PROFESSOR ABDUL LATIF AL MEER

Professor Abdul Latif Al Meer is the Chairman of ICQ and Vice Chairman of Sidra Takaful (Insurance company). During 2005 and 2006, Professor Al Meer served as the Chief Executive Officer, from 2007 to March 2012 he served as the Managing Director at QInvest – Qatar‘s largest investment bank with a paid-up capital of US$ 750 million. He is a Board Member at QInvest.
In addition, Professor Al Meer also served as a Board Member for a number of banking and Takaful institutions, which included Asian Finance House (Malaysia) and Gulf Finance House (Bahrain).
Prior to QInvest, Professor Al Meer was associated with Qatar Islamic Bank (QIB) for over fifteen years as its Chief Executive Officer and earlier as General Manager for Investments and International Operations. With QIB, he gained immense and invaluable experience, especially with its international expansion, helping establish Islamic banks and Takaful companies in Lebanon, Bahrain, Malaysia and the UK.
Professor Al Meer currently serves as a Director for QIB-UK, Arab Finance House (Lebanon), and Al Daman (Beema) Qatar.

Professor Al Meer has a BS & MS of Science degree in Business Administration from Cornell University, New York, USA and a Doctor of International Business degree from Nova University, Florida, USA.