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Bader M. Alsaad

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Bader M. Alsaad, Chairman of the Board and Director General of the Arab Fund for Economic & Social Development

Mr. Alsaad has served as Chairman of the Board and Director General of the Arab Fund for Economic & Social Development (the “Fund”) since September 2020. As Director General, Mr. Alsaad serves as the chief executive officer of the Fund. From 2003 to May 2021, he served as a member of the board of directors of the Kuwait Investment Authority (KIA). He served as Managing Director of the KIA from December 2003 until April 2017. Prior to his appointment at KIA, Mr. Alsaad served as the Chief Executive Officer of one of the leading investment companies in Kuwait, The Kuwait Financial Center. Mr. Alsaad is currently a member of the Global Advisory Council of Bank of America, a member of the board of directors of the Kuwait Fund for Economic Development and a member of the supervisory board of Daimler AG. He also served as the Chairman and Deputy Chairman of the International Forum of Sovereign
Wealth Funds from its inception in 2009 until October 2015.