Kuwait Finance House has appointed Ahmad Hamad Al-Hammad as Acting Group Chief HR and Transformation Officer, effective 6 January 2025.
Al-Hammad succeeds Zeyad AlOmar, who retired after nearly five years in the role.
The acting designation means the appointment has not yet been made permanent.
BACKGROUND
Kuwait Finance House was established as Kuwait's first Islamic bank and has operations spanning Kuwait, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Türkiye, Malaysia and Europe. The bank offers a full range of retail, corporate, and investment banking products structured in accordance with Shariah principles.
Al-Hammad, who has more than 17 years of HR experience in banking, returns to KFH after nearly six years as chief human resources officer of stc Kuwait; he previously worked at KFH until 2019 and earlier at National Bank of Kuwait.