JEF in the Media

Prior to his appointment as the Director General Chairman of the Board of the Arab Monetary Fund (AMF) in March 1994, Dr. Al-Mannai, a national of Bahrain, was Executive Vice-President of the Kuwait based Gulf Investment Corporation. Dr. Al- Mannai was educated at the University of Paris Sorbonne and was trained at Harvard Business School in Boston and Chase Manhattan Bank in New York. His earlier career included various positions in Bahrain’s Ministries of Finance and National Economy and Development and Industry. He also was a member of the Boards of several Gulf and Arab industrial and investment corporations. In 2009 Dr. Al-Mannai received the First Honorary Degree Award by His Majesty King of Bahrain, and was awarded the “Banking Leadership Personality for the Year 2009” by the World Union of Arab Bankers. In addition to his present AMF responsibilities Dr. Al-Mannai is also Chief Executive and Chairman of the Board of the Arab Trade Financing Program (ATFP).