Mona ALSHAWAActing Regional Head of GCC and Country CEO – Kuwait - First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB)

Mona Al Shawa joined FAB Kuwait as Chief Executive Officer of the Bank’s branch from 17/2/2019. Mona has over 26 years of banking and financial e xperience i n t he l ocal market, where s he h as held senior managerial and executive positions at leading local and foreign banks in Kuwait such as Burgan Bank, Al Ahli Bank
of Kuwait and BBK-Kuwait Branch. 
 

She has occupied executive positions in Corporate Banking Divisions at these banks, where she has had a significantr ole i n o rganizing and developing the business plans for the strategic initiatives of each of those banks. The last position she held was Acting Chief Executive Officer of BBK - Kuwait Branch. Aside from holding the position of FAB Kuwait country CEO, Mona is assigned as Acting Regional Head of GCC.
 

Mona was also nominated as a Board Member - representing the banks she has worked at- in the Boards of several leading local companies including KNET, CINET, UNICAP, Invita, and KFIC. Mona had graduated from the Faculty of Commerce, Economics and Political Science at Kuwait University in 1985. She holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree in Accounting with honors. She has also obtained several certificates from various institutions, notably Harvard University where she completed the High 
Potential Leadership Program in 2011 and the Leadership Execution in the Financial Markets in 2016 and received her certificates for both programs from the Harvard Executive Business School in Boston.