Ali AlAamer

Mr. Ali Haroon Alaamer serves as the Acting Director of Capital Markets Supervision Directorate (CMSD) at the Central Bank of Bahrain (CBB) since May 2023.   Prior to that, he was holding the post of Head of Crypto Assets Markets under the CMSD since January 2023 and the Head of Issuance & Corporate Restructuring since November 2016. He also has more than 17 years of experience in the field of capital markets and banking, as he started his career working in a retail bank and an investment bank prior to joining the CBB.

His current responsibilities include the supervision of licensed exchanges, licensed clearing houses and central depositories, market intermediaries, and crypto asset services providers. He is also responsible for regulating the issuance and offering of securities in the primary market. Through his role as a supervisor and his contribution to the drafting of rules and regulations , he ensures maintaining and promoting fairness, efficiency and transparency within the capital markets and ensuring investor protection.

Mr. Ali serves on national and regional committees, including the GCC Secretariat General capital markets committees, and represents the Kingdom of Bahrain at the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO).

Mr. Ali holds a bachelor’s degree in Business Information Systems from the University of Bahrain and MBA with Finance concentration from New York Institute of Technology. He is also a CFA charter holder and has also completed the Investment Representative Program (Series 7) certificate from BIBF.