Our Team

• Ph.D. in Islamic Jurisprudence
• Master Degree in Hadith Sciences
• Worked as researcher at the Faqih Institution of the Kuwaiti Ministry of Awqaf
• Head of the Financial Investment Development and Sharia Research Department.
• Member of the Islamic Fiqh Board in Jeddah since 1985.
• Member of the Sharia Board of the Accounting and Auditing Organization for Islamic Institutions since 1995.
• Member of the Sharia Supervisory Committee for a number of Islamic Financial Institutions and Co-Operative Insurance Companies.

• Holder of Bachelor Degree in Political Science from McGill University , Montreal , Canada 1982.
• Studied in a number of Islamic study circles with various sheikhs and students of Sharia.
• Presently an instructor in Fiqh, Aqeeda and Tafseer courses in English and Arabic, in various centers in Bahrain.
• Member of Sharia Supervisory Board in ArCapita (formerly First Islamic Investment Bank) Kingdom of Bahrain.
• Member of Sharia Supervisory Board in Al  Baraka Islamic Bank.
• Sharia Advisor to Bahrain Development Bank, Kingdom of Bahrain.
• Member of Sharia Supervisory Board in Meezan Islamic Bank, Islamic Republic of Pakistan.
• Member of Accounting & Auditing Standards Board of (AAOIFI).                    
• Member of Board of Trustees – Al Iman Islamic School, Kingdom of Bahrain.
• Member of Board of Directors, Muslim Educational Society, Kingdom of Bahrain.
• Director and Shariah Advisor of Discover Islam, Kingdom of Bahrain.
• Director of Middle East Traders, Kingdom of Bahrain.
• Director Zawaya Property Development, Kingdom of Bahrain.

• PhD candidate at the University of Wales (Department of Shariah and Law).
• Holds Master's Degree from McGill University in Montreal, Canada (The Economy and Comparative Religion).
• Holds a Bachelor's degree in Economics and Comparative Religion from McGill University.
• Advising leading Islamic banks and financial institutions since 1989, including the Accounting and Auditing Organization for Islamic Financial Institutions (AAIOFI) in Bahrain.
• Member of several Shari'a Advisory Boards of many Islamic financial institutions inside and outside of Bahrain, including HSBC, Al Amanah, BNP Paribas, Dow Jones Islamic Index, Barclays Global Investors' Shari'a Funds of UK, Solidarity Group and Unicorn Investment Bank of Bahrain.
• Speaker (Khateeb) in a number of Mosques in Bahrain (1980-1990).
• Has many lessons in Hadeeth & Feqh in Bahrain since 1976 to the present day.
• Holds the Medal of efficiency of the first degree from the King of Kingdom of Bahrain, in Islamic services inside and outside Bahrain (2007).
• Holds a Prize (Euro Money) for innovation in the field of Islamic Supervision in Islamic Banks from Malaysia (2007).
• Holds a Malaysia Prize for his contribution in Islamic Banking.

Mr. Hamad Abdulla Al Oqab has over 25 years’ experience in banking, finance and auditing. In addition to his role as Chief Executive Officer of Al Baraka Islamic Bank, he holds the responsibility of the Deputy Chief Executive of Al Baraka Banking Group “The major shareholder of the Bank”.

Mr. Al Oqab represents Al Baraka Banking Group in several Boards of Al Baraka’s subsidiary Banks, which include,  Al Baraka Turk Participation Bank, Jordan Islamic Bank, Banque Al Baraka D’Algerie, Algeria and Albaraka Egypt. Additionally, he serves as a member of the Audit Committees of Jordan Islamic Bank and Banque Al Baraka D’Algerie, a member of the Board of Sustainability & Social Responsibility Committee and Credit Committee of Jordan Islamic Bank, a Member of the Board Executive Committee and Observing Member of the Board Audit Committee of Al Baraka Turk Participation Bank, and is the Chairman of Executive committee and Salaries and Remuneration Committee of Al BarakaBank Egypt.

Mr. Hamad Al Oqab is also the Chairman of the Accounting Standards Board of the Accounting and Auditing Organization for Islamic Financial Institutions (AAOIFI).

Before joining Al Baraka Banking Group in 2005, Mr. Al Oqab worked in different institutions including Shamil Bank “Currently Itmaar Bank”, Arthur Andersen, Unilever and Bahrain Monitory Agency “Currently Central Bank of Bahrain”.

Mr. Al Oqab is a Certified Public Accountant and a Chartered Global Management Accountant.

Bachelor Degree in Systems Engineering and Analysis (University of Petroleum and Minerals Dhahran/Saudi Arabia) 35 years of experience in Banking, Support Service, implementing Banking, Telecommunication and e-Commerce Solutions. Past careers include two years with Arabian Networks as General Manager and 16 years with NCR and AT&T as a Business Unit Leader. Joined Al Baraka Islamic Bank in April 2002. He is also a Vice Chairman of the Board in Al Baraka Bank (Pakistan) Limited, Chairman of Board Executive Committee and Social Responsibility in ABPL, and Member of ABPL Board HR & Remuneration Committee.

