General

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Ali Hassan Al Ali*

Public Relation Specialist; General Directorate of Nationality, Passports and Residence,
Ministry of the Interior,
Tel: 17399764, email: alaali@gdnpr.gov.bh.

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Ali Hassan Kutty Kunhalil

Chairman & Managing Director - Aliventure Group
Euro Tower Building, Office No 92,
Sanabis.Kingdom of Bahrain
Tel: 17554872, Fax: 17554879.

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Ali Moh’d Ali Esmaeel*

B.Sc (Public Relation),Senior Public Relation Specialist General Directorate of Nationality Passports and Residence, Ministry of Interior ,
Tel: 17399777 ext(603); email:aliesmaeel@gdnpr.gov.bh

Ali Ramadan Nasser

Stores Manager

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Alok Gupta*

Group Manager – Credit & Treasury, Y.K.Almaoyyed & Sons, Bahrain,Tel:17202102/(M)39528050/36966737,
(M)39528050;

Aloke K. Rakshit*

DOB: 30th July, 1959; Qualification: M Com, A.C.A., A.I. C.W. A., A.I.C.P.A.
Group General Manager; BANZ Group B.S.C. (c); Tel: 00973 17727 719; emai: alokekr@banzgroup.com

Amal Mohamed AlGharibi

Communication Specialist; Gulf Air - Corporate Communication; Tel: +973 17-33-8379; Fax: +973 17 338207
E-mail: Amal.AlGharibi@gulfair.com; Website: www.gulfair.com

Ambilikuttan*

Managing Director & Principal of Indian Institute for Performing Arts (IIPA), Post-graduate in English Language & Literature.Born in 1962 in Kerala(India) Disciple of the great Maestro of Indian Music Dr.Balamurali Krishna, Married, Wife - Lalitha, Son-Devdutt.

Amin Al Arrayed

General Manager - First Bahrain Real Estate Development Company P.O.Box 75622, Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain.Almoayyed Tower, Suite 501, Al Seef,Bahrain Tel:17567555, Fax: 17567556,email:info@firstbahrain.com
After earning a Bachelor’s degree from the University of Redlands, California, Amin Al Arrayed’s career path saw him work as the Regional Head of the Retail Banking Division at BBK (Bank of Bahrain and Kuwait) and Head of Retail and Placement at Real Estate Finance Company (Reef) in Bahrain.

Anand Gupta*

DOB: 3rd Jan 1978; Qualification: CA, CISA, B.COM; Senior Consultant, Ernst & Young; Tel:17535455,(M) 36546115; email: caanand@yahoo.com, anand.gupta@bh.ey.com, Chartered Accountant. Also done CISA from ISACA. Currently working with Ernst & Young under Transaction Advisory service as a Senior Consultant. Member of Bahrain Chapter of Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (BCICAI). Served as executive committee member of this chapter during 2008-2009. Also member of Lions Club of Riffa in Bahrain and currently Treasurer with club. Currently perusing CFA level II of USA. Hobbies: Cricket, video games, Reading etc.; Married – Wife- Smita Gupta

Andrews Victor*

Chief Sub-Editor, Gulf Daily News. P.O. Box 5300, Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain. Tel: 17628203, (M)39055677
Fax: 17622141,email:andrews@gdn.com.bh

Anil Varghese*

General Manager, Zayani Leasing w.l.l, P.O. Box1185,Sitra, Bahrain. Fax: 17704404, www.zmotors.com 15 years as Group Operations Manager with Europcar Dubai & Northern Emirates .Current position since March 2006. Vice-President- Kottarakara Pravasi Samajam- Bahrain, Married, Wife- Rollin Anil , Children (2)- Kevin Anil Varghese & Keith Anil Varghese

Anwar Mohammed Abdulrahman

Chairman - Akhbar Al Khaleej & Gulf Daily News P.O. Box 224, Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain
Bldg 149, Exhibition Avenue, Block 320, Tel: 17293131, Fax: 17293400
Anwar Mohammed Abdulrahman, born in 1942, launched Al Hilal Corporation in 1973, the distribution Centre for dailies, weeklies, quarterlies and monthlies. Previously, he worked as Sales Executive, Head - Al Hilal Bookshop (1961), Director (1970).
Established Dar Akhbar Al Khaleej (1975) with other directors under the Chairmanship of late Mahmood Mohammed Al Mardi, and the first Arabic Daily, Akhbar Al Khaleej got published (1976), the first English daily, Gulf Daily News was launched (1978). Formed Al Hilal Group specialised in trade publications like Gulf Construction, Gulf Industries, Shipping & Transport, Travel and Tourism, The Gulf, Gulf Weekly, Arabian Knight and Oil & Gas.

