Haytham Kamhiyah was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Europe Arab Bank plc in December 2018. He brings over 30 years of experience in the Banking industry with specific focus on the MENA region. He started his career with Arthur Andersen in the audit and business advisory division before joining the Capital Bank of Jordan in 1996, where he became General Manager in May 2005.

Haytham held the position of CEO with Emirates Development Bank in the UAE and a member on the Board of Jordan International Investment Group, Ithmar Islamic Finance Company, Jordan International Insurance Company, and Safwa Islamic Bank.

Haytham holds professional qualifications from the Institute of Certified Management Accountants (ICMA) and from the Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) in the United States. In 2005, he obtained the Advanced Management Program Diploma from the INSEAD Business School.

Mohammad Shoaib Memon has held successive senior positions within the industry with more than 20 years’ experience. He started his career with KPMG in 2000 followed by three years at Ernst & Young. He joined EAB in 2007 and has been managing diverse teams including business strategy, finance, operations, trade services, transformation, information technology and marketing.

Mohammad Shoaib is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of England & Wales, Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan and ACCA. He has also attended executive education courses at the Harvard Business School and Said Business School, University of Oxford.

Charlie Pickin was appointed Chief Risk Officer on 1st August 2008. He was Head of Internal Audit for EAB from 2006 and held other senior posts in the Arab Bank group from 2001. He spent almost ten years in the Banking and Financial Services team of Ernst & Young, London, where he worked on a diverse range of assignments. Previously, Charlie set up the Internal Audit function for the European operations of Equifax.

Charlie is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.

Claire Cripps joined Europe Arab Bank in 2018 and was appointed Head of Private Banking in December 2023.

With over 30 years of extensive experience in the private banking sector in London, Claire has demonstrated her commitment to serving clients across the MENA region throughout her career. Her journey in private banking began at Barclays Private Bank, where she progressed to the role of Director for the Southern Gulf team. Following her tenure at Barclays, Claire transitioned to independent financial advising at Plurimi Capital, a multi-family office. Before joining Europe Arab Bank, Claire spent 5 years at First Abu Dhabi Bank as Director of Personal Banking.

Claire holds the title of Chartered Fellow of the Chartered Institute for Securities and Investments (CISI) and is authorised to provide investment advice.

Ekaterina Mihova was appointed Head of HR in September 2017. She is responsible for managing the HR department and defining and implementing the Bank's HR strategy in the UK and Europe. She joined the HR team at Europe Arab Bank in April 2007. Previously, she worked as part of the HR team at ChequePoint, an international brand offering worldwide money transfers, payments and foreign exchange services, whilst studying towards her professional HR qualifications.

Ekaterina holds a master's degree in strategic HR Management and is a Chartered Member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD).

Mark Marthinus was appointed Head of Internal Audit in February 2013. He has a wealth of experience of risk-based Internal Audit, risk assessment, risk management, front & back office investment management and commercial banking operations. Mark has worked for Europe Arab Bank since September 2010.

Mark joined EAB from Barclays where he was an Audit Manager in their Commercial Bank and was responsible for providing assurance to Barclays Corporate & Global Payments.

Prior to joining Barclays in November 2006, he was a Senior Auditor in Old Mutual South Africa. Mark also spent five years with PricewaterhouseCoopers in South Africa where he was a senior team member providing internal audit co-sourcing / outsourcing and advisory services. This included projects in the United States, Europe and South Africa.

In 2000, Mark graduated from the Cape Peninsula University of Technology with a degree in Financial Information Systems, majoring in Internal Audit. He is a member of the Chartered Institute of Internal Auditors and has attained the Certified Internal Auditor designation.

Samir El-Sukhun became Head of Credit at Europe Arab Bank in June 2010. He was formerly Head of Business Risk Review at Arab Bank in Jordan, and Head of Credit and Risk Management for Arab Bank in London. Prior to that, Samir was Vice President & Area Manager, Credit for Arab Bank, Singapore, supporting the bank's Asia Pacific operations in Singapore, Korea, China and Australia.

Before moving to Singapore, Samir spent seven years working for Arab Bank Australia Ltd.

Samir graduated from the University of Tulsa, with a BSc (Hons) in Computer Sciences in 1979 and holds an MBA from the University of Washington.

Thomas Noone was charged with the responsibility of Compliance Oversight in January 2020. Tom has over 20 years' experience in financial regulation both in house and consultancy. Tom has held senior compliance positions with PwC, Credit Suisse and Bank of America Merrill Lynch. Tom holds a bachelor's degree in Law (LLB) and is ACAMS qualified.

Tom is the current Chair of the MENA Financial Crime Committee Group.