GCMA Board of Directors, 2023

Hadi Melki

GCMA Chairman
Managing Director & Regional
Head Middle East
S&P Global Ratings

Dalal Yousef Al-Sane

Dalal Yousef
Al-Sane

GCMA Vice Chair
Head of Investment Banking
Burgan Bank

Burgan Bank

Fares Hammami

Executive Director, Head of
Investment Banking
NBK Capital

Robert Hahm

SEO, Head of Asset Management
Mashreq Capital

Iza Kamaludin

Executive Director, Debt
Capital Markets
Natixis

Ritesh Agarwal

Ritesh Agarwal

Director, Investment Banking
Emirates NBD Capital

Richard Stumbles

Richard Stumbles

Executive Director, Head of Liability
and Transaction Management – DCM
First Abu Dhabi Bank

FAB

Rasha Othman

Executive Vice President,
Investment Banking
Kuwait Financial Center – MARKAZ

MARKAZ

Amit Ramchandani

Director, High Yield Product Group
Standard Chartered Bank

Khalid Al-Rukhayes

Chief Dealer Capital Market
Kuwait Finance House

Kuwait Finance House
David Staples

David Staples

Managing Director, Corporate
Finance Group
Moody’s

Moody's Investors Service
Sanoop Unni

Sanoop Unni

Assistant General Manager,
Treasury & Investments
Al Ahli Bank of Kuwait

ABK
Omar Zaineddine

Omar Zaineddine

Senior Vice President, Head of Investment Banking
KAMCO Invest

Kamco Invest

Jamal Al-Barrak

General Manager, Investment Department
Kuwait International Bank

Kuwait International Bank
Chiradeep Deb

Chiradeep Deb

Managing Director & Global Head
of Investment Banking
Mashreqbank

Mashreqbank

Michael P. Grifferty

Ex-Officio Board Member
President
The Gulf Capital Market Association

The Gulf Capital Market Association

GCMA Chairpersons Emeriti

  • Hitesh Asarpota, Emirates NBD Capital – 2020, 2021, 2022
  • Andy Cairns,  First Abu Dhabi Bank – 2017, 2018, 2019
  • Stuart Anderson, S&P Global Ratings – 2014, 2015, 2016
  • Giambattista Atzeni, BNY Mellon – 2013
  • Andrew Dell, HSBC – 2010, 2011, 2012

Founding Members

  • Institutional Founding Members:
    • Emirates NBD
    • Natixis
  • Individual Founding Members:
    • Abdul Kadir Hussain
    • Anita Yadav