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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.

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