• Mr. Ali Al Hendal

    Chief Executive Officer

    Mr. Al-Hendal's education began with a Bachelor's in Information Technology from University of Philadelphia, topped with an Advanced Diploma in Insurance (ACII). To further his expertise, he earned a MBA from Maastricht School of Management.

    His journey in Gulf Insurance Group-Kuwiat began in 2005, shorlty after Mr. Al-Hendal graduated from the second group of the Management Development Program within GIG-Kuwait, which aims to develop the next generation of the top management.

    Between 2013 and 2016, Mr. Al-Hendal held the title of Assistant General Manager, responsible to lead two divisions of life and health insurance and to develop short and long- term policies. Mr. Al-Hendal became a Board Member of ELTIC “Egyptian Life Takaful Insurance Company”- between 2013 until July 2017. Then in 2017, he earned the role as Deputy CEO - Operations, responsible to lead the technical affairs in GIG-Kuwait as well as being a Board Member of Arab Orient Insurance Company – Jordan since March 2017.

  • Mr. Haytham Zreiqi

    Chief Financial Officer

    Mr. Haytham Zreiqi has joined GIG Kuwait in July 2023 as Chief Financial Officer. In this role, he leads and provides the strategic direction to GIG-Kuwait Finance Function and oversees all aspects of financial management for financial integrity and flow of financial information to management, board and shareholders.

    Mr. Zreiqi has about 14 years of financial services experience. Earlier in his career, he held several positions in EY with assurance and financial accounting advisory services practices. He was engaged in managing various types of assurance and advisory services for multinational firms and governmental entities across the GCC, mainly in Kuwait and KSA.

    Mr. Zreiqi holds several professional qualifications from USA such as Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE).

  • Mrs. Duaa Aburizik

    Chief Employee Benefits Officer

    ‎Earned a Bachelor of Pharmacy from Jordan University of Science and Technology and holds a Fellowship from the Royal Insurance Institute ACII. Additionally, a Master's Degree in Business Administration from the University of Manchester - United Kingdom.

    She started her career more than 20 years ago where she worked in the field of Managed Care at MedNet- Munich Re , then joined the Group in 2013 where she worked as Medical Network Manager  and then progressed to become Director of the Health Insurance Operations Division  since 2017 until she became Chief Employee Benefits Officer in 2024.

    She is also served as a Board Member in Egypt Life Takaful Company since June 2022.

    Ms. Duaa has extensive experience in strategic planning, digital transformation, process engineering and product development. She also has extensive experience in developing strategies for the development of the health sector and partnership between the public and private sectors.

  • Mr. Wael Abdel Razek

    Director of Finance Department

    Mr. Wael holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree in Accounting from Tanta University - Egypt.

    Mr. Wael started his journey with GIG-Kuwait since 1992, where he assumed many responsibilities through a career full of achievements where the group successfully expanded across the MENA region and achieved an outstanding growth.

    In his current position, Mr. Wael is responsible for managing the financial operations, Treasury and Credit control operations, as well as Annual Budgeting & Financial reporting.

    In addition, Mr. Wael manages the financial control operations and leads the development of financial policies and procedures in line with the company's strategic

    Member of the Board of Directors & the Audit committee of GIG - Egypt Life Takaful.

    Member of the Board of Directors & the Audit committee of GIG - Syria.

  • Mr. Ahmad Husain

    Director of Commercial Lines

    Mr. Ahmad holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering with a minor in Computer Science from Oregon State University (USA) and an MBA degree from Kuwait Maastricht Business School (KMBS) as well as an Associate of the Chartered Insurance Institute (ACII).

    Mr. Ahmad started his career with Gulf Insurance more than 15 years ago and has been working in many areas including underwriting, claims, reinsurance and product development across different lines of business. He has a proven record in major businesses and complex claims. He is a member of the Development Committee of Kuwait Insurance Federation and previously served as a member of the Marine Technical Committee in Kuwait Insurance Federation and General Arab Insurance Federation. Currently, Mr. Ahmad is a member of the Board of Directors of Gulf Takaful Insurance – Kuwait and member of the Audit and Risk Management Committees.

  • Mr. Taher Al-Khateeb

    Director of Legal & Compliance

    Mr. Taher started his career with TAG Law Firm, around 20 years ago as a commercial Litigation attorney, thereafter, he specialized in project finance documentation with Kuwait Fund and Opec Fund (Austria) for a couple of years before joining GIG.

    He has a diverse understanding of many legal fields, including corporate litigation, arbitration, takaful insurance, antitrust, administrative tribunals, anti-corruption, governmental policies, and multilateral agreements across different lines of business. He has a proven record in landmark constitutional and cassation cases.

    Alkhateeb has also served as a civil law lecturer at (PAAET).

    He has previously served as Deputy Chairman of Kuwait Mind Sports Association; also as a competitor, he represented Kuwait in the London Mind sports Olympiad.

    Currently, He is registered with Kuwait Bar Association as a licensed attorney before the Higher Constitutional Court and Court of Cassation.