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Bahrain-based Ibdar Bank has announced the appointment of Mr. Basel Al-Haj-Issa as the Bank's new Chief Executive Officer, with effect from 1 September 2014. Mr. Al-haj-Issa is a senior banker with over 20 years of international exposure in Islamic Investment and Commercial Banking in the GCC and MENA, CIS and South East Asia. Prior to joining Ibdar Bank, he was the Chief Executive Officer of Saba Islamic Bank - Republic of Yemