Adel Al-Majed on banking in Kuwait | Boubyan Bank | Video

World Finance interviews Adel Al-Majed, Chairman and Managing Director at Boubyan Bank, on the upmarket focus pushing the bank up Kuwait rankings

May 4, 2012
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Transcript

Adel Al-Majed’s 13 years of experience at National Bank of Kuwait were invaluable when the group gained control of Boubyan Bank, setting a clear new strategy and identifying the best people to fulfill its new mission. The new MD talks about the importance of the thriving Islamic segment, the balance sheet surgery Boubyan needed in 2009, and his ambitious goal to become the third-largest bank in Kuwait in five years.