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The Board of Directors of BankIslami comprises of eminent representatives. These include Chief Justice (R) Mahboob Ahmed (Chairman), Mr. Ahmed Randeree, Mr. Ali Raza Siddiqui, Mr. Ali Hussain, Mr. Hasan A. Bilgrami, Mr. Hicham Hammoud, Mr. Marwan Hassan Ali ElKhatib and Mr. Shabir Ahmed Randeree.
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Chief Justice (R) Mahboob Ahmed is the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Bank. Mr. Mahboob Ahmed graduated from University of Punjab and completed his LLB in 1957. He practiced at the Bar of Lahore High Court and Supreme Court of Pakistan for 22 years particularly on the constitution and commercial sides. Mr. Mahboob Ahmed was appointed Judge of Lahore High Court in 1978 and became Chief Justice in 1990-91. He also has been the Chief Justice of Federal Shariat Court of Pakistan in 1997. He has also served as the acting Governor of Punjab. During his tenure as judge of Lahore High Court he was the first original side judge on the Banking Jurisdiction and also the Company Judge and Chairman-Election Authority. He also represented Pakistan in a number of conferences in the Middle East, Far East and Europe.

Mr. Mahboob Ahmed has been on the Board of Directors of Jahangir Siddiqui & Co. Ltd. since October 31, 2002. He is also the Director of Azgard Nine Limited.
   
 
   
Mr. Ahmed Goolam Mahomed Randeree is the Chairman of the DCD Group and its associated holdings in International Trade Finance and Property & Investment businesses. Having moved from South Africa to the UK in the mid 1970's, Mr. Randeree was instrumental in growing the groups Textile and Trade Finance business, Revelate Limited. The business operated throughout the UK, South Africa and the Far East. Mr. Randeree presided over the Group when its turnover and operations grew from US$ 2.5 million in 1977 to over US$ 150 million by 1998.

Over the past 6 years, Mr. Randeree moved to the Middle East and concentrated on various new businesses on the Indian subcontinent, Hong Kong and the UAE. Dominion Asset Management, Hong Kong and Al Ajwad International, Dubai, U.A.E represent the on-going diversification of Mr. Randeree's holdings worldwide.
   
 
   
Mr. Ali Raza Siddiqui joined JS-Investments as an Executive Director in 2005. Previously, he was Assistant Vice President at AIM Investments, a wholly-owned subsidiary of AMVESCAP Plc in Houston, U.S.A. At AIM, Mr. Siddiqui was part of a Five-person team responsible for the management of US$ 60 billion in mutual fund assets.

Mr. Siddiqui holds a Bachelors Degree from Cornell University, USA, with double majors in Economics and Government.
   
 
   
He is the founder and Managing Director of Saj Capital Management Limited, BVI, a family office based in Singapore having strategic investments in financial sector in Pakistan, Europe & USA. Mr. Hussain has previously worked at Conics Technology Private Limited, Singapore, Conrac Technology Inc, USA, Hewlett Packard, USA and Fairchild Semiconductors, USA.

He has overall 38 years of profession experience and specialize in incubating, acquiring and managing technology companies and converting them in growth champions in Singapore, USA, Germany, UK and Canada.

Mr. Hussain has done his M.S in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University, USA and B.S in Electronics Engineering and also in Electrical Engineering from California State University, USA.

   
 
   

Mr. Hasan A. Bilgrami is the Founding Chief Executive Officer and Director of BankIslami. His association with BankIslami started as a consultant to the sponsoring shareholders right at the inception of the project where he was responsible for developing the business plan, arranging permissions, staffing and capital raising. Previously he worked as the Head of Asset Management with the National Investment Trust (NIT), as Country Manager Consumer Banking & Corporate Business with Gulf Commercial Bank (now PICIC Commercial Bank Limited) as General Manager Corporate Finance with ORIX Investment Bank and as Director and Head of Corporate Finance with Khalid Majid Husain Rahman, then a member firm of Deloitte & Touche. Mr. Bilgrami has overall 22 years of professional experience.