Mr. Khalid has over 25  years of experience in Accounting, Auditing, Banking, Sharia and corporate Governance fields. He took up his current position with Al Baraka Islamic Bank in June 2019. Prior to this, Mr. Khalid was General Manager - Head of Internal Audit at Bahrain Islamic Bank, at the beginning of his career Mr. Khalid worked with Arthur Andersen and Bahrain National Gas Company (BANAGAS). Mr. Khalid holds a Bachelor degree of Science in Accounting from the University of Bahrain; is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) Michigan, USA, and attended the Leadership Development Program at Darden School of Business, University of Virginia, USA.

Mr. Mohamed Abdulrahim joined Al-Baraka Islamic Bank in December 2016. He has over 17 years of experience in Islamic banking and finance, with concentration on: financial and management accounting and reporting, regulatory reporting, financial and strategic planning and budgeting, internal controls, corporate and retail banking, investment banking, cost optimization and control. Prior joining Al-Baraka Islamic Bank, Mr. Abdulrahim worked for 9 years with Khaleeji Commercial Bank and 6 years with Kuwait Finance House. Mr. Abdulrahim holds a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from University of Bahrain, he is a Certified Public Accountant licensed from Colorado State Board of Accountancy and is a regular member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, he is a Certified Islamic Professional Accountant licensed from Accounting and Auditing Organization For Islamic Financial Institutions, he attended Leadership Grooming Program organized by Ivey Business School (University of Western Ontario, Canada) and sponsored by Waqf Fund of Central Bank of Bahrain.

Mr. Fouad El Ouzani main responsibilities includes the development and updating of policies and monitoring the credit risk and administration processes like limit establishments, transaction booking, customer rating and to supervise all credit departments sub-units business processing. Mr. El Ouzani held several managerial positions prior to joining Al Baraka Islamic Bank in Gulf International Bank, The Arab Investment Co. and Arab Banking Corporation (ABC Islamic) Bahrain. Mr. El Ouzani holds a BSc Degree Chemical Engineering from University of Bahrain and a Master in Finance from DePaul University - USA.

Mrs. Maisoon heads Risk Management Department of Al Baraka Islamic Bank and is responsible of monitoring, and evaluating all the bank’s risks (credit risk, market risk, liquidity risk, and operational risks). She commenced her banking career in 1981 with Central Bank of Bahrain (CBB) where she worked in various capacities and held several positions. In 2007, she joined Liquidity Management Centre as the Head of Risks & Compliance Department. She joined AIB In 2009 as Head of Risk and Compliance, in addition, served as acting compliance officer for Al Baraka Banking Group (ABG) for 3 years (2010-2013). She holds Masters of Business Administration from the University of Strathclyde - UK, BSc in Accounting from University of Bahrain, Certified in Strategic leadership and Executive Management Program from Beyster Institute, California – USA, Certificate in Islamic Studies from Imam Malik Institute, Certified arbitrator in securities disputes  at GCC Commercial Arbitration Center, and other professional Certificates in her filed. Mrs. Maisoon is a member of Risk Management Committee which is one of the permanent committees establish by Bahrain Association of Bankers (BaB).

In a 20+ year career Mrs. Fatema AlAlawi has demonstrated a rich mix of strategic vision, delivery of results, consistently strong execution, the building of new business lines and products, digital transformation of retail banking, and building and running of successful teams. 

As Chief Business Officer at Aion Digital she helped create, branded, and then launched Aion Digital a digital banking platform. Aion allowed banks to go digital with seamless mobile customer journeys across onboarding, social campaigns, financial wellbeing, hyper personalized communications and the most unique loyalty program in GCC. Her efforts led to Aion being valued at 15M USD within a year of its launch.

Before that she spent a decade at Bahrain Islamic Bank where she was ultimately Acting Head of Retail leading all aspects of the Retail Banking business including product development and marketing and ultimately responsible for Branch Network, Priority Banking and Direct Sales. Within BisB, Fatema introduced 22 products to the Islamic banking industry. Prior to that she was Vice President of the Islamic International Rating Agency specialized in Shari’a quality rating of Islamic financial institutions. Fatema has worked for the Islamic Development Bank’s Infrastructure Fund managed by Emerging Markets Partnership as an Investor Relations Associate for 5 years and marketing for 2 years that led to the raising of US$ 950 million for the Fund.  Fatema has also taught Finance at the University of Bahrain.  In 2015 she was awarded by HRH Princess Sabeeka AlKhalifa, the President of Supreme Council for Women for contributing through a leading role to the banking and financial sector. She is also the recipient of the Future Leader Excellence Award by the Middle East Awards Institute. 

Fatima holds an MBA from the University of Bahrain, and did the Leadership Development Program of Darden School of Business, University of Virginia, USA. She also learned Islamic Finance, Fiqh al-Mu’amalat and Islamic Insurance from University College of Bahrain, Project Management from Boston University and did a leadership program in UCLA, USA.

