Meet our leadership

Saddek Omar El Kaber

Chairman, Bank ABC Group and Bank ABC Egypt

MBA and MS in Public Accounting, University of Hartford, Connecticut, USA.

Governor of the Central Bank of Libya and Chairman of ABC International Bank plc, U.K. Previously, Mr. El Kaber was the Deputy Chief Executive Officer of ABC International Bank plc, U.K., and Chairman and General Manager of UMMA Bank, Libya.

Mr. El Kaber has held past key positions in a number of banks and financial institutions including being the Deputy Chairman of the Board of Arab Banking Corporation Algeria, Country Manager and CEO of Arab Banking Corporation Tunisia and a Director of Arab Financial Services Company B.S.C.(c). He joined the Board of Arab Banking Corporation (B.S.C.) in December 2011. He has more than 35 years of experience in international finance and banking.

Sael Al Waary

Group CEO, Bank ABC Group & Vice Chairman, Bank ABC Egypt

Mr. Al Waary is the Group Chief Executive Officer of Bank ABC Group, with 30 years of banking, leadership and management experience garnered from the many senior positions he has held in both London and Bahrain.

Mr. Al Waary is Chairman of Arab Banking Corporation Jordan, Chairman of the Arab Financial Services Company B.S.C.(c), Chairman of ila Bank Advisory Board.

Amr Tharwat

MD and CEO of Bank ABC Egypt

Mr. Tharwat has over 26 years of corporate and investment banking experience. He worked at HSBC for 15 years, out of which seven were spent in Egypt as the Head of Global Banking, and the remainder in Dubai. His previous role was Managing Director, Deputy Head of Global Banking and Head of Corporate Banking MENAT.

Mr. Tharwat started his career by joining Commercial International Bank (CIB), where he worked for seven years, followed by four years at Ahli United Bank. Mr. Tharwat worked in different geographies including Egypt, UAE, Bahrain, Qatar and Kuwait.

Mr. Tharwat holds a master’s degree in Finance from Cass Business School in London and is a graduate of the American University in Cairo with a major in Economics and a minor in Political Science.