Mr. Bilgrami has hands on experience in structuring Islamic modes of financing while he worked as a Secretary of the Financial Instruments Committee of the Islamic Finance Commission. His specific task was development of model financial instruments that could be used by the financial services industry in Pakistan. The scope of work not only included both asset and liability side products, but also included areas such as risk management and capital adequacy. Model agreements were also part of the mandate. His work of model agreements has been approved by the Shariah Board of the State Bank of Pakistan and has become the industry standard.

He is a Director on the Board of BankIslami's subsidiary, BankIslami Modaraba Investment Limited, Director of KSB Pumps Limited as well as a Chairman of its Audit Committee, Nominee Director of Haleeb Foods Limited. He is also the President of the National Council of the Institute of Cost and Management Accountants, Director of Pakistan Institute of Corporate Governance and a member of the Institute of Capital Markets, Pakistan.

He has also been a Director on boards of PICIC, Soneri Bank Limited, Crescent Commercial Bank Limited, Fauji Fertilizer Company Limited and National Refinery Limited.

Mr. Bilgrami graduated in Commerce from Karachi University and is a Fellow member of the Institute of Cost & Management Accountants of Pakistan since 2003. He became a Fellow of the Canadian Securities Institute in 2001.
   
 
   
Mr. Hicham Hammoud is the Chief Operating Officer of Dubai Bank. Mr. Hammoud has over 20 years of banking experience in different capacities such as Operation & Technology, Risk Management, Sales & Distribution.

Before joining Dubai Bank, he was with Citibank for over 17 years & his last position was that of Senior Chief Operating Officer, in addition to his role as Regional Risk Manager for Middle East and Africa Region.

Hicham has led & supported a range of strategy and implementation projects in the banking sector.

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.
   
 
   
He is the Managing Director of Islamic Investments at Dubai Group (Member of Dubai Holding). Mr. El Khatib has professional experience of around 18 years in areas such as Mergers & Acquisitions, Investments, Corporate Finance, Audit, Risk Management, Strategic Planning, Business Development & Corporate Banking through different roles & responsibilities within companies including Dubai Group, Al-Futtaim Group, Mashreq Bank, Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu.

In addition to his responsibilities, he is on Board of several companies and financial institutions such as Bank Islam Malaysia Berhad, Malaysia, Al Fajer Re-Takaful Company, Kuwait, ACR Re-Takaful, in Bahrain, Malaysia & Dubai.

Mr. El Khatib holds MBA degree in Banking & Finance from Hull University in UK and a BA degree in Business Administration & Computer Science from American University in Cairo. He is also a graduate of Senior Executive Management Development Program by the Institute of Management Development (IMD) in Switzerland.

   
 
   
Mr. Shabir Ahmed Randeree is a principal and CEO of DCD Group Ltd (Global), a worldwide group with core business interests in Finance and Property & Investments. He has over 25 years of experience of a broad array of real estate investments, including the development, acquisition and management of offices, hotels, retail space and residential developments.

He has been the Group's Managing Director for the since 1992 and previous to this he was a founder member and Managing Director of Warrenby Limited, a business involved in International Trade Finance and Real Estate Commercial Investments in the UK, and which was later acquired by the DCD Group. He also has worked in the clothing import and export business with Dominion Clothing Distributors Limited where he was the Sales and Finance Director in the mid 1980's.

Mr Randeree holds a number of Directorships, including being a Director of the Al Baraka Bank Limited of South Africa and European Islamic Investment Bank Plc in UK. Mr. Randeree is also on the Executive committee of BMRC (a Charity related to the Ethnic Minorities Foundation UK) and Trustee for the British Edutrust Foundation, chaired by Lord Bhatia

Mr. Randeree has done his BA Honors in Accounting and a post graduate MBA.
   
 
 
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