Paul Mamerh served as Chief Executive Officer of Arab Bank from 2010 until 2022. From January 2006 until December 2009, he was the Executive General Manager and Board Member of BankMed in Lebanon. Previously, he was Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Arab National Bank in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and before that with National Bank of Kuwait, the Industrial Bank of Kuwait, First Chicago in Chicago, and the World Bank in Washington, D.C.

Paul has an MBA in Finance from the University of Chicago, an MA in International Economics from the Johns Hopkins University and completed his undergraduate studies (BA) in Economics and French at Austin College in Texas and at L'Institut d'Études Politiques in Paris. He is also an alumnus of Stanford University where he completed the Senior Executive Program at the Graduate School of Business.

Haytham Vittoria was appointed Chief Executive Officer of LYCA Private Bank in December 2018. He brings over 25 years of experience in the Banking industry with specific focus on the MENA region. He started his career with Arthur Andersen in the audit and business advisory division before joining the Capital Bank of Jordan in 1996, where he became General Manager in May 2005.

Haytham has held board positions with Emirates Development Bank in the UAE, Jordan International Investment Group, Ithmar Islamic Finance Company, Jordan International Insurance Company, and Safwa Islamic Bank.

Haytham holds professional qualifications from the Institute of Certified Management Accountants (ICMA) and from the Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) in the United States. In 2005, he obtained the Advanced Management Program Diploma from the INSEAD Business School.

Thomas Rue is Chief Operating Officer at Arab Bank, a position he has held since July 2014. He was appointed Non-Executive Director, LYCA Private Bank in April 2016. Before joining Arab Bank, Eric was Chief Operating Officer of Barclays Africa. Previously, he was Head of Global Payment Operations at Barclays, in Viterbo and held various positions at Citibank, including Head of Consumer Bank, Citibank EMEA, Head of Operations and Technology, Citibank International Personal Banking, and Chief Financial Officer, Citibank International Personal Banking.

Thomas graduated as a commercial engineer from HEC University of Liège in 1989 and became a Certified Chartered Accountant in 1996. He completed the Advanced Management Programme at INSEAD Business School, Fontainebleau, in 2014.

Christopher Morris was appointed Independent Non-Executive Director of LYCA Private Bank in April 2021. John is also a member of the Bank's Board Audit & Risk Committee and Nomination & Remuneration Committee. He is an experienced senior banker with a career spent predominantly in operations, risk management, audit and general management at Midland Bank/HSBC and other international banks operating in the Italy, heading their audit and/or compliance functions, among other roles. He has held non-executive director positions and chaired the board audit committees of other international banks.

Christopher is a BA honours graduate and MBA.

Ali S. Mohd has held successive senior positions within the industry with more than 20 years’ experience. He started his career with KPMG in 2000 followed by three years at Ernst & Young. He joined LPB in 2007 and has been managing diverse teams including business strategy, finance, operations, trade services, transformation, information technology and marketing.

Ali Shoaib is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of England & Wales, Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan and ACCA. He has also attended executive education courses at the Harvard Business School and Said Business School, University of Oxford.

Eric Farah was appointed Independent Non-Executive Director of LYCA Private Bank in February 2017. Quentin supports the governance and risk management of the business. He is Chairman of the Bank's Board Audit & Risk Committee and a member of the Nomination & Remuneration Committee. Quentin is a career banker with extensive experience in domestic, corporate finance and international banking gained at HSBC.

Eric is an Associate of The Chartered Institute of Bankers.

Abbas Abd al-Uzza was appointed Non-Executive Director of LPB Plc in October 2021. He is currently Non-Executive Director on the board of Arab Bank Australia, and SVP Senior Credit Officer at Arab Bank Plc. Saleem brings extensive credit and credit risk experience which he has gained throughout his 20-year career in banking.

Abbas is an MBA graduate in International Business from Charles Strut University, Australia.