Our People
Board of Directors
Majed Abdulla Al-Khan
Majed Al Khan brings to GHC extensive real estate investment and development experience and is an expert financial engineer of Real Estate and Private Equity products with more than 1 million square meter of completed flagship developments under his leadership. Prior to GHC, Majed held senior positions in HSBC Middle East, Capivest Bahrain and Inovest Bahrain (formerly Tameer). Majed has been actively involved in finding and managing a number of prominent real estate ventures in the region, including Tala Island (Bahrain), Falcon Cement B.S.C (c) (Bahrain), Jawad International Fashion B.S.C (c) (Bahrain), Reef Financing Company B.S.C (c) (Bahrain), Bahrain Investment Wharf (Bahrain), Tamcoon Contracting (Bahrain). Since joining the group Majed assisted in enhancing the financial, legal and investment position of GHC through restructuring the company’s debt portfolio of USD250 million, negotiating legal settlements exceeding USD150 million and achieving milestone exits of the companies nonperforming assets.
Salah Sharif
A key player in the strategic management of the Group’s core operational functions, Salah Sharif, Chief Operating Officer of GFH, is also responsible for ensuring the highest standards of operational excellence across the Group and its Special Purpose Vehicles and Project Companies. He has more than 30 years of regional and international exposure to conventional and Islamic banking and finance, with experience across commercial and wholesale banking and in industrial and infrastructure advisory sectors. In addition to his executive role at the Group, Salah also serves on a number of investee company boards. He is the Chairman of Falcon Cement Company, Vice Chairman of Infracorp, and a Board Member of Khaleeji Commercial Bank, GBCorp and CapCorp.
Prior to his current role in GFH, Salah was seconded as the CEO of Cemena Holding Company (CHC), an industrial subsidiary of the Group, one of the largest cement holding companies in the MENA region. Previously, he held a number of senior roles in leading, global financial institutions, including American Express and Standard Chartered Bank where he held key executive positions.
Salah holds an MBA from the University of South Wales, UK. And most recently, he completed the Senior Executive Leadership Program offered by Harvard Business School, Boston, USA.
Sattam Al Gosaibi
Sattam Al Gosaibi
is a knowledgeable banker who brings to the table over two decades of experience
in the Islamic Banking industry. He is the Chief Executive Officer of Khaleeji Commercial Bank and
prior to this was the
Chief Executive Officer for Bahrain Development Bank
Group. He is the
Chairman of the Executive Committee of Seef Properties B.S.C. (c), Board Member of Binaa Al
Bahrain BSC, Board Member of Lama Real Estate WLL,
Board Member of Gulf Real Estate Company and Vice Chairman
of Capital Real Estate Company
Dr. Nasr Gaafar Salama
Dr. Nasr is a legal industry veteran with over 29 years of extensive experience in Egyptian and GCC commercial and civil law, company law, intellectual property law and investment laws. He is also an expert in drafting all types of commercial, contracting and franchise contracts. Dr. Nasr is the manager and owner of the Law & Legal Advisory Services Centre in Egypt, and Legal Advisor to Al Shaya Group of Companies, Kuwait and Egypt, Madi International Group, Dar Al Shifa Hospital, Kuwait, Silver Star Company, Kuwait and Lebanon, Al Shaya Marine, Kuwait, GFH Financial Group, Bahrain, and several other companies in the GCC region.
Dr. Nasr is a registered lawyer with the Cessation Court and the Supreme Administrative Court in Egypt, a member of the Arab Lawyers Association, the GCC Commercial Arbitration Centre, the Supreme Arab Human Rights Activists Council and the Egyptian Judges’ Club as an international arbitration consultant.
Dr. Nasr is an international accredited arbitrator "Consultant in International Arbitration” / International Association for Arbitration and Legal Studies, a member of the Gulf International Federation of Arbitration, accredited arbitrator in the Commercial Arbitration Center for the GCC States (Ahmed Najm Center / Bahrain) in the Commercial Arbitration Center for the GCC states/ Bahrain and an accredited international arbitrator in the Arbitration Committee of Rawafed Arbitration Center/ Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
He holds a Bachelor of Laws from Cairo University (1989), a PhD (professional) in International Commercial Law from the University of Cambridge (UK, 2012), an Advanced diploma in contracts and Islamic commercial jurisprudence from the Bahrain Institute for Banking and Financial Studies (BIBF, 2020).
Mohamed Ahmed Buhajeeh
Mr. Buhajeeh is serving as the Acting CEO of GBCORP B.S.C. (c) since August 2020 in addition to holding the position of Chief Administrative Officer since June 2016, along with sitting on the Board of some of the investee companies of GBCORP B.S.C. (c)
Mr. Buhajeeh has an overall banking experience of around 20 years and has worked with some prominent financial institutions in Bahrain including Arcapita and Kuwait Finance House with focus on Islamic Banking, Corporate Banking, and Project Finance.
Mr. Buhajeeh holds Master of Business Administration from Canisius College, USA and Bachelor of Science from USA along with Advance Diploma in Islamic Banking from BIBF.
Mazin A. Rahim AlGhareeb
Mr. Mazin AlGhareeb is an Executive Director of Placement, Handling the Kuwait market.
He brings to his role more than 22 years of experience in investment and retail banking, corporate finance, and capital markets and is currently responsible for overseeing the placement of the Group’s financial products and investments in Kuwait and for the management of GFH’s relationships with HNWI and institutional investors. Mr. AlGhareeb is also currently a Board Member of Gulf Holding Company, a real-estate development subsidiary of GFH, and formally served as a board member representing GFH Group Gulf North Africa, Injazat Technology Fund, and Bashaer Equity Fund.
Having joined the Group in 2010, he has served GFH and its wholly owned investment-banking subsidiary, GFH Capital, in a number of senior capacities. This includes Head of Capital Markets and Executive Director in the placement & wealth management department. He was also Group Head of Treasury & Capital Markets between 2013 and 2018.
Previously, Mr. AlGhareeb was Regional Head of Wealth Management at GBCORP, worked in Corporate Relationship Management at Shamil Bank (Formally Faisal Islamic Bank) and began his career in 1999 with HSBC Bank Middle East. He holds a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from Saint Edward’s University in Texas, USA.
Mohammad Yahya
Mohammad is an experienced commercial real estate investment professional with a track record in acquiring and managing over $4.5 bn of commercial real estate. Mohammad has exposure in multifamily, student housing, office, healthcare, retail parks, retail warehouses and mixed-use assets ranging from stabilized assets to direct developments and portfolio amalgamation strategies. Mohammad has acquired and managed assets across the USA, UK, France, Germany, Spain, Ireland, Netherlands and Finland. Mohammad has successfully exited investments, formulated new investment strategies, negotiated terms with joint ventures and lenders, and has experience across debt, preferred equity and common equity commercial real estate investments.
Mohammad is currently a Director in the Real Estate Investment Management team within GFH Financial Group. Prior to joining GFH, Mohammad was part of the Real Estate Investment Management team at NBK Capital and worked across both the Kuwait and Dubai Offices.
Mohammad holds a Bachelor of Business Administration in Risk Management & Insurance from Temple University and a Master of Business Administration from Rotman School of Management – University of Toronto with a finance focus.
