Mr. Khaled Abdullateef Al Faris:
         Executive Vice President - Local & Arab Countries

Well experienced in fund management within both the Kuwaiti Stock Exchange and the Arab markets, as well as co-founding the Local Investments Department in the National Investments Company (NIC) in 1995, within which he was a director of a department responsible for portfolio management. He also co-founded and managed five Islamic investment funds, both for local and Gulf areas, in Kuwait Financial Center (Markaz), with the assets under him totaling to a billion Kuwaiti Dinars.
 
In addition, he co-founded the first options fund in the Middle East, which provides options on the Kuwaiti Stock Exchange while he was Vice Director at Markaz. Mr. Khaled Al-Fares also served as a member of the board in Kuwait Privatization Project Holding Co. (KPPC) between the year 2000 and 2001.

Mr. Mohammed Saud Al Osaimi:
         Executive Vice President - Corporate Finance

Specialized in the fields of financial consulting and feasibility studies within projects in various sectors, as well as underwriting and legal restructuring for companies during their IPO stage. He also founded numerous companies and investment funds in the region, and worked with companies in providing traditional and Islamic products in his capacity as Vice Director of Kuwait Financial Center (Markaz). He also served as the Director of Investments in Gulf Development Real Estate Co. (GDREC).

He currently serves as the chairman of the board for Kiwan Real Estate Co., and as a member of the board in Kuwaiti Syrian Holding Co. as well as in the Livestock Transport and Trading Co. (K.S.C.).