Shaping Our Collective Financial Futures

Khaldoon is serving as Chief Executive Officer of GFH Equities. He is an investment professional with over 25 years of experience and the founder of Ithmar Capital and Ithmar Capital Partners which had an impressive track record of managing more than US$1.2 billion of investments across the GCC region. He is also a founder of Amanat Holdings which is the GCC’s largest integrated healthcare and education Investment Company. Amanat Holdings was listed on the Dubai Financial Market in 2014 with a paid up capital of AED 2.5 billion where he served as its Chief Executive Officer.

Khaldoon currently serves on the boards of a number of private companies. He also served as a board director of Al-Noor Hospitals, based in Abu Dhabi, which he also co-led its initial public offering on the London Stock Exchange as a FTSE 250 company being valued up to US$ 2 billion. Additionally, he also served as the Vice chairman of a publicly listed company in Kuwait.

Khaldoon was recognized amongst the top 100 CEO’s in the GCC region in 2017 and was a member of the Young Presidents Organization (YPO). A graduate of Boston University, USA, he holds a BS and MSc in manufacturing engineering and an MBA in Business Administration with honors.

Mr. Mohamed Buhajeeh is serving as Chief Administrative Officer at GFH Equities since 2016. He is responsible for the business operations across board.
Mr. Buhajeeh has more than 20 years of previous experience which includes Arcapita Bank and Kuwait Finance House.
Mr. Buhajeeh is a holder of a Master of Business Administration and a Bachelor’s of Science both from Canisius College and is a holder of the Advanced Islamic Banking Diploma from BIBF.

Ms. Nupur Daga is serving as Acting Head of Financial Planning at GFH Equities since September 2019. She is responsible for the company’s overall financial plan and policies.
Ms. Daga has consulting and banking experience and exposure since 2007 in institutions such as Ahli United Bank and Assure Consulting.

Ms. Daga holds a Master’s degree in Financial Analysis and Fund Management from Exeter Business School, Masters of Commerce in Accountancy and Business Statistics and a Bachelors of Commerce from the University of Rajasthan (Jaipur). She is a Chartered Accountant from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.

Hisham Alrayes is the Chairman of GFH Equities and the Chief Executive Officer and member of the Board of Directors of GFH Financial Group (‘GFH’), a dynamic financial group headquartered in the Kingdom of Bahrain. GFH currently has more than US$12 billion of assets under management as part of its activities which comprise wealth management, real
estate, commercial banking and asset management services.

In addition, Hisham also serves as Chairman of Esterad Investments, and he is a Director on a number of financial, industrial and real estate company Boards including Khaleeji Commercial Bank and GFH Capital.

Hisham holds a Master’s degree with honors in Business Administration from the University of DePaul, Chicago (USA), and a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering with honors from the University of Bahrain.

Mr. Zainal is currently associated with Arcapita Group as an advisor and is also serving on the Board of a number of companies including Khaleeji Commercial Bank.
Prior to retirement, Mr. Zainal served Arcapita Group for over 13 years as Executive Director, Global Head of Financial Control.
Mr. Zainal has also served Al Baraka Banking Group as Chief Financial Officer for over 3 years and also Andersen in Bahrain for 15 years.
Mr. Zainal holds B.S. degree with honors in Accounting from University of Bahrain and is a Certified Public Accountant from Georgia, USA.

A key player in the strategic management of the Group’s core operational functions, Salah Sharif, Chief Operating Officer of GFH, is also responsible for ensuring the highest standards of operational excellence across the Group’s Special Purpose Vehicles and project companies. He has more than 30 years of regional and
international exposure to conventional and Islamic banking and finance with experience across commercial and wholesale banking and in industrial and infrastructure advisory sectors. In addition to his executive role at the Group, Salah also serves on a number of investee company boards. He is the Chairman of Falcon Cement Company, Vice Chairman of GFH Properties and Vice Chairman of Gulf Holding Company, and a Board Member of Khaleeji Commercial Bank.

Prior to his current role in GFH, Salah was seconded as the CEO of Cemena Holding Company (CHC), an industrial subsidiary of the Group, which is one of the largest cement holding companies in the MENA region. Previously, he held a number of senior roles in leading, global financial institutions, including American Express and Standard Chartered Bank where he held key executive positions.

Salah holds an MBA from the University of South Wales, UK. He is also a graduate of Harvard Business School Senior Executive Leadership Program, Boston, USA.

Majed AlKhan is a renowned businessman who brings more than 23 years of extensive experience in real estate private equity and assets management to Infracorp. He is a recognized financial engineer with more than 1 million square meters of completed flagship developments under his leadership.

Majed’s objective is to lead Infracorp to be recognized as one of the key international groups specializing in developing and investing in sustainable social infrastructure projects through creating a platform whereby stakeholders can achieve wealth optimization. Majed chairs and holds a number of directorships including Chairman of Gulf Holding Company (GHC), Chairman of ASK Real Estate W.L.L., board member of Balexco B.S.C, Falcon Cement B.S.C., Tunis Bay Project Company and Royal Parks Marrakech.

Majed holds a B.A. (with honors) in International Finance and Accounting from Newcastle's Northumbria University at Newcastle, England and had taken executive roles in HSBC Middle East and Inovest Bahrain prior joining Infracorp. He was also named one of Forbes Middle East’s Most Impactful Real Estate Leaders of 2024, leading the Bahraini market.

Mr. Satar retired in May 2016 after gaining 33 years of experience in Banking (1983 to 2016). Prior to retirement, Mr. Eyad was associated with Al Salam Bank as group COO. Before that, he was with BMI Bank as acting CEO (before merger). Prior to that he was mainly with National Bank of Bahrain (NBB) in the roles of Head of Operations,
Head of Riyadh Branch and Head of Abu Dhabi Branch. Mr. Eyad holds a Master degree in Business Administration from the University of Glamorgan, United Kingdom. He also serves on the Board of AFAQ Institute of Aviation Technology and Eazy Financial Services.