James Steel
(Non-Executive Director, Independent, Senior Independent Director, Member of Audit & Compliance Committee and Member of the Remuneration Committee)
Senior Independent Director, KFH PLC since April 2016. Formerly: Director, Corporate Finance, J Henry Schroder Wagg & Co Ltd; Deputy Managing Director, Schroder Polska Sp. zo.o.; Managing Director, Investment Banking, Citigroup European Investment Bank; Board Member & Head of Corporate Finance & Corporate Broking, Arbuthnot Securities Ltd; Senior Independent Director, PZ Cussons plc; Trustee, The Royal United Kingdom Beneficent Association (trading as Independent Age); Director, Axelos Ltd; Director, MyCSP Ltd; Director, Shared Services Connected Ltd; Board Member & Deputy Chair, Hightown Housing Association; Governor, University of Hertfordshire. Holds a Master of Arts Degrees in Mathematics from Oxford University, UK. Qualifies as Chartered Accountant from the UK.
43 years of commercial & financial experience working in developed and emerging markets across both the public and private sectors.
KFH GROUP STORY
A regional bank offering local
understanding and international
opportunities.
Kuwait Finance House PLC (formerly known as Ahli United Bank (UK) PLC) is now part of Kuwait Finance House (KFH). KFH is considered a pioneer in the banking phenomenon known as Islamic Finance or Shari’a Compliant Banking. KFH is the first Islamic bank established in 1977 in the State of Kuwait and today it’s one of the foremost Islamic financial institutions in the world.
