GIG INVESTOR RELATIONS - Key Persons


Abdulaziz Saoud Al Fulaij

Job Titles:
  • Independent Board Member
Mr. Al- Fulaij is a prominent businessperson in Kuwait, running his own company called "Abdulaziz Saud Al-Fulaij Establishment" he's actively involved in the social and community services and activities in Kuwait.

Abdullah Mohammed Al Mansour

Job Titles:
  • Independent Board Member
  • Independent Board Member / Abdullah Mohammed Al
Mr. Al-Mansour holds a Bachelor Degree in Accounting from Cairo University - Egypt. He held managerial roles in several banks like Commercial Bank of Kuwait(CBK), Kuwait Finance House(KFH) and was a board member of several leading companies such as External Investments Company (1987-1994), National Investments Company(1990-1994), and Hotels Company (1988-2000), CapCorp Investment Company (2010-2013), and Vice President of Al Aman Investment Company(2017-2020). Mr. Abdulla Al-Mansour is a Board Member in Burgan Bank(2021-2022).

Al Giza

Job Titles:
  • Head Office, 56 Arab League Street, Al Muhandeseen

Al-Ahmed A Sabah - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Group Chairman
  • Member of the Board
  • Chief Executive Officer of Al - Futooh Holding Co
Shaikha Adana Nasser Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah is the Founder and Chair of the Board of Trustees of the American University of Kuwait (AUK), Kuwait's only Liberal Arts University. Al-Sabah is also the Chairwoman of United Education Co. (UEC), Kuwait's leading company in the education sector. UEC consolidates seven K-12 schools with over 12,500 students. The United Education network includes some of the leading American, Indian, and Pakistani schools in Kuwait. Al-Sabah is also the Chief Executive Officer of Al-Futooh Holding Co., the major stakeholder in Kuwait Project Co. (KIPCO), a multi-sector operating holding company with a diversified portfolio spanning the Gulf Cooperation Council countries and the wider Middle East and North Africa region. Pursuing value, from Kuwait to the Middle East and North Africa region, we take pride in our historic milestones over the years by imprinting GIG in the hearts and minds of people as a leader and pioneer of insurance services with innovative products and distribution channels in the region. 2022 is a year of celebration for our family as we are marking GIG's 60th anniversary, recognizing all the hardships that we faced throughout these years to be known as a Regional Insurance Powerhouse. Despite the very challenging last two years with the worldwide pandemic environment, we have been strongly able to adapt and adopt a resilient business strategy with latest technologies required for emergent events to protect employees, customers. Transparency and quality relations are what have kept us to continue our success story and deliver our promises throughout these years. During 2022, we are targeting to introduce new regional innovative products and evolved our brand to smartly position GIG proudly for the years ahead. Our regional expansion strategy has been accelerated in the past year by entering into two new markets of Oman and Qatar with the acquisition of AXA's insurance operations in the Gulf region, which is considered as one of the largest acquisition in the region.

Bijan Khosrowshahi

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board
Bijan Khosrowshahi was born in 1961, he obtained his MBA in 1986 following an undergraduate degree in Mechanical Engineering in 1983 from Drexel University, USA. He is currently the President & CEO of Fairfax International, London and the Board member, Representative of Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited for the following companies: Gulf Insurance Group K.S.C.P. and Gulf Insurance & Reinsurance Company in Kuwait, Bahrain Kuwait Insurance Company B.S.C in Bahrain, Arab Misr Insurance Group S.A.E in Egypt, Arab Orient Insurance Company in Jordan, Gulf Sigorta A.S. in Turkey, Alliance Insurance Company P.S.C. in United Arab Emirates, Jordan Kuwait Bank in Jordan, Commercial International Bank -Egypt S.A.E in Egypt, as well as Colonnade Insurance S.A. in Luxembourg, Southbridge Compañía de Seguros Generales S.A. in Chile, La Meridional Compañía Argentina de Seguros S.A. in Argentina and SBS Seguros Colombia S.A. in Colombia. Mr. Bijan previously held the position of President & CEO, Fuji Fire and Marine Insurance Company - Japan, President of AIG's General Insurance operations - Seoul, Korea (2001-2004), Vice Chairman and Managing Director, AIG Sigorta - Istanbul, Turkey (1997-2001), Regional Vice President, AIG's domestic property and casualty operations for the Mid-Atlantic region - USA, and held various underwriting and management positions with increasing responsibilities, AIG, USA since 1986, Board member, Foreign Affairs Council, Board member, Insurance Society of Philadelphia, Council member, USO, Korea, Chairman, Insurance committee of the American Chamber of Commerce, Korea, Member Turkish Businessmen's Association

