Maher Al Kaabi has joined Impact Boards EM's Advisory Board

We are delighted to welcome Maher Al Kaabi to our Advisory Board. A visionary leader and a seasoned banker with over 30 years of experience in the Banking, IT industry and Family Business, He is an Independent Board Member & Advisor to the Group Chairman at Alserkal Group of Companies and an UAE Circular Economy Member.

Maher has extensive expertise in Board Membership, Islamic Banking, Wholesales & Consumer Banking, Risk Management, Finance, Operation & Technology, Sales & Distribution and Business Development. He serves on various boards of companies, is actively involved in various startup companies and is a co-founder of Blink.

Currently, he is an advisor to the Group Chairman of Alserkal Group of Companies (165+ year old family) and serves as an Independent Board Member. His expertise lies in devising impact and commercial strategies, working with government leaders and private sectors.

Maher works extensively with various ministries in future technologies, circular economy and sustainability of family businesses by training NextGen on Venture Studio Module. He is on the Advisory Board of UAE Ministry of Climate Change and Environment and other entities.

He is on the Board of Director/Advisory Board:

• UAE Ministry of Climate Change and Environment – Circular Economy Council

• UAE International Investors Council

• Middle East Energy

• MENA Power Projects

• MIT Sloan CIO Council

• Cybersecurity – CYSEC Global

• The Optimisation Hub

• Chairperson – Start International School

• Chairperson – Copperstone Education

Maher has worked at Citigroup for over 14 years where he has assumed various senior roles both locally and internationally. Post that, he worked as the Chief Risk Officer at Dubai Bank and then as Group Head of Islamic Banking at Emirates NBD serving as Group Head Chief Operating Officer for Group Wholesale Banking. In addition, he has been honoured with numerous Global Awards.

He is currently pursuing his doctorate in the field of AI driven sustainability.

We thank Maher for his strategic guidance on how Impact Boards EM can continue building an ecosystem around directors and boards to improve corporate governance practices in emerging markets.