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15 ANNUAL REPORT 2019 BOARD OF DIRECTORS

His Excellency Sheikh Abdulla
Bin Saoud Al-Thani
Governor of the Qatar Central Bank
Chairman of the Qatar Financial Centre Regulatory Authority
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His Excellency Sheikh Abdulla Bin Saoud Al-Thani was
appointed Governor of Qatar Central Bank in May 2006,
having started his career in the Bank in 1981. He was Deputy
Governor (1990-2001) and subsequently left to serve as
Chairman of the State Audit Bureau (2001-2006), before
assuming his current position. His Excellency was appointed
as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the QFC Regulatory
Authority in March 2012. His Excellency is also Chairman of
Qatar’s Financial Stability and Risk Control Committee.
He is a Board member of the Qatar Investment Authority
and a member of the Supreme Council for Economic
Affairs and Investment. He has served as Chairman of
the Board and Director of the Qatar Financial Markets
Authority (2012-2018), Chairman of the Board of Directors
of Qatar Development Bank (2006-2018), Chairman of the
Board of Directors of the Gulf Monetary Council (2014),
and Chairman of the Governors of the GCC Monetary
Agencies and Central Banks Committee (2015). He was
appointed as Chairman of the Islamic Financial Services
Board (2013) as well as Chairman of the International
Islamic Liquidity Management Corporation until December
2013, and is currently a member of both institutions.