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Rank: #8
Abdulla Mubarak Al-Khalifa
Sector: Banking and Financial Services
Company: QNB
Designation: Group CEO
Nationality: Qatari
Residence: Qatar
Al-Khalifa oversaw QNB Group’s recent acquisition of an additional 12.8 million ordinary shares in Jordan’s Housing Bank for Trade and Finance for $83.8 million, increasing the bank’s stake to nearly 39% from 34.4%. Al-Khalifa’s business and finance career spans more than two decades and he has held several posts within the banking group including executive general manager and chief business officer. He is also a board member for Ooredoo. QNB reported total assets worth $282 billion and an operating income of $6.9 billion in 2020.