Mr. Hassan Al Khan has over 19 years’ experience in retail & Banking Operations. He took up his current position as AGM – Operations at Al Baraka Islamic Bank 2018. He hold the position of Head of Central operations at BisB in 2016. Mr. Alkhan holds an MBA degree (Al Ahlia University) & BS in accounting (UOB), in addition to CIPA ( Certified of Islamic professional accountantAAOIFI) and CITF (Certified in International trade finance)

Mr. Adel Al-Manea is Assistant General Manager – Head of Remedial and Collection. Mr. Al-Manea is a holder of Associated Accounting Technician from the Board of AAT - United Kingdom and Banking Studies (Diploma) from University of Bahrain. He has over 30 years of banking experience in commercial and Offshore Banks with Local, International and Islamic Banks. 2 years banking experience with Bank of Bahrain and Kuwait, and 18 years banking experience with Ithmaar Bank. Various managerial and banking courses inside and outside Bahrain. Joined Al Baraka Islamic Bank in August 2008.

Sama AbdulHameed Al Alawi is a highly qualified Human Resources professional with over two decades of experience in HRM roles. Mrs. Al Alawi has a rich background in the field, having had worked in multiple sectors including banking, aviation training, and telecommunications.

Prior to joining Al Baraka Banking Group in 2019, Mrs. Al Alawi held the role of Head of Human Resources at several organizations; including Ibdar Bank for five and a half years, where she also acted as the secretary of the Nominations, Renumerations and Corporate Governance committee, Gulf Aviation Academy from establishment stage for four and a half years, and Kuwait Financial House - Bahrain for one year. 

Mrs. Al Alawi holds several academic qualifications, including Master of Science in Human Resources from DePaul University with honors, a Bachelor’s in Business and Management from Maryland University, and an Associate Diploma in Accounting from the University of Bahrain. Professionally, Mrs. Al Alawi holds level 5 and 7 qualification from the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD), a Six Sigma Black Belt holder, and is a certified Psychometric profiler.

Mrs. Al Alawi has extensive experience and practice of Corporate Social Responsibility, as she is a member in many International and National Social Responsibilities Organizations.

Mr. Mohammed Qudrat is a banking professional with more than 16 years of Islamic banking experience in various capacities. Mr. Qudrat joined Al Baraka Islamic Bank in 2015 and is currently heading the Treasury department with a mandate of handling FX, MM as well as the Bank's sukuk portfolio. Prior joining Al-Baraka Islamic Bank, Mr. Qudrat worked for 8 years with Bahrain Islamic Bank and 4 years with Shamil Bank of Bahrain gaining in-depth knowledge FX, MM, ALM, Corporate Treasury sales & handled of over US$ 500 million fixed income portfolio. He holds Multiple Diplomas in Banking and Finance & Treasury and Capital Markets from Bahrain Institute of Banking and Finance (BIBF)

Mr. Bader Al Shetti has joined Al Baraka Islamic Bank management team in 2016. Prior to his appointment as Head of Compliance and AML with Al Baraka Islamic Bank, Mr. Al Shetti was the Country Head of Financial Crime Compliance and MLRO at HSBC Bahrain, Group Head of Compliance and AML with Al Salam Bank Bahrain and was a key personnel with the Risk Management advisory practice of Ernst & Young Bahrain. As an expert practice member, Mr. Al Shetti helped in raising the Compliance and AML culture within the bank and has heavily contributed in the development and growth in the areas of Regulatory Compliance, Anti Bribery and Corruptions, Sanctions and Financial Crime Compliance. He was also involved in launching the Central Bank of Bahrain rulebook volume II for Islamic Banks which was developed in concurrent with the Islamic Financial Services Board (IFSB) regulations where he was responsible enhancing some key rulebook modules to
embrace the lasts Basel and IFSB regulations. Mr. Al Shetti is a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS), a Certified Compliance Officer (CCO) by the American Academy of Financial Management and, a Certified Specialist on Combating Financing of Terrorism by the Arab University of Beirut and holds a BA in Finance from the Arab League University in Egypt.

Mr. Mohammed Jassim is The Sharia Officer of Al Baraka Islamic Bank - Bahrain. He has Bachelor in Islamic Law (Comparative Fiqh and principles of Fiqh), from the Shari’a College of the Islamic University in Al Madinah Al Monawarah - KSA. Mr. Mohammed Jassim is a Certified Shari’a Adviser and Auditor (CSAA), from AAOIFI- Bahrain, and he is a lecturer at alBaraka Academy. Mr. Mohamed Jassim has more than 10 years of experience in Islamic Banking.

Mr. Duaij Khalifa Abulfateh has over 10 years' extensive experience in Islamic banking and finance, with concentration on: financial and regulatory reporting, financial and strategic planning and budgeting, He has joined AL Baraka Islamic Bank since February 2008. Currently is responsible to establish and Lead Internal Sharia Audit Department in AL Baraka Islamic Bank. 
Mr. Duaij Abulfateh is a Certified Sharia Advisor and Auditor (CSAA) from the Accounting and Auditing Organization for Islamic Financial Institutions (AAOIFI), and hold Master degree in General Business Administration from NYIT in addition to BSC degree in Managerial Accounting from NYIT, along with two-advanced diploma from Bahrain Institute of Banking and Finance: Advanced Diploma in Islamic Finance & Advanced Diploma in Islamic Commercial Jurisprudence (ADIF & ADICJ).