Basil M.K. Al-Ghalayini
is the Chairman and CEO of BMG Financial Group (“ BMG”). Previously, he was Managing Director at The International Investor, London, UK, and before, he was with the Investment Management Division of The National Commercial Bank of Saudi Arabia in Jeddah and London. Since BMG’s inception, Al-Ghalayini has been acting as team leader for equity and debt capital market transactions such as Rights Issues, IPOs, and Private Placements, as well as leading a government-mandated assignment for the comprehensive review of the insurance sector to arrive at a set of recommendations for the sector’s eventual consolidation. He is also a frequent participant in official business delegations representing the private sector of Saudi Arabia. He is the Chairman of Akar One, Chairman of Al Ghalayini Fountains, and the Chairman of BMG Foundation.
Previously, Al-Ghalayini was the Chairman of the Authorized Persons 5th Committee (Advisors and Arrangers) and was a Capital Markets Institutions Committee board member for two terms. He was the Secretary General of the Arab Bankers Association of the United Kingdom, Vice Chairman of the Saudi British Businessmen Council, and Chairman of the Saudi Syrian Businessmen Council.
Al Ghalayini received his B.Sc. degree from King Saud University, KSA, CSS from Harvard University, USA, and IMD from London Business School, UK
Abdulaziz Ibrahim AlNabhan is currently Chairman and Managing Director of Al-Ahlia Gulf Holding Company. He previously joined KIP Co. as President for fifteen years. During the 1997 Burgan Bank privatization, he was elected as Chairman until he was appointed as MD in 2000. He joined Al-Ahlia Investment Co. (2003) as MD of Investments. Also, he is the Chairman of Dragon Fund and Director of Europhenix, Luxembourg. A director in: Sassoon Holdings, Singapore, Hunter Capital Group, Utah, Arab Bankers Association and United Gulf Management Ltd., London, Kuwait Asia Bank, and The United Gulf Bank in Bahrain. In 1984 and 1986, he obtained the Securities Industry Certificate from New York Institute of Finance and a Diploma from The Association of International Bond Dealers, Zurich, respectively. AlNabhan graduated from USC, USA (1983) with a B.Sc. in Industrial and Systems Engineering. In 1994, he joined Harvard Graduate School of Business and completed the Executive Program for Management Development (PMD).
Mohammed Abu Dawood is currently Chairman of the Advisory Board at BMG Financial Group. He is a veteran in the industrial and retail sectors for the past 30 years, with representation on the boards of leading family offices across KSA.