Arthur P. Davey

Partner, Cost Partnership (Gulf), P. O. Box 26122, Manama, Bahrain, Tel: 17256826, Fax: 17262752

Arun C. Kotwani*

DOB: 19th May 1974; ACA, Grad CWA, Inter CS.; Vice President – Financial Control, Maalem Holding B.S.C (c)
Tel: 17107280, (M) 39801355 email: arun_kotwani@hotmail.com;
A Chartered Accountant by profession having more than twelve years of extensive expertise in all facets of Financial Accounting and Controls, Budgets modeling, System Implementations, Regulatory Reporting, Compliance, Operations and Administration. He has served in senior managerial positions in leading financial institutions in Bahrain and has gained valuable expertise to work in multicultural/multinational environment to exercise due professional care and lead teams efficiently. He started his career in the Middle East with American Express where he worked for more than 8 years. There, as a Team Leader in the Financial Service Unit, he supervised the entire MENA region card operation business and got a solid exposure to business verticals in card industry. Currently he is the Vice President of the Financial Control department at Maalem, where he oversees all aspects of Financial Control and Treasury functions for the Group. Prior to joining Maalem, Arun was the Head of Financial Control for Addax Bank for more than three years. With the solid exposure to finance and accounting via experience in investment banking and credit card industry, he aims to fulfill his aspirations by leveraging on his strengths and ensuring overall organizational objectives are met.

Arvind Sharma*

Manager, Audit and Advisory, KPMG Fakhro
Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. Associate member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and is an experienced audit professional with over 10 years of audit experience. Prior to joining KPMG Fakhro in May 2005, was associated with a PwC in Mumbai, India. Has been involved in Bahrian as an auditor with Gulf International Bank, Saudi National Commercial Bank, State Bank of India, YK Almoayyed Group etc. He is on the committee of KPMG Toastmasters club and KPMG’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) team. Involved in various sectors including Financial services and Construction.

Ashok Vithal Shetty*

Managing Director, Creative Advertising & Promotion Centre
P.O. Box 2346,Manama, Bahrain Tel: 17246488, Fax: 17244035 (M)39622500/39460726, email: shetty@batelco.com.bh, One of Bahrain’s most admired top entrepreneurs, owner of Creative Advertising and Promotions Co. W.L.L, Resident of Bahrain for 30 years, a significant contributor to local community activities, Former Vice President of the Lions Club of Riffa, Senior Chief Executive and Board Member of Bunts Society - Bahrain. One of the Indian Club’s senior member for 27 years. A true philanthropist to all religions without bias.

Ashraf Bseisu

CEO - Solidarity Group Holding P.O. Box 18668, Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain
Seef Tower - 9th Floor, Seef District
Tel:17585222, Fax: 1758 5200 email: mail@solidarity.com.bh Over the past two decades, Ashraf Bseisu has held many roles in the insurance industry.

Aziz Eid Bokhammas

Branch Manager, Bokhammas Establishment, P. O. Box 5262, Manama, Bahrain, Tel: 17742040, Fax: 17716607.

Azzam Moutragi

Sales Manager
Mr. Azzam joined Trafco Group in the year 2005 as Sales Manager with his experience in the industry over 30 years. Being an MBA degree holder, currently he is heading the Sales dept with his team of 70 skilled personnel, handling the sales operation spread across all segments in the marker like retail, HORECA, wholesale and downmarket outlets, apart from various government tendersHe further contributes for the business development with new products and diversification in private labelling etc to cater to the needs of all households in Bahrain.

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