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www.ceotodaymagazine.com 68 CEO Today Global Awards 2019 Bahrain ADNAN AHMED YOUSIF PRESIDENT & CHIEF EXECUTIVE of Al Baraka Banking Group B.S.C. ABOUT ADNAN AHMED YOUSIF Mr. Adnan Ahmed Yousif holds over three decades of international banking experience. As President & Chief Executive, Mr. Yousif has led Al Baraka Banking Group (ABG) since inception, developing the Group into one of the largest and most diversified Islamic banking groups in the world, operating a network of around 700 branchesand a presence in 17 countries, with its Head Office in the Kingdom of Bahrain. He is the Chairman of Jordan Islamic Bank, Al Baraka Bank Sudan, Al Baraka Turk Participation Bank, Al Baraka Bank Ltd. South Africa, Banque Al Baraka D’Algerie S.P.A., Al Baraka Bank Pakistan Ltd., Al Baraka Bank Lebanon S.A.L, Al Baraka Bank Syria S.A., BTOI Bank, Morocco; Vice Chairman of Vice Al Baraka Islamic Bank B.S.C.(c), Bahrain and Board member of Al Baraka Bank Tunisia and Itqan Capital in Saudi Arabia. Mr. Yousif is currently the Chairman of Bahrain Association of Banks. He has been the Chairman of the Union of Arab Banks, headquartered in Lebanon, for two consecutive terms (2007- 2013). In 2011, Mr. Yousif received the Medal of Efficiency, a unique honor conferred by His Majesty King Hamad Bin Isa Al Khalifa, the King of the Kingdom of Bahrain. In 2017, Mr. Yousif received the Honorary Freedom Award, the highest honor from the City of London for his outstanding contributions to international banking services. In recognition of his efforts in evolving a unique business model for Islamic banking, he was awarded the Accolade of the Sudanese Presidency for Excellency in Social Responsibility in 2015. Mr. Yousif has been declared as the Islamic Finance Personality of the Year 2017 by the Global Islamic Finance Awards (GIFA). He was also awarded by the LARIBA American Finance House the 2012 LARIBAAward for Excellence in Achievement in recognition of his leadership role in consolidating and operating the largest diversified Islamic banking group in the world. In 2004 and 2009, he twice received the Islamic Banker of the Year award (2004 and 2009). In keeping with the Vision of Al Baraka Banking Group, Mr. Adnan Ahmed Yousif has infused the commitment of the organization towards Sustainable Development & Social Responsibility in the Group’s business model and ethos. Based on this philosophy, Al Baraka announced in 2015 that its program for sustainability and social responsibility would be linked to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals 2030. This was reflected in the launch of the Al Baraka Sustainable Development Program (2016- 2020) with a pledge of more than $ 635 million and the creation of 51,000 jobs to finance and support these goals over five years, particularly in the areas of employment, education and health care, which collectively align as seven goals out of the United Nations 17 Sustainable Development Goals of 2030. It is therefore not surprising that on 30th January 2019, the Regional Social Responsibility Network awarded Al Baraka Banking Group BSC (ABG) with the Socially Responsible Arab Company Award “Banks Category” for 2018. The institution also awarded Mr. Adnan Ahmed Yousif, President & Chief Executive of Al Baraka Banking Group - “The Arab Economic Socially Responsible- Personality” Award. Earlier on, On January 26, 2019, in Kuwait, Mr. Adnan Ahmed Yousif, was awarded the “Excellence in Partner Empowerment for 2019” award by the Regional Network for Social Responsibility in collaboration with the United Nations Global Marketplace Organization and the Arab Planning Institute. The Award is for personalities who play a prominent role in promoting social responsibility nationally, regionally and internationally. In 2017, Mr. Yousif won the 12th Islamic Business & Finance Awards for his Outstanding Contribution in CSR in Islamic banking. In 2016, the CSR Regional Network named him as the High Commissioner for advocating the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals 2030. The CSR Regional Network, in 2015, named him the CSR International Ambassador (Kingdom of Bahrain). He also received the Gold Award for Sustainable Development for his major role in the social responsibility programs nationally and internationally in 2016, as well as recognition for the leading role of ABG in the field of CSR at Oman International Conference on Social Responsibility. Mr. Yousif was previously at the Arab Banking Corporation for over 20 years, and last served as Director on its Board. He holds a Master of Business Administration degree from University of Hull, UK. In recognition of Mr. Yousif’s outstanding contribution in the field of contemporary Islamic finance and for modernizing its theoretical fundamentals in practice, the Al Jinan University of Lebanon granted him an Honorary Doctorate of Philosophy in Business Administration.