Shaikha Al Bahar Shaikha Al Bahar serves as deputy CEO of Kuwait’s largest bank, helping the lender achieve solid results again in the past year. With nine-month profit up 14.3 per cent, and Q3 profit up 17.5 per cent, Al Bahar has ably guided the bank since joining in 2013, and has also played an important role in… Shaikha Al Bahar serves as deputy CEO of Kuwait’s largest bank, helping the lender achieve solid results again in the past year. With nine-month profit up 14.3 per cent, and Q3 profit up 17.5 per cent, Al Bahar has ably guided the bank since joining in 2013, and has also played an important role in the country’s five-year Kuwait Development Plan, which was launched in 2015 and will see $115bn invested in 500 projects, many of which will be funded by NBK and other banks. Al Bahar is also chairwoman of NBK Capital, and sits on a variety of important boards. Deputy group CEO, National Bank of Kuwait Origin:Kuwait Residence:Kuwait Sector:Finance