Mohammed Abdulla Jumaa Alqubaisi (Arabic: محمد عبدالله جمعة القبيسي) is a UAE national and also the Chairman of Finance House, a UAE finance company headquartered in Abu Dhabi.[1][2][3][4][5]

Early life

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He graduated from the University of Texas, Austin with a Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering.[6][7][8][9]

Professional career

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Alqubaisi was for five years the Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank, the UAE’s largest Islamic Bank at the time. Before that, he was employed at the National Bank of Abu Dhabi (NBAD) for ten years and headed the Domestic, International, and Capital Markets operations.[10][11]


In addition, he was on the Board of several leading institutions, such as Visa International, Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange, and Qatar Telecom, among others.[12][13]

Alqubaisi was an innovator in UAE Capital Markets overseeing the UAE stock market at NBAD (prior to the establishment of official stock exchanges) and was involved with most Initial Public Offerings of UAE companies since 1993.[14][15][16] [17] [18]

Corporate Social Responsibility

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Since the year 2005 and up until this day, Alqubaisi aimed through his institutions to create and take part in corporate social responsibility programs such as blood donations, charitable institution donations, Earth Hour initiatives, support programs, and government contributions to help in the fight against the pandemic.[19][20][21]

Awards

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  • 2013 - "Lifetime Achievement Award” as recognition for his achievements in the financial industry within the UAE[3]

References

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  1. ^ Cabral, Alvin R. (9 November 2022). "Khalifa Fund and Abu Dhabi's Finance House partner to help fund Emirati-owned SMEs". The National.
  2. ^ Release, Press. "Finance House provides services on ADDED 'Investor journey'". www.zawya.com.
  3. ^ a b "Finance House wins Bankers ME award". www.tradearabia.com.
  4. ^ "ADIA and Rockpoint to invest $2bn in US industrial real estate". Real Assets. 2 May 2022.
  5. ^ Sharma, Alkesh (25 July 2022). "Abu Dhabi's Adia appoints new global head of real estate to drive growth". The National.
  6. ^ "HDFC To Sell 10% Stake in HDFC Capital to ADIA Subsidiary for Rs184 Crore". Moneylife NEWS & VIEWS.
  7. ^ "Abu Dhabi fund hires Deutsche Bank executive for real estate". 26 July 2022.
  8. ^ staff2022-07-25T13:48:00+01:00, I. P. E. "Deutsche Bank's Goldman to head ADIA's global real estate". Real Assets.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  9. ^ Release, Press. "Finance House announces strategic partnership with GCC Exchange". www.zawya.com.
  10. ^ Release, Press. "Finance House introduces real-time payment services with UAE-founded Global Software Solutions Group". www.zawya.com.
  11. ^ "Kotak Investment Advisors & ADIA set up $590 million platform to invest in office assets - ET RealEstate". ETRealty.com.
  12. ^ "Abu Dhabi Investment Authority targets $2bn in U.S. industrial real estate - Alternatives Watch". www.alternativeswatch.com. 3 May 2022.
  13. ^ "Free school books being given away in Dubai". gulfnews.com.
  14. ^ "ADIA to pick up 10% stake in HDFC Capital". VCCircle.
  15. ^ Release, Press. "Al Marri chairs ECI's 2nd Board of Directors meeting". www.zawya.com.
  16. ^ "Abdul Al Qubaisi ranked 6th in skydiving at Birmingham 2022 World Games". wam. 7 November 2022.
  17. ^ "Watch: Sheikh Mohammed launches new space project, Dh3 billion space fund". gulfnews.com.
  18. ^ "Check out these bookstalls in UAE that don't have a cashier and sell books for Dh10 and Dh20". gulfnews.com.
  19. ^ "ADIA taps Deutsche Bank exec as global head of real estate". Pensions & Investments. 25 July 2022.
  20. ^ "ADIA secures new leadership for Private Equity, Real Estate (GlobalSWF)". globalswf.com.
  21. ^ Herald, C. R. E. (25 July 2022). "ADIA hires Drew Goldman as global head of real estate". CRE Herald.