BisB appoints Fatema AlAlawi as Chief of Retail Banking Officer

TDT | Manama                                                

The Daily Tribune – www.newsofbahrain.com     

Bahrain Islamic Bank (BisB( announced the appointment of Fatema AlAlawi as Chief of Retail Banking Officer. Yaser Alsharifi, Chief Executive Officer of BisB, said: “This step aims to enhance our efforts to empower Bahraini women and add a female element to our upper management team and further develop equal opportunities.”

Fatema AlAlawi said: “I look forward to working alongside the Bank’s staff to develop the retail banking division while also harnessing all my skills and experiences to play an active role in the Bank’s success, progress, and growth.”

Fatema AlAlawi holds an EMBA and a BSc in Business Management from the University of Bahrain.

During her Hubert Humphrey Fellowship in the United States of America, she received a PMP Certification from the University of Boston, Massachusetts, in addition to completing two leadership programmes at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) and the Darden School of Business, University of Virginia.

In 2015, she was awarded by Her Royal Highness Princess Sabeeka bint Ibrahim Al Khalifa, wife of His Majesty the King and President of the Supreme Council for Women, for her contribution to the banking and financial sector.

She also received the 2016 Future Leader Excellence Award by the Middle East Awards Institute in Dubai.