Mr. Hussain Al Banna is a banking professional with more than 16 years of conventional and Islamic banking experience in various capacities. He joined BisB in 2008 and is currently heading the treasury department with a mandate of handling Foreign Exchange (FX), Money Market (MM) as well as the Bank’s sukuk portfolio. His banking career started in 2004 when he joined BNP Paribas as an Officer in the Regional Treasury Operations. During 2005, he moved on to join the Executive Management Trainee Program at Bank of Bahrain and Kuwait (BBK). During the program, he gained in-depth knowledge of Foreign Exchange (FX), Money Market (MM) - Asset Liability Management (ALM), Corporate Treasury sales and handled over US$ 700 million fixed income bond portfolio within the Treasury & Investments Department. He holds a BSc in Banking and Finance from the University of Bahrain and has successfully completed the Treasury and Capital Markets diploma from Bahrain Institute of Banking and Finance (BIBF).