Farqad Abdullah Al-Sane - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Group Chairman

Jean Cloutier

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board
Mr. Cloutier received his bachelor's degree in actuarial sciences from Laval University in 1986. He is a fellow of the Casualty Actuarial Society and a member of the Canadian Institute of Actuaries. Mr. Cloutier joined Fairfax in 1999 as Vice President and Chief Actuary, becoming Vice President, International Operations in 2009 and is Chairman of Fairfax International from 2013 to present. From 1990 - 1999, he was Vice President Actuarial Services of Lombard Canada Limited, a Canadian property and casualty insurance company. Mr. Cloutier serves on the Board of a number of Fairfax Subsidiaries as well as Industry Organizations on behalf of Fairfax.

Khaled Al Sanousi

Job Titles:
  • Group Executive Manager Group Corporate Communications, Investor Relations & Admin. Affairs
Mr. Sanousi holds a Bachelor's of Science in Business Administration from the University of National and World Economy in Sofia, Bulgaria. He started his career as a Diplomat, eventually moving to the commercial world in 2004. In 2008, He joined Gulf Insurance as the Head of Marketing & PR. He played a vital role in transforming the department to what is now known as Group Corporate Communications, Investor Relations & Admin. Affairs. in which he pioneered the GIG brand and unified it across all Group companies in the MENA region. Also by overseeing Group Investor Relations, Mr. Sanousi practices transparency and efficiency in the Group's relationship with its investors and other stakeholders. He is actively involved in creating opportunities in which the Group can benefit in the communities it operates in through well-defined CSR strategies. He is also a member of ESG committee to establish and implement Corporate Sustainability framework at the Group to leverage its strategic priorities. Mr. Sanousi also heads and manage the Group Admin. functions and instrumental in establishing sustainable procurement practices.

Khaled Saoud Al Hasan - CEO

Job Titles:
  • Group CEO
  • Member of the Board
  • Board Member and Group CEO / Khaled Saoud Al
Mr. Al Hasan holds a Bachelor degree in Political Science and Economics from Kuwait (1976). His professional Insurance and Administrative experience exceeds over 40 years in different Executive positions. He joined GIC in 1978. He is currently the Board member and CEO of GIG, the Chairman of Kuwait Insurance Federation "KIF" (Kuwait). He is on the Board of Directors in many of Gulf Insurance Group subsidiaries, General Arab Insurance Federation "GAIF" (Egypt) and the Arab Reinsurance Company (Lebanon). Pursuing value, from Kuwait to the Middle East and North Africa region, we take pride in our historic milestones over the years by imprinting GIG in the hearts and minds of people as a leader and pioneer of insurance services with innovative products and distribution channels in the region. 2022 is a year of celebration for our family as we are marking GIG's 60th anniversary, recognizing all the hardships that we faced throughout these years to be known as a Regional Insurance Powerhouse. Despite the very challenging last two years with the worldwide pandemic environment, we have been strongly able to adapt and adopt a resilient business strategy with latest technologies required for emergent events to protect employees, customers. Transparency and quality relations are what have kept us to continue our success story and deliver our promises throughout these years. During 2022, we are targeting to introduce new regional innovative products and evolved our brand to smartly position GIG proudly for the years ahead. Our regional expansion strategy has been accelerated in the past year by entering into two new markets of Oman and Qatar with the acquisition of AXA's insurance operations in the Gulf region, which is considered as one of the largest acquisition in the region.

