Kuwait Finance House-Bahrain (KFH-Bahrain) recently celebrated three of its employees achieving the Certified Islamic Arbitrator and Expert (CIAE) certification. 

 

The employees had successfully completed a training programme arranged by the International Islamic Centre for Reconciliation and Arbitration (IICRA). The employees’ participation in the programme comes as part of the bank’s efforts to investing in and developing its human capital.

 

The employees, Waleed Tameem, from Collections, Hamad Al Thawadi from the Managing Director & CEO’s office, and Jassim Aqab, from Compliance were received by Abdulhakeem Alkhayyat, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of KFH – Bahrain in a recognition meeting. During the meeting, Alkhayyat commended the employees for their efforts in achieving the CIAE certification, on behalf of all KFH - Bahrain’s representatives.

 

Commercial arbitration

CIAE is a comprehensive, international programme covering all Sharia’a, legal and practical aspects in Islamic finance transactions. The programme also focuses on several topics related to international commercial arbitration, including the concepts and practices of approved arbitration, the methods of dispute resolution in accordance with Sharia’a regulations, the applications and methods of Islamic banking financing and trading, as well as the practical aspects of drafting documents, contracts, trade and insurance instruments in a Sharia’a compliant manner.

 

Alkhayyat commented: “At KFH - Bahrain, we continue to foster a supportive environment conducive to the growth and development of all our employees to further enhance their professional development and success. We continue to establish partnerships and initiatives that provide talent development opportunities, which is an essential element to our human capital development goals and organisational development.”-- TradeArabia News Service