Bahrain Islamic Bank (BisB), a leading provider of digital banking services in the kingdom, has appointed Mohamed Kadhem Ebrahim as the new chief strategy & sustainability officer. 

 

An industry veteran, Ebrahim boasts over 17 years of experience wrking in a number of leading local and global organizations. Prior to joining BisB, he held the position of Head of Enterprise Projects with a responsibility to oversee the implementation of the National Bank of Bahrain (NBB) Group’s strategies and projects portfolio. 

 

He had also worked as Managing Consultant of the Partner Group and Senior Consultant of Culture Transformation at Gallup in California. 

 

His previous roles include as Assistant Vice President of Strategy & EPMO at Gulf International Bank (GIB) and Manager of Advisory Services at KPMG. 

 

Ebrahim is also the co-founder of AlRawi, an app that aims to stimulate reading in innovative, digital ways by transforming traditional books into audiobooks narrated by the authors themselves or professional narrators.

 

Lauding the appointment, CEO Yaser Alsharifi said this comes as part of the bank’s efforts to curate an exceptional and capable management team with promising local talents to support the achievement of its corporate strategies and objectives.

 

"We are confident that Ebrahim will actively contribute to leading the bank’s strategic transformation and sustainability programmes, in addition to achieving all our goals and aspirations," remarked Alsharifi.

 

"At BisB, we continuously aim to support passionate Bahraini youth and their accomplishments by appointing them in significant leadership roles. This step helps us achieve a paradigm shift in our growth and expansion efforts, as well as our corporate goals and visions through their promising efforts and potential," he added.

 

A MBA degree holder in Business Strategy and Operations from the Gies College of Business at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in the US, Ebrahim said he is looking forward to developing a promising strategic transformation journey supported by the efforts of the team.

 

He also has a Bachelor’s in Business and Information Systems, a programme offered by the University of Bahrain in partnership with the Murray State University in US.

 

A certified change management practitioner from Prosci, a certified Strengths Coach from Gallup, and a certified Project Management Professional from PMI, he is also the Chairman of the Gallup Institute and a member of the Finance, Insurance, and Tax Committee at the Bahrain Chamber of Commerce.-TradeArabia News Service