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Joined ICBC in 1985 and worked his way up from cashier to senior management in 2005
Has served as President, Vice Chairman and Executive Director since 2013
His ingredients for success: a great dream, a decent IQ and a high EQPresident of the IDB since its establishment by the Organization of Islamic Cooperation
A renowned leader in the domains of education and manpower development
Focused on providing resources to fight poverty in 56 Muslim nations across the globeIn June 2016, Huiman Yi succeeded long-serving top executive
Jianqing Jiang to become Chairman of ICBC, the world’s largest
bank with more than $3 trillion in assets. His future path will not be
smooth: after becoming the world’s most profitable bank, ICBC has
entered a challenging phase with slowing profit growth, the poten-
tial for a rise in bad loans and the impact of Internet-based finance.
However, the man who made his mark at the bank by helping
shape its e-banking and Internet banking strategy seems confident
he can continue the legacy. He is set to restructure this colossal or-
ganisation, which has some 20,000 branches, 400,000 employees
and 490 million retail customers, develop specific business lines
to strengthen the quality and diversity of the bank’s balance sheet,
deepen its push into digital banking, as well as streamline its risk
control and risk management.With undergraduate degrees in commerce and law, Ahmad
Mohamed Ali Al Madani embarked upon his journey of manpower
development and education as Director of the Scientific and
Islamic Institute in Yemen in 1958. After completing his MA and
PhD, both in Public Administration, Dr. Ali assumed the position of
Acting Rector at King Abdulaziz University in Saudi Arabia in 1967.
His contribution to the development of people during this period saw
him elected Deputy Minister of Education in 1972. This experience
also helped him get elected as the first President of the IDB in 1975.
Dr. Ali looks at development as a comprehensive phenomenon
that has to be continuously reviewed and closely coordinated. This
view has helped him transform the IDB into the IDB Group that is
now involved in several dimensions such as trade, insurance, and
private sector investment, as well as several charities.Huiman Yi
Chairman and Executive Director, INDUSTRIAL
AND COMMERCIAL BANK OF CHINA (ICBC)Ahmad Mohamed Ali Al Madani
© Sina Finance President, ISLAMIC DEVELOPMENT BANK (IDB)