H.E. Sheikh Faisal Bin Thani Al-Thani is head of Regional Portfolios at Qatar Investment Authority (QIA).

QIA is the sovereign wealth fund of the State of Qatar, and in his role Sheikh Faisal is responsible for investments in Southeast Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Middle East.

Sheikh Faisal previously held the position of Chief Investment Officer at Qatar Foundation Endowment. He also played a key leadership role in the Investment Department at Qatar Central Bank.

In addition, Sheikh Faisal currently holds Board roles at Qatar Insurance Company, Ahli Bank, Qatari Diar and Chairman of Qatar First Bank.

Sheikh Faisal holds an undergraduate degree in Business Administration from Marymount University, Virginia, USA and an Executive Masters in Business Administration from HEC Paris.

Mr. Ali Al Muraikhi had been the Managing Director & General Manager of Qatar Steel Company after being a Director & General Manager since November 2010.
He became Vice-Chairman of Foulath Holding Company, Bahrain in February 2014 and was also an active Board Member of Bahrain Steel, one of its associate companies. Besides, he was a Board Member of SOLB Steel in KSA where Qatar Steel has 31.03 % equity participation, and also served as Vice-Chairman of Qatar Mining Company, a major shareholder in a steel project JV in Algeria. Further, Mr. Al Muraikhi has been an appointed Board Member of Industries Qatar (IQ).

Mr. Al Muraikhi has been associated with Qatar Steel Company since 1981 where he started his career as a Trainee and grew up rapidly and held various managerial positions responsible for Personnel, Sales and Marketing. Subsequently, he served as the Commercial Division Manager since January 2003. His contribution to the growth of Qatar Steel Company over the years serving Qatar and export markets has catapulted him to spearhead the company as Managing Director & General Manager.

With his wide experience in the steel industry for over 3 decades as a visionary, he had set his priorities to contribute to national growth, community services, and drove the company’s growth strategy through expansions and alliances. He was an active member and participant in coordination and business meetings among GCC manufacturers and in Steel conferences like IREPAS, Metal Bulletin and Arab Steel Summit.

Born in 1958, Mr. Al Muraikhi holds a Bachelor’s degree in Sociology and Social Work (1977-1981) from Qatar University and an MBA (1985-1986) from Sacred Heart University, USA.

Mr. Khalifa Jassim Al-Kuwari is the Director General of the Qatar Fund for Development, managing the State of Qatar’s foreign aid and international development activities. Since 2014, he led the establishment, strategy-setting, operationalization, partnerships, and funding programs of the Qatar Fund for Development in various developing countries.

Previously, Mr. Al-Kuwari was the Chief Operating Officer of the Qatar Investment Authority (QIA), where he oversaw the entire business support infrastructure and led several initiatives to improve the performance of support functions. Prior to that,, Mr. AI­ Kuwari was the QIA Executive Director of Joint Venture and International Business, where he managed the investment joint ventures and government-to-government relations.

He has been appointed to the boards of leading companies and institutions such as Harrods, Volkswagen Group, Fairmont Raffles Group, Songbird Real Estate, Qatar Exchange, Katara Hospitality, and Mowasalat. He was also appointed Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Islamic Bank of Britain, and Qatar and Algeria Investment. Mr. Al-Kuwari is a member of the Board of Directors and Chairman of the Audit Committee of Qatar Mining Company. He is also interested in social work within the State of Qatar, and he was elected to the Board of Directors of Qatar Foundation for Social Work, which includes social institutions such as Nama, Ehsan, Shafallah, Dreama, Wifaq, and Aman. Mr. Al Kuwari is the president of Qatar Leadership Centre Alumni Association Council.

Mr. Al-Kuwari started his career as an accountant and investment manager, and handled various responsibilities at the Qatar Central Bank and Ashghal & Urban Planning Authority. He acquired in-depth experience in accounting, auditing, financial analysis, and investment management.

Mr. Khalifa Al-Kuwari holds an Executive MBA in Business Administration from the London Business School in UK, an MBA in Accounting from Cleveland State University in the USA and a Bachelor of Business Administration from Qatar University. He graduated from the Leadership Development Program at Harvard Business School in the USA and Qatar Leadership Center. Mr. Al-Kuwari also passed the Chartered Accountants’ Examination in Ohio, USA.

Mr. Al- Saadi joined Qatar Investment Authority in March 2010. He is currently a Director within the Regional Portfolios Department, which has the mandate to invest in emerging and frontier markets. His role is to manage the investment operations and activities and assist the Head in developing and executing the strategic plans and coordination of necessary resources required to achieve the department goals with the objective of maximizing the return of investments. Also to provide oversight to the functioning, monitoring and performance analysis of the portfolio to ensure they are aligned with QIA’s long terms strategic objectives.

Mr. Al- Saadi has over 16 years of rich experience working in both the Government and Private Sectors covering industries including Oil & Gas, Real Estate and Financial Services.

Mr. Al- Saadi earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Electronics Engineering with a minor in Mathematics from the University of Arizona, USA in 2002.

Mr. Al-Jalahma is a Director in the Commodity Department at Qatar Investment Authority (QIA). He began his career in the petrochemical/oil and gas sector at Qatar Chemical Company (QCHEM) and Shell Pearl GTL for nine years before joining QIA In October 2012. Besides, Qatar Mining; Mr. Al-Jalahma also sits on the boards of directors of local and international companies like MSCQ, Hassad Food, NGP-USA and Qatari Algerian Investment Company in Qatar, Daffar Hospitality & A’Saffa Food in Oman and Nuran Bank in Libya.

Mr. Al-Jalahma has an EMBA from HEC Paris and a Bachelor degree in Science in Chemical Engineering from Qatar University. Mr. Al-Jalahma personal qualifications and trainings includes technical trainings, mining projects, project management, leadership and technical reporting. Add to that Mr. Al-Jalahma attended courses at Harvard business school and Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

Mr. Al-Obaidli was appointed as Chief Investment Officer for Qatar Mining from 2011 till March 2018. In April 2018, the Board of Directors appointed him as Chief Executive Officer of Qatar Mining.

He is also serving as chairman of QSI and as Director on the boards locally and worldwide in organisations such as Tadeen Cyprus and AQS.

Mr. Al-Obaidli began his career in the oil and gas sector six (6) years with Qatar Petroleum Company (QP) and eight (8) years with Dolphin Energy Qatar.

Mr. Al-Obaidli has earned his Master of Business Administration degree (MBA) from France and bachelor degree (B.Sc.) in Mining & Geological Engineering from the University of Arizona, USA. In addition, he attended several local and international training.