Jamal Saleh

Director General

UAE Banks Federation

Jamal Saleh joined UBF (UAE Banks Federation) as Director General as of 1st January 2019. Prior to joining UBF, his last role in banking was Head of Group Credit & Risk and Acting Regional Chief Risk Officer. Jamal spent 29 years in banking (Conventional and Islamic, in UAE and globally) in which he covered Private Banking, Asset Management, Credit, and Enterprise Risk Management (Credit, Market, Operational, Liquidity, and IT Risk, as well as ICAAP and Basel Accords). His first 10 years were in the USA in Private Banking, Asset Management, and Credit, and the last 19 were in the UAE in Corporate Banking, Credit, and Risk Management with three leading UAE banks. He has also been leading SWIFT User Group (UAE) as its chairperson since 2019. He served as PRMIA’s UAE Director General for 7 years and was concurrently Member on British University’s Advisory Board (Dubai). Jamal graduated summa cum laude from New Jersey, USA, in Finance and Banking and holds several banking certifications. He is a frequent quest on UAE and international business TV channels and newspapers as well as keynote speaker at a large number of regional and international forums in the UAE, MENA, Singapore, Europe, USA, etc., including several years at RiskMinds Geneva/Amsterdam and the Commonwealth of Nations at Westminster’s Central Hall in London.