Abdulfattah M. Sharaf

Mr. Abdulfattah Sharaf is the Chairman of the Board of HSBC Bank Middle East (HBME). He was appointed Chairman in May 2023 after serving as HSBC UAE CEO for 13 years, a role that he had combined with oversight of the bank’s operations in Algeria, Bahrain and Kuwait as Head of International since 2017. Mr. Sharaf joined HSBC in 2008 to lead the bank’s retail business in the MENA region as CEO of Personal Financial Services, Middle East and North Africa. Before joining HSBC Bank Middle East Limited, he was the Chief Executive Officer of NBD Securities, a subsidiary of Emirates NBD.

Mr. Sharaf is currently a board member of HSBC Middle East Holdings BV (HMEH), HSBC Private Bank (Suisse) SA (PBRS), the Higher Board of the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), the Mastercard MEA Advisory Board, the Advisory Council of Dubai Chamber of Commerce and a member of the Board of Trustees of the American University of Sharjah. He was also a board member of HSBC Saudi Arabia Limited (IBSA), HSBC Bank Oman (HBON), Emirates Telecommunication Company (Etisalat) and the Noor Dubai Foundation.

Mr. Sharaf is a graduate of the University of Denver, USA.