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Yassir Albaharna
Chief
Executive Officer
MBA (High Honours) & M.Eng. (Manufacturing), Boston
University, Boston; B. Eng. (Mechanical), McGill
University, Montreal; Fellow & Chartered Insurer,
Chartered Insurance Institute, London.
Yassir Albaharna graduated in 1984 with a Bachelor degree in Engineering (Mechanical) from McGill University in Montreal and then in 1986 obtained dual Masters in Engineering (Manufacturing) and an M.B.A (High Honors) from Boston University. He subsequently joined the Arab Insurance Group (Arig) in 1987 and was elected as “Fellow” and “Chartered Insurer” of the Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) in 1993.
Yassir worked within the reinsurance division of Arig during his entire working career and assumed various underwriting and managerial positions. Throughout, he has traveled extensively and represented Arig in numerous regional and international forums.
Yassir is currently the CEO of Arig, Chairman of Arig Capital Limited (London), Chairman of Arima Insurance Software (Bahrain), Chairman of Gulf Warranties (Bahrain), Chairman of FAIR Oil & Energy Insurance Syndicate (Bahrain), Board member of Takaful Re (Dubai International Financial Center), Board member of Hardy Arig Insurance Management (Bahrain) and Board member of the Arab Jordanian Insurance Group (Amman). He is also Board member of the International Insurance Society (New York), Board member of the Federation of Afro-Asian Insurers & Reinsurers (Cairo), Board member of Bahrain’s Specific Council for Vocational Training (Banking Sector) as well as Board of Trustees of Bahrain’s Human Resources Development Fund (Banking & Financial Sector).
Email: albaharna.y@arig.com.bh
Phone: +973 17544112 |
