Masaud M. J. Hayat - Chairman, Member of the Executive Committee and Member of the Insider Trading Committee

Chairman of KIPCO Asset Management Company (KAMCO), Kuwait and Syria Gulf Bank, Syria; Chairman and Chairman of Investment Committee of Tunis International Bank, Tunis; Deputy Chairman of Algeria Gulf Bank, Algeria; Board Member of Jordan Kuwait Bank, Jordan; Bank of Baghdad, Iraq; Board Member and Chairman of the Executive Committee of North Africa Holding Company, Kuwait; Vice Chairman of The Royal Capital Group, Abu Dhabi; Board Member & Treasurer of Union of Investment Companies, Kuwait. He has also recently been appointed as Managing Director of Burgan Bank. He has a BSc degree with a major in Economics from Kuwait University and a High Diploma in Banking Studies from the Institute of Banking Studies in Kuwait.

Sheikh Hamad Sabah Al Ahmad Al Sabah - Deputy Chairman, Member of the Executive Committee and Member of the Board Audit Committee

Chairman of Kuwait Projects Company (Holding), Kuwait; Masharie Al Khair Establishment, Kuwait; Saudia Dairy & Foodstuff Company (SADAFCO), Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Gulf Egypt Hotels & Tourism Company (owner of Sheraton, Heliopolis), Egypt and United Building Company, Egypt; Board Member of Burgan Bank, Kuwait. He received his education in Kuwait, Lebanon and the United States of America.

Faisal Hamad M. Al-Ayyar - Executive Director, Member of the Executive Committee

Vice Chairman of Kuwait Projects Company (Holding), Kuwait; Gulf Insurance Company, Kuwait and Jordan Kuwait Bank, Jordan. Chairman of United Broadcasting Company (ShowTime); Panther Media Group Ltd (Orbit-Showtime), International Trust Insurance Company, Beirut and Saudi Pearl Insurance Company, Bahrain. Board Member of United Gulf Investments Ltd, Grand Cayman; Saudia Dairy & Foodstuff Company (SADAFCO), Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; Gulf Egypt for Hotels & Tourism Company, Egypt and Swiss Premium Food Company, Egypt. Trustee of American University of Kuwait and Member of the National Committee for Learning Difficulties, Kuwait. Winner of Arab Bankers Association of North America (ABANA) Achievement Award in 2005. Award winner at Tunis Arab Economic Forum 2007 and Lifetime Achievement Award winner at Beirut Arab Economic Forum 2007. Awarded at the Kuwait Financial Forum 2009 for his contribution to the investment sector in Kuwait and his successes in the global financial market.

Samer Khanachet - Executive Director, Member of the Executive Committee, Member of the Board Audit Committee and Member of the Insider Trading Committee

Chief Operating Officer of Kuwait Projects Company (Holding); Trustee of the American University of Kuwait; Member of the Corporation Development Committee and the Educational Council of MIT; Member of the Advisory Board, Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard; Trustee of the Forsyth Institute. Past President of the Arab Bankers Association of North America. Joined KIPCO in 1990 and has spent over 35 years in the investment and banking sectors. He holds BScs in Chemical Engineering and in Management Science from MIT, and an MBA from the Harvard Business School.

Sheikh Abdullah Nasser Sabah Al Ahmad Al Sabah - Executive Director

Chairman of United Real Estate Company, Kuwait; Board Member of Kuwait Projects Company (Holding), Kuwait. He graduated from the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, United Kingdom in 1996. He also holds a BSc in Business Administration from the New York Institute of Technology, USA.

Mubarak Mohammed Al-Maskati - Independent Non-Executive Director, Member of the Board Audit Committee

Chairman of the Royal Aviation Company, Kuwait; First Secretary at Kuwait Embassy, London; Deputy General Manager, Kuwait Airways, Kuwait. Past Board Member of Kuwait Projects Company (Holding) and Kuwait Aviation Services, Kuwait; He holds a BSc in Political Studies and Economics from the University of Pennsylvania, USA.