GIB is a pan-GCC universal bank established in 1975 and regulated by the Central Bank of Bahrain, providing diverse financial products, services, and bespoke banking solutions to a wide client base in the GCC, Europe, and North America, including corporate, institutional, global transaction and investment banking, treasury and asset management, and meem, the world's first fully digital Shariah-compliant retail bank.
GIB is owned by the governments of the six GCC countries and the Bank's principal shareholder is the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia, with a majority stake of 97.2%. Today, GIB employs over 1,000 professionals across its offices around the globe, and is active across regional and international markets through its subsidiaries GIB Saudi Arabia and GIB (UK) Ltd and its branches in the UAE, Oman, and the USA.
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In August 2025, GIB announced the appointment of its new Board of Directors for a three-year term, with Mr. Fahad bin Abduljalil AlSaif, Senior Managing Director of Global Capital Finance at the Public Investment Fund, serving as Chairman. In February 2026, Fahad al-Saif, Chairman of Gulf International Bank, was appointed as Saudi Investment Minister.
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