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 Michael G. Ryan                                                             Nasser Ahmad Al-Shaibi
 Board member                                                                Board member
 Mr Ryan is the Chief Executive Officer of the Regulatory Authority. Mr      Mr Al-Shaibi was appointed a Board member of the Regulatory
 Ryan joined the Regulatory Authority in 2009 from Bank of America           Authority in March 2012. Mr Al-Shaibi is presently the Chief Executive
 Merrill Lynch where he served in a number of senior management              Officer of the Qatar Financial Markets Authority, prior to which he
 positions in London and Dublin, including as Chief Executive Officer        served in a number of roles at the Qatar Stock Exchange (Doha
 of Merrill Lynch International Bank Limited and Country Executive for       Securities Market) from 1998 to 2006 and at Qatar Gas from 1993
 Bank of America Merrill Lynch in Ireland. Prior to joining Merrill Lynch,   to 1998.
 Mr Ryan was Vice President at Credit Suisse Financial Products and          He was the team leader behind the establishment of the Qatar
 an associate with Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft specialising in             Financial Markets Authority in 2006, where he was actively involved
 banking, securities and corporate law. Mr Ryan is a member of               in developing the Qatar Financial Markets Authority in the State
 Qatar’s Financial Stability and Risk Control Committee, a member            of Qatar. He has held many leadership positions in the financial
 of the Qatar National Anti-Money Laundering and Combating the               sector such as Vice-Chairman of the Qatar Finance and Business
 Financing of Terrorism Committee and a member of the Board of               Academy and Board member of the Qatar Central Bank.
 Directors of the Qatar Financial Markets Authority.
                                                                             At the international level and during his current position, the Qatar
                                                                             Financial Markets Authority gained full membership of the Interna-
                                                                             tional Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) and became
                                                                             a member of the three specialised committees under the umbrella
                                                                             of IOSCO. He signed a partnership agreement with the Associa-
                                                                             tion of National Numbering Agencies (ANNA), as well as joined the
                                                                             membership of the Islamic Financial Services Board (IFSB). At the
                                                                             regional level, he was the President of the Union of Arab Securities
                                                                             Authorities for the year 2012-2013.

                                                                             Mr  Al-Shaibi  has  been  a  member  of  numerous  national  steer-
                                                                             ing committees such as the Financial Stability and Risk Control
                                                                             Committee and the Qatar National Anti-Money Laundering and
                                                                             Combating the Financing of Terrorism Committee. He was also a
                                                                             member of the Founding Committee of the Establishment of Aspire
                                                                             Sports Academy.
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