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# HSBC Kuwait Appoints Ahmed Al Murad as Country CEO, Its First Kuwaiti National in the Role
- URL: https://www.theglobalbanker.com/hsbc-kuwait-ahmed-al-murad-country-ceo-first-kuwaiti-national/
- Published: 2025-12-18T10:45:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-02T14:32:40.000Z
- Description: Ahmed Al Murad has been named Country CEO of HSBC Kuwait, becoming the first Kuwaiti national to lead the bank's operations in the country.
- Author: TGB Editorial Team
- Tags: Executive Moves, MENA, #archive

HSBC has appointed Ahmed Al Murad as Country Chief Executive Officer of HSBC Kuwait. Al Murad is the first Kuwaiti national to hold the position of Country CEO at HSBC Kuwait. He succeeds Samer Alabed in the role.

Al Murad brings close to two decades of financial services experience to the position.

#### ALMOST TWO DECADES OF FINANCIAL SERVICES EXPERIENCE

Al Murad's nearly twenty years in the financial services sector include international banking experience, the last 11 of them with HSBC. 

HSBC, which began operating in Kuwait in 2005 and marked 20 years in the country at the event where the appointment was announced, offers wholesale banking, including corporate and commercial banking, and private banking services in the country. 

At HSBC, Al Murad has held a series of leadership roles across corporate, institutional and commercial banking, including Head of Wholesale Banking at HSBC Kuwait from 2023\.