Qatar Islamic Bank announces new senior appointments

Mr. Constantinos Constantinides has joined QIB as Chief Strategy Officer to lead the Bank's transformation programme.

Prior to joining QIB, Constantinos held various senior roles at Al Rajhi Bank for the last eight years.

Since 2007, he has been the General Manager of Strategy responsible for business development and regional expansion. Previously he was Deputy General Manager in Retail Banking responsible to set up and grow the operations. As a management consultant with Accenture for seven years, he has led several strategic initiatives for European banks and financial institutions.

Bert de Ruiter has also joined QIB as General Manager of the Wholesale Banking Group. Prior to joining QIB, Bert was Country Manager- Netherlands for Lloyds Banking Group.

He started his career in ABNAMRO in several relationship management roles in SME Banking. After joining Lloyds, Bert worked in senior roles in Europe and the Middle East including Head of Corporate Banking, Netherlands, Deputy CEO/ Managing Director - UAE, CEO - UAE and Head of Specialised Finance and Business Development - Wholesale Banking Europe.

Ehab Mackeen Kamel Hafazalla has also joined QIB as AGM of Corporate Banking within the Wholesale Banking Group. Prior to joining QIB, Mr Hafazalla worked for Citibank as Director - Head of Corporate and Investment Banking, based at the Qatar Financial Center in Doha.

He had also worked for international and regional banks in Egypt and the GCC, including Credit Agricole, American Express Bank, Citibank and Mashreqbank.