Mr Faisal Al Ayyar

Job Titles:
  • Executive
  • Vice Chairman
  • Chairman of Panther Media Group
  • Executive Vice Chairman of the Kuwait Projects Company
  • Vice Chairman ( Executive ) Faisal Hamad Al
Mr Faisal Al Ayyar is Executive Vice Chairman of the Kuwait Projects Company(Holding). He joined KIPCO in 1990 when it was a US$ 220 million regional investment company. Under his stewardship, KIPCO has developed into one of MENA's leading holding companies with interests in financial services, media, real estate, manufacturing and education, operations in 24 countries and consolidated assets of over US$ 32 billion. It is worth noting his leading role in the creation and development of OSN, the region's largest pay-TV company, the development of SADAFCO, a leading dairy and foodstuff producer in Saudi Arabia, and the expansion and subsequent sale of Wataniya Telecom, a major regional mobile operator. Mr. Al Ayyar is Chairman of Panther Media Group - Dubai, UAE(OSN). He is Vice Chairman of Gulf Insurance Group - Kuwait, United Gulf Bank - Bahrain, of United Gulf Holding Company B.S.C - Bahrain, Jordan Kuwait Bank - Jordan, Saudia Dairy & Foodstuff Company - KSA, and Mashare's Al-Khair Establishment - Kuwait. He is a Board Member of Gulf Egypt for Hotels & Tourism Company - Egypt. He is a Trustee of the American University of Kuwait - Kuwait, and Honorary Chairman of the Kuwait Association for Learning Differences - Kuwait. Mr. Al Ayyar began his career as a fighter pilot with the Kuwait Air Force. Honors include the Arab Bankers Association of North America's 2005 Achievement Award, the Tunis Arab Economic Forum and the Beirut Arab Economic Forum 2007 Achievement Awards and the Kuwait Economic Forum 2009 Award for his contribution to the investment sector and successes in the global financial market. Pursuing value, from Kuwait to the Middle East and North Africa region, we take pride in our historic milestones over the years by imprinting GIG in the hearts and minds of people as a leader and pioneer of insurance services with innovative products and distribution channels in the region. 2022 is a year of celebration for our family as we are marking GIG's 60th anniversary, recognizing all the hardships that we faced throughout these years to be known as a Regional Insurance Powerhouse. Despite the very challenging last two years with the worldwide pandemic environment, we have been strongly able to adapt and adopt a resilient business strategy with latest technologies required for emergent events to protect employees, customers. Transparency and quality relations are what have kept us to continue our success story and deliver our promises throughout these years. During 2022, we are targeting to introduce new regional innovative products and evolved our brand to smartly position GIG proudly for the years ahead. Our regional expansion strategy has been accelerated in the past year by entering into two new markets of Oman and Qatar with the acquisition of AXA's insurance operations in the Gulf region, which is considered as one of the largest acquisition in the region.

Mr. Ahmed Ragab

Mr. Ahmed Ragab is a graduate with Honors in Actuarial Science from Cairo University - Egypt and is an Associate Actuary (ACIA) from the Canadian Institute of Actuaries - Canada. Additionally, he is a licensed Actuary by the Kuwaiti Insurance Regulator. In 2014, he was awarded the designation of International Certified Valuation Specialist (ICVS) from the IACVA Institute - Middle East. During 2018, he worked at Fairfax - Canada as an Actuarial Analyst for evaluating subsidiaries' reserves, analyzing the operational performance, supporting the actuarial pricing team, and streamlining various actuarial processes. In 2021, he achieved the "Corporate Risk Manager of the Year" by the Middle East Insurance Industry Awards (MEIIA). As a Group Senior Manager, he is responsible for managing the group's technical portfolio along with developing the actuarial practices across the group companies. Mr. Ragab is also a Risk Committee member in some of the group companies including GIG Algeria. With his team, he plays a vital strategic role in the development of the group's actuarial valuations, IFRS 17, reinsurance and the establishment of a new Data science division with operational excellence across the region.

