BisB Appoints Mohamed Kadhem Ebrahim as Chief Strategy & Sustainability Officer

Bahrain Islamic Bank (BisB), the leading provider of digital banking services in the Kingdom of Bahrain, announced the appointment of Mr. Mohamed Kadhem Ebrahim as the Bank’s Chief Strategy & Sustainability Officer. 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.

Mr. Mohamed boasts over 17 years of experience from 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 also worked as Managing Consultant of the Partner Group and Senior Consultant of Culture Transformation at Gallup in California. His previous roles also include Assistant Vice President of Strategy & EPMO at Gulf International Bank (GIB) and Manager of Advisory Services at KPMG. Mr. Mohamed is 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.

Commenting on the appointment, Mr. Yaser Alsharifi, Chief Executive Officer of BisB, said: “We are pleased to welcome Mr. Mohamed Kadhem Ebrahim to our distinguished management team at BisB. We wish him the best of luck and success in his new position, and are confident that he will actively contribute to leading the Bank’s strategic transformation and sustainability programs, in addition to achieving all the goals and aspirations we strive towards. 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.”

On his end, Mr. Mohammed said: “I am pleased to be working with a prestigious and industry-leading organization such as BisB. With my past experience, I look forward to developing a promising strategic transformation journey supported by the efforts of the team. I would also like to extend my gratitude and appreciation to the Chief Executive Officer and the Bank’s Board of Directors for trusting me to assume this position, as we hope to achieve all the desired corporate strategic objectives.”

Mr. Mohamed is a certified Change Management Practitioner from Prosci, a certified Strengths Coach from Gallup, and a certified Project Management Professional from PMI. He holds an MBA in Business Strategy and Operations from the Gies College of Business at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in the United States of America, as well as a Bachelor’s in Business and Information Systems, a program offered by the University of Bahrain in partnership with the Murray State University in the United States of America. 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.