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Board of Directors

Chairman
Independent, Non-executive
H.E. Mohamed Omran Alshamsi has 35 years of experience with Etisalat, retiring as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman in 2012. He is currently Chairman of the Board of Trustees for the American University in Ras Al Khaimah, and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of RAK Medical and Health Science University.


Vice Chairman
Independent, Non-executive
As Chairman of the Investment and Development Office (IDO), the strategic investment arm of the Emirate of Ras Al Khaimah in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Shaikha Amneh Saud Al Qasimi is responsible for optimizing the investments of the Emirate. She also serves on the boards of several of the IDO’s portfolio companies. Prior to her role as Chairman of the IDO, Shaikha Amneh was a member of Goldman Sachs’ Investment Strategy Group in New York, where she focused on identifying tactical asset allocation opportunities in emerging market currencies and equities. Shaikha Amneh earned an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business and a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from the American University of Sharjah.

Director
Non Independent, Non-executive
Mr. Ahmed Essa Al Naeem has over 39 years of experience with the Ras Al Khaimah government. He is the former Chairman of Ras Al Khaimah’s Electricity and Water Authority, General Manager of RAK National Oil Company, and RAK Gas. He is also a former member of the Ras Al Khaimah Municipal Council and the Ras Al Khaimah Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Agriculture and has held additional posts in a number of ministries. Mr. Al Naeem is currently Chairman of RAK Trade Centre, Al Naeem Mall, Al Naeem City Centre, and Khalifa Mall. Additionally, he is Vice Chairman of RAK Insurance and Director of Majan Printing.

Director
Independent, Non-executive
Mr. Salem Ali Al Sharhan worked in Emirates Telecommunication Corporation (ETISALAT) for 23 years until May 2011 as Group Chief Financial Officer, during this time he represented the company in many of international telecom companies Boards. At present, Mr. Al Sharhan is the Chairman of RAK Insurance Board, Board member of Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), Member of the Board of Trustees of American University of Ras Al Khaimah as well as Member of Board of Trustees of Ras Al Khaimah Medical & Health Science University. Mr. Al Sharhan holds a BSc in Accounting and Business Administration from United Arab Emirates University, UAE.

 

Director​
Independent, Non-executive
Mr. Kantic Dasgupta is a highly qualified risk management professional with extensive banking experience across all aspects of Risk Management including Credit, Market and Operational Risk. Before joining RAKBANK as a Board member, Mr. Dasgupta spent around two and a half years as Adviser and Consultant on Risk to Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank, a role that included the oversight of strategic issues and where he was the Chairman of the Governance and Risk Policy Committee. Mr. Dasgupta came to the UAE in 2007 following his appointment as CRO for Mashreq Bank. Prior to that, he spent a long and successful career with Citibank spanning multiple geographies and a variety of senior roles in Risk Management.

Director
Independent, Non-executive
Steven is General Partner, FinMirai, based in Tokyo, Japan. Steven founded the Innovation Groups at DBS Bank and AIA Company Limited and has created new products, businesses, and companies across the technology and financial services industries. He is a private investor in Quantum Computing, Artificial Intelligence, Life Sciences, Healthtech, and Fintech. Steven has served on the advisory boards of HK Agency Science and Technology Research Institute, Intel, Veritas Genetics, and as an Investment Committee member of True Global Ventures. Steven has filed 6 patents, including DBS’s first patent and Citibank’s first mobile payments patent. He has helped numerous tech and financial services institutions in their innovation journeys. Steven holds an EMBA from Helsinki School of Economics and has completed leadership courses at IMD and Wharton.

Director​
Independent, Non-executive
Mr. Morris has over 38 years banking experience working across multiple geographies including 16 years in the UAE and GCC markets.  Prior to joining RAKBANK as a Board member, Mr Morris spent 5 years as the Group Head of Wholesale Banking at Emirates NBD with overall responsibility for corporate and institutional banking, investment banking and global markets & treasury and, most recently, was a Board Member with responsibility for DenizBank A.S. in Turkey.   Before Emirates NBD, Mr. Morris worked at Standard Chartered Bank for 14 years where his last role was as CEO for the UAE and sixteen years at HSBC across various corporate banking and risk management roles in Europe and the United States. Mr. Morris holds BsC (Hons) degree in Banking & Finance from Loughborough University in the UK.