Khalifa Jassim Al-Kuwari

Khalifa Jassim Al-Kuwari
Born	(1977-01-10) January 10, 1977 (age 48)
Nationality	Qatari
Occupation(s)	Accountant, banker

Khalifa Jassim Al-Kuwari (Arabic: خليفة جاسم الكواري; born on 10 January 1977)[1] is a Qatari accountant and banker. He has held executive positions in Volkswagen and Qatar Investment Authority. He holds a master's degree in accounting from Cleveland State University.[2] He was the chief operating officer of Qatar Investment Authority and its subsidiary, Qatar Holding, until December 2012.[3]

Career

In 2010, he was appointed to the board of directors of Songbird Estates.[4] He stepped down in September 2014 and was replaced by Ken Costa.[5]

He was appointed as chairman of Islamic Bank Britain, later to be known as Al Rayan Bank, in 2011.[2] The same year, he was appointed as a member of Volkswagen's supervisory board.[6][7] He resigned from the board in April 2013.[8]

Al-Kuwari is the general manager of the Qatar Fund for Development (QVN). In April 2015, he signed an agreement with Saeb Erekat to consolidate a $100 million QVN-financed loan to the Palestinian Authority.[9]

References

1. "5. Election of members of the Supervisory Board". Volkswagen. Archived from the original on 15 April 2015. Retrieved 14 April 2015.
2. "REG - Islamic Bank Britain - Appointment of Directors" (Press Release). Reuters. 7 April 2011. Archived from the original on 15 April 2015. Retrieved 14 April 2015.
3. "Qatar Power List 2015". Arabian Business. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
4. "Songbird Estates appoints three Qatari directors". Reuters. 4 January 2015. Retrieved 14 April 2015.
5. "Qataris appoint Ken Costa to Songbird Estates board". Finance Times. 11 December 2015. Retrieved 14 April 2015.
6. "Rekordjahr:Volkswagen verdient mit 7,2 Milliarden Euro so viel wie nie". Spiegel. 25 February 2011. Retrieved 14 April 2015.
7. "Volkswagen's 2010 profit roars to $9.4 billion". Cleveland.com. 25 February 2015.
8. "VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT: Bekanntmachung der Einberufung zur Hauptversammlung am 13.05.2014 in Hannover mit dem Ziel der europaweiten Verbreitung gemäß §121 AktG". Deutsche Gesellschaft für auswärtige Politik. Archived from the original on 16 April 2015. Retrieved 14 April 2015.
9. "Qatar lends Palestine $100mn for development schemes". Gulf Times. 9 April 2015. Retrieved 14 April 2015.