Dr. Yousef Al Awadi KBE

Dr Al Awadi has experience in UK-Arab banking and international finance, having served as Chief General Manager and Chief Executive Officer of Kuwait’s Gulf Bank as well as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Kuwait Investment Office in London. He is currently an Independent Director of Fidelity Funds, Luxembourg. Previously he was an Independent Director of Bank ABC Group, Bahrain, ABC International Bank plc, London, and Chairman of Bank ABC Egypt. Formerly he served as a Director of the International Advisory Board of Goldman Sachs and the Higher Planning Council in Kuwait and has been an active figure in numerous governmental bodies, private sector companies and professional associations around the world. In April 2002, Dr Al Awadi was admitted as a freeman of the City of London. In January 2005 Dr Al Awadi was awarded the Honorary Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire KBE, and In November 2024, Dr AlAwadi was the recipient of the 2024 Arab Bankers Association Award-London- for Distinguished Leadership in the Arab banking industry.