Mr. Farid Joseph Saber - CEO

Job Titles:
  • Assistant
  • Executive Officer
  • Group Chief Executive Officer
  • Operations Officer
Mr. Farid Joseph Saber is the Assistant Group Chief Executive Officer (Operations) since November 2016. Mr. Saber has a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) and a Bachelor in Business Administration from the Lebanese University in Beirut and a Diploma in Insurance (Dip CII). Mr. Saber is an experienced Executive Officer with a demonstrated history of working in the insurance industry in MENA region. He is also a Member of the Board of Directors at GIG Algeria, L'Algerienne vie (AGLIC), Gulf Sigorta, GIG Kuwait Takaful, GIG Saudi and GIG Gulf, all subsidiaries of GIG.

Mr. Marafie

Job Titles:
  • Independent Board Member
Mr. Marafie holds Diploma in Computer Science. He is presently the Chairman of the successful Marafie Group and held several positions in the Marafie Group of Companies. He was the Chairman & Managing Director of Watanyia Telecom KSC (Ooreedoo) from May to Oct.1998. Since April 2005, Mr. Marafie is the Chairman & CEO of First Hotels Co. KSCC.

Mr. Mohamed Ibrahim

Job Titles:
  • Senior Group Manager
Mr. Mohamed Ibrahim is responsible for leading the audit functions for GIG as he has a proven record of establishing and re-engineering the audit functions in the group, He plays multiple strategic assurance and advisory roles for the Group. He is a well-rounded leader with over 17 years of proven professional experience in establishing corporate governance, internal control, risk management, regulatory compliance, Anti financial crime and ESG frameworks & approaches. In addition to extensive experience in establishing and leading digital transformation strategies for assurance functions and incorporating the latest technological trends and digital solutions in the audit functions operations through integrating the assurance functions outputs and enabling integrated assurance methodology in line with the group's strategy. Mr. Mohamed holds a bachelor's degree of commerce in accounting from Cairo university, and is also a member of the Institute of Internal Auditors -USA, and an associate of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiner-USA, he's also awarded the International Certificate in Compliance with distinction of International Compliance Association (ICA- UK). Prior to joining GIG, Mr. Mohamed held various auditing roles with well-known international firms, such as KPMG and RSM.

Mr. Osama Kishk

Job Titles:
  • Group Chief Financial Officer
Mr. Osama Kishk has joined the group in June 2017 as Group Chief Financial Officer. He is responsible for providing leadership and strategic direction to the group's finance, financial planning & Analysis, Treasury and investment, and merger and acquisition functions and for the integrity and flow of the financial information to the management, the board, shareholders and financial institutions. He also works with the Group CEO in all financial matters at the group level and its subsidiaries. Mr. Kishk holds an MBA from Maastricht School of Management (MSM) in addition to several professional qualifications from USA such as Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Certified Risk Professional (CRP), Certified Internal Auditor (CIA), and Certified Associate Business Manager (CABM). Mr. Kishk has over 26 years of experience in the Finance, Accounting, Treasury, Investment and Auditing related fields.

Robert Quinn McLean - VP

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board
  • Vice President
  • Investment Counsel
Robert Quinn McLean is a Vice President at Hamblin Watsa Investment Counsel, a wholly owned subsidiary of Fairfax Financial. He is responsible for the Fairfax insurance subsidiary investment portfolios in the Middle East/Turkey/North Africa(Gulf Insurance Group) and South Africa/Botswana(Bryte Insurance). Mr. McLean is currently on the board of Gulf Insurance Group based in Kuwait, Farmers Edge Inc.(Winnipeg, Canada), Boat Rocker Media Inc.(Toronto, Canada) and Helios Fairfax Partners Corporation(Toronto, Canada). Initial work experience was in the public accounting profession including work in audit and tax. Subsequently Mr. McLean entered the investment management profession as an investment analyst working for an Institutional Investment Manager in Toronto, Canada focusing on international equities(Europe and Asia). He is a Chartered Account(CA, CPA) and Chartered Financial Analyst(CFA designation).