SPEAKER PROFILE

Mr. Abdul Rahman Mohammed Al-Baker currently holds the position of Executive Director of Financial Institutions Supervision at the Central Bank of Bahrain since January 2006.  Over the past 32 years, he was gradually promoted to several positions at the Central Bank of Bahrain, the last being the Executive Director of Financial Institutions supervision.

Mr. Al Baker, who holds an Accounting Degree from Gulf Polytechnic (University of Bahrain) in 1987, is also a graduate of the Gulf Executive Program, which was conducted by the University of Virginia in 1999 and has attended the Federal Deposits Insurance Corporation (FDIC) Inspection courses, Schools 1, 2 and 3 and 4.   Born in 1965 and married with 3 children.