GCMA Board of Directors, 2024

Hadi Melki

GCMA Chairman
Managing Director & Regional
Head Middle East
S&P Global Ratings

Rasha Othman

Vice Chair
Kuwait Financial Center – MARKAZ

MARKAZ

Burgan Bank

Burgan Bank

Samir Zayed

National Bank of Kuwait

Robert Hahm

SEO, Head of Asset Management
Mashreq Capital

Iza Kamaludin

Executive Director, Debt
Capital Markets
Natixis

Ritesh Agarwal

Ritesh Agarwal

Director, Investment Banking
Emirates NBD Capital

Richard Stumbles

Richard Stumbles

Executive Director, Head of Liability
and Transaction Management – DCM
First Abu Dhabi Bank

FAB

Amit Ramchandani

Director, High Yield Product Group
Standard Chartered Bank

Khalid Al-Rukhayes

Chief Dealer Capital Market
Kuwait Finance House

Kuwait Finance House
David Staples

David Staples

Managing Director, Corporate
Finance Group
Moody’s

Moody's Investors Service
Omar Zaineddine

Omar Zaineddine

Senior Vice President, Head of Investment Banking
KAMCO Invest

Kamco Invest
Chiradeep Deb

Chiradeep Deb

Managing Director & Global Head
of Investment Banking
Mashreqbank

Mashreqbank

Hossam Abdullah

Board Member
Al-Hossam Legal

Michael P. Grifferty

Ex-Officio Board Member
President
The Gulf Capital Market Association

The Gulf Capital Market Association

GCMA Chairpersons Emeriti

  • Hitesh Asarpota, Emirates NBD Capital – 2020, 2021, 2022
  • Andy Cairns,  First Abu Dhabi Bank – 2017, 2018, 2019
  • Stuart Anderson, S&P Global Ratings – 2014, 2015, 2016
  • Giambattista Atzeni, BNY Mellon – 2013
  • Andrew Dell, HSBC – 2010, 2011, 2012

Founding Members

  • Institutional Founding Members:
    • Emirates NBD
    • Natixis
  • Individual Founding Members:
    • Abdul Kadir Hussain
    • Anita Yadav