Al Baraka Banking Group

Al Baraka Bank is a multinational banking corporation and is based in Manama, Bahrain. It was formed in 2002 in Manama, Bahrain. The company is listed on the Bahrain Stock Exchange and NASDAQ,[5] the group offers retail, corporate and investment banking and treasury services in accordance with the principles of the Shari'a in 15 countries.

AAA (Licensed as an Islamic Wholesale Bank by CBB)

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Type	Public
Traded as	BHSE: BARKA (DIFX: BARKA)[1]
Industry	Finance and Insurance
Founded	1978 (1978)
Headquarters	Al Baraka Headquarters Bahrain Bay P O Box 1882 Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain
Number of locations	Bahrain, Turkey, Jordan, Indonesia, Pakistan, Tunisia, Algeria, South Africa, Sudan, Syria, Lebanon Libya, Iraq and Egypt[2]
Area served	Worldwide with 650 Branches[3]
Key people	Shaikh Saleh Abdullah Kamel, Chairman Abdulla A. Saudi, Vice Chairman and Board Member Abdullah Saleh Kamel, Board Member & Chairman of the Board Executive Committee Adnan Ahmed Yousif, President and CEO Abdulrahman Shehab, COO[4]
Products	Islamic banking Banking Investment banking Investment management
Revenue	634 million USD 2009[3]
Number of employees	11,458 Employees Worldwide (2015)[3]
Parent	Dallah Al Baraka Group
Website	www.albaraka.com

It has total assets of $70.2 bn in 2012.

At its helm it has Saleh Abdullah Kamel and Abdullah A. Saudi who has been one of the most influential people in finance in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) recent decades. Saudi is a Libyan banker, he has been an adviser to the Bank of Lebanon since 1997. He served at Central Bank of Libya from 1958 to 1972. He is Founder and General Manager of Libyan Arab Foreign Bank, Libya from 1972 to 1980. He was also the CEO of Fiat Automobiles. Saudi was a pioneer of finance in the Middle East so much so that he is the founder of the renowned Arab Banking Corporation.[6][7]

Mr Saudi has received many international accolades and decorations, including: the title of one of the “Most Innovative Bankers” in 1980 at a presentation at Georgetown University, Washington D.C.; “Best Banker” award from the Association of Arab American Banks in 1990; “Arab Banker of the Year” award from the Union of Arab Banks in 1993. He also has several gold medals and awards, notably those bestowed by the King of Spain and the President of Italy in 1977, and the Grand Medal of the Republic of Tunisia in 1993. Recently, he was honoured with the Integrity Award for Combating Forgery by the Arab Union - subordinate of the Arab League – in 2012.[8]