Khalifa Jassim Al-Kuwari

Khalifa Jassim Al-Kuwari
Born (1977-01-10) January 10, 1977
Nationality Qatari
Occupation Accountant, banker

Khalifa Jassim Al-Kuwari (Arabic: خليفة جاسم الكواري‎‎; born on 10 January, 1977)[1] is a Qatari accountant and banker. He has held a executive positions in Volkswagen and Qatar Investment Authority. He holds a Masters' degree in accounting from Cleveland State University.[2] He was the chief operating officer of Qatar Investment Authority and its subsidiary, Qatar Holding, until December 2012.[3]

Career

In 2010, he was appointed to the board of directors of Songbird Estates.[4] He stepped down in September 2014 and was replaced by Ken Costa.[5]

He was appointed as chairman of Islamic Bank Britain, later to be known as Al Rayan Bank, in 2011.[2] The same year, he was appointed as a member of Volkswagen's supervisory board.[6][7] He resigned from the board in April 2013.[8]

Al-Kuwari is the general manager of the Qatar Development Fund (QVN). In April 2015, he signed an agreement with Saeb Erekat to consolidate a $100 million QVN-financed loan to the Palestinian Authority.[9]

References

  1. ↑ "5. Election of members of the Supervisory Board". Volkswagen. Retrieved 14 April 2015.
  2. 1 2 "REG - Islamic Bank Britain - Appointment of Directors" (Press Release). Reuters. 7 April 2011. Retrieved 14 April 2015.
  3. ↑ "Qatar Power List 2015". Arabian Business. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
  4. ↑ "Songbird Estates appoints three Qatari directors". Reuters. 4 January 2015. Retrieved 14 April 2015.
  5. ↑ "Qataris appoint Ken Costa to Songbird Estates board". Finance Times. 11 December 2015. Retrieved 14 April 2015.
  6. ↑ "Rekordjahr:Volkswagen verdient mit 7,2 Milliarden Euro so viel wie nie". Spiegel. 25 February 2011. Retrieved 14 April 2015.
  7. ↑ "Volkswagen's 2010 profit roars to $9.4 billion". Cleveland.com. 25 February 2015.
  8. ↑ "VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT: Bekanntmachung der Einberufung zur Hauptversammlung am 13.05.2014 in Hannover mit dem Ziel der europaweiten Verbreitung gemäß §121 AktG". Deutsche Gesellschaft für auswärtige Politik. Retrieved 14 April 2015.
  9. ↑ "Qatar lends Palestine $100mn for development schemes". Gulf Times. 9 April 2015. Retrieved 14 April 2015.
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