Eastern Provinces Chamber of Commerce, Dammam, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 10 th May 2011

Faculty Profiles(alphabetically by company)

Eastern Provinces Chamber of Commerce, Dammam, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia10th May 2011

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ABDULAZIZ ALGASIM Allen & Overy

Abdulaziz AlGasim has over 20 years of extensive experience in Shari’ah and Saudi Arabian law. He was a judge in the Shari’ah courts until 1992 when he set up in private practice. Mr. Algasim has experience on a wide range of matters including banking and finance, banking litigation, capital markets and regulatory, real estate funds, related investments and insurance. He has advised numerous government institutions and bodies on drafting laws and regulations, working with the Ministry of Justice, The Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency, the Riyadh Municipality and the Capital Market Authority, among others. He also holds membership of Shari’ah boards in many financial institutions.

Mr. Algasim’s regulatory experience includes drafting and reviewing a number of new regulations relating to real estate finance, instalment sales, lease finance and cooperative insurance. His banking and insurance advisory experience includes real estate product development including the structuring of Shari’ah-compliant insurance coverage (takaful) for a wide variety of risks. As a former judge, he also runs a busy dispute resolution and litigation practice, acting for individuals, banks and other companies in a wide range of commercial and regulatory disputes.

His positions include: Member of Shari’ah Supervisory Board of Saudi Investment Bank, Member of Shari’ah Supervisory Board at Unicorn Investment Bank, Shari’ah Consultant to SAMBA Financial Group, Shari’ah and Legal Consultant to Al-Jazira Bank, Shari’ah Consultant to the Public Investment Fund, Shari’ah and Legal Consultant to the Saudi Arabian Public Pension Agency (Real Estate Fund), Member of the legal committee at the Chamber of Commerce, Shari’ah and Legal Consultant to Dubai Islamic Bank and Shari’ah Consultant of Tawuniya Insurance Company.

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DR. JOHANNES BRUSKIAllen & Overy

Dr. Johannes Bruski has been a partner of Allen & Overy LLP since 1999. He has worked in the Frankfurt office of Allen & Overy for 10 years and has been seconded to Abdulaziz Algasim Law Firm in Association with Allen & Overy in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, since 2008. Before he joined Allen & Overy he was a partner in a leading German law firm.

Mr. Bruski has advised individuals and family and other businesses throughout his career, on matters ranging from mergers and acquisitions, corporate restructurings and shareholder disputes to prenuptial agreements and succession planning. He has almost two decades of experience and has, in the last ten years, focused on mergers and acquisitions, capital markets transactions and financial regulatory matters. He is the author of various articles on corporate finance and tax matters and a co-author of the leading German treatise on banking and finance law. He has been a lecturer at the Universities of Hamburg and Jena.

Mr. Bruski is a member of the German bar (Rechtsanwalt) and a certified tax attorney (Fachanwalt für Steuerrecht) and now works as an international legal advisor in Saudi Arabia. He graduated from the University of Bonn, Germany, in 1987 and holds a Ph. D. in law from the University of Bonn, Germany, and an LL.M. from McGill University, Montreal, Canada. In 1989 he was awarded the Canadian Securities Commission Award for Research in Securities.

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DR. ABDULRAHMAN A. AL-TUWAIJRICapital Markets Authority Dr. Abdulrahman A. Al-Tuwaijri is Chairman and Chief Executive of the

Capital Market Authority. Dr. Al-Tuwaijri has a Bachelor of Economics, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and a Ph. D. in Economics from Iowa State University, United States.

Dr. Al-Tuwaijri’s has held the position of Graduate Assistant from 1978-

1984 at the Department of Economics, King Saud University and later from 1985-1988 became Assistant Professor. He also held the role of Economic Advisor to the General Secretariat of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (GCC), Alternate Executive Director for Saudi Arabia at The International Monetary Fund, Washington, D.C., Executive Director for Saudi Arabia at The International Monetary Fund, Washington, D.C. Prior to his current position, he was Secretary General, Supreme Economic Council from 1999-2009.

Dr. Al-Tuwaijri is a Founding Member of The Saudi Economic Association,

Riyadh as well as Member of the Board of Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Saudi Aramco).


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AHMED BIN ABDULLAH ALSHEIKHCapital Markets Authority

Mr. Alsheikh is the Director of Corporate Governance In the Capital Market Authority of KSA. His experience extends to more than eighteen years in risk management, corporate governance, financial analysis, accounting standards, bank management ,compliance and audit. He has significant experience in working closely with international accounting firms, and members of the Board of Directors and executives of large companies in the financial market of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Mr. Alsheikh has received training in many colleges and international institutions like the World Bank, International Monetary Fund, U.S. Federal Reserve and the University of Harvard. He served as a member of the Board of Directors and a member of the Audit Committee of the Tunisian-Saudi Bank "Bank Stusid" between 2004 and 2009.

Before joining the Saudi Capital Market Authority, Mr. Alsheikh worked for the Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency (SAMA) for a number of years where he oversaw local banks and in many committees of the ILO.


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DR. ABDULLAH AL-ABDUL-GADER GCC BOARD DIRECTORS INSTITUTE

Dr. Al-Abdul-Gader is the founding Executive Director of GCC Board Directors Institute. He also is an Advisor at the Ministry of Higher Education and a board member of The Gulf International Bank, a leading regional bank.

He joined the King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM) where he has been teaching, researching, and consulting in the area of Management Information Systems ever since. Dr. Al-Abdul-Gader recently completed his five year term (2004-2009) as a commissioner with the Saudi Capital Market Authority (CMA), where he participated as a commissioner in its founding board and developed the corporate governance code.

Dr. Al-Abdul-Gader has a Ph.D. in Business Administration from the University of Colorado, USA (1988), a MBA from King Fahad University of Petroleum and Minerals (1983) and a BSc in Business Administration.

Dr. Al-Abdul-Gader ‘s extensive experience includes his position as a Board Member in the Saudi Computer Society, the Saudi Organization of Certified Public Accountants and Saudi Telecom (STC). Besides his board member assignments at Saudi Telecom, Dr. Al-Abdul-Gader served as a member of the Audit Committee and the Compensation Committee of the board, through STC’s ambitious growth and service level goals in the Kingdom’s telecommunication.

For six years, Dr. Al-Abdul-Gader has participated as a member in the Accounting Standards Committee in the Saudi Organization for Certified Public Accountants (SOCPA), where the committee develops accounting standards and provides professional opinions and advisory services. Throughout his career, Dr. Al-Abdul-Gader’s participation has involved speaking at numerous conferences and attending executive training programs at renowned institutions such as Harvard Business School (USA) and University of Bath (UK).


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KITO DE BOERMcKinsey & Company

Kito de Boer is a Director of McKinsey & Company in the Middle East. Kito joined McKinsey in London in 1985 and in 1993 moved to New Delhi to help launch the India practice. In 2000 he moved to Dubai to lead the formation of the Middle East practice, which he was Managing Director of till 2008.

Since founding the Middle East office, Kito has served clients across the Middle East, North Africa and South-Asia (MENASA). He currently leads the Public and Social Sector Practice across Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) and is a member of McKinsey’s Shareholder Council, which functions effectively as McKinsey’s worldwide Board of Directors.

The central theme of Kito de Boer’s work with Government clients has been reform. He has helped to support the region’s leaders create the modern institutions and policies required by forward-looking governments. Specifically, Kito has worked on issues related to Labour Market Reform, Economic Reform, Education Reform and Heathcare Reform.

Kito is a Dutch national, born in Venezuela and educated in the U.K. He is married and has three children.


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AMIN NASSERPricewaterhouseCoopers

Amin Nasser is a Partner with PricewaterhouseCoopers UAE, and has been with the firm in Dubai and London since 1980. Amin is a a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants in England & Wales and a member of the Family Firm Institute (USA). He is also a member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practioners – UK.

He heads the PricewaterhouseCoopers Family Business Forum in the UAE and is responsible for developing the firm’s activities in Family Business Advisory Services in the Middle East.

Amin’s experience with family business in the Middle East is considerable. He has worked with a large number of families advising them on key family issues such as continuity, succession planning and conflict management. He has also helped these families establish their ownership governance and their family constitutions or protocols. In doing so, he has developed various family structures that help these families achieve sustainable long term continuity and success .

Amin is a regular speaker at family business conferences and forums and a regular contributor to a number of business media and magazines.

Amin also has a wide range of business advisory and corporate finance experience gained in the UAE and the UK in a variety of business sectors including government, oil and gas, airlines, manufacturing, construction and trading.


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DR. ADNAN SOUFI SEDCO Holding

Dr. Adnan Soufi is the CEO of SEDCO Holding since January 2010, and a Board member of SEDCO Capital. Previously he held the Managing Director’s position at Financial Investment Group of SEDCO and was responsible for public and private equity investment programs, collaboration with financial institutions and investment management firms, and direct equity investments in financial services sectors. Dr. Soufi’s professional relationship goes back to 1991 where he started as Assistant to the General Manager until his appointment as Senior Vice President of the Direct Investments Group in 1998, and later served as Advisor to the Chairman, and CEO from 1999. He also served as a board member of several organizations.

Dr. Soufi held the position of professor of Finance and International Business during 1984-1994 at King Abdul Aziz University (KAU) in Jeddah, and was the Dean of the Faculty of Economics and Administration during 1995-1998. He was also a Senior Associate Member of Oxford University’s St. Antony’s College in 2005.

Dr. Soufi is a Fulbright scholar, who holds a Ph.D. in Business Administration and International Finance from the George Washington University, and he received his B.S. in Electrical Engineering, and MBA from the Seattle University.

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ABDULLA AL ZAMILZAMIL INDUSTRIAL

Abdulla Al Zamil is a member of the Board of Directors of Zamil Industrial Investment Company (Zamil Industrial). He was appointed CEO of Zamil Industrial in October 2009. He acted as COO of Zamil industrial since January 2004. Prior to that, he was Senior Vice President of Zamil Air Conditioners and Zamil Industrial’s Shared Services. He began his professional career in 1987 with Zamil Air Conditioners as an Industrial Engineer and subsequently Vice President Sales & Marketing and Purchasing and Materials Management.

Abdulla is also an associate member of the World Economic Forum in Davos. He has participated as a keynote speaker in many local, regional and international conferences.

He holds a bachelor degree in Industrial Engineering from the University of Washington, Seattle, USA and an MBA in Finance and Business Administration from King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM), Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.

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HUSSAIN FAYEZZUHAIR FAYEZ PARTNERSHIP

Hussein Fayez is COO at Zuhair Fayez Partnership. As COO he oversees the Admin, HR, Technology, Finance, Proposals & Legal Departments. Hussein has risen through the ranks through a long career with ZFP, including his first role in 1982 as a Site Engineer. He later served as Civil Engineer, Assistant Director of Special Projects, and Managing Director of the ZFP Riyadh office.

From 1990 to 1995, Hussein was Vice President, responsible for several

key projects in both Central and Eastern Provinces of the Kingdom. After this, he worked as Senior Vice-President (Technical Services and Industrial Departments) from 1995 - 2009. He was ZFP’s foremost representative in the Central and Eastern Provinces of the Kingdom. He was also in-charge of the Engineering Information Systems Project (Final Phase) for the Royal Saudi Air Force. More recently, Hussein became Executive Vice-President (Architecture/Engineering & Support Technologies and Industrial Departments) from 2009 -2011.

Hussain holds a B.Sc. in Structural Engineering from Seattle University (1982) and M.Sc. in Construction Management from University of Colorado (1984)

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Eastern Provinces Chamber of Commerce, Dammam, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 10 th May 2011