked for one of the largest law firms in the UK for five years and has a broad range of experience in banking, private equity, M&A, restructuring and insolvency and Retakaful both in the UAE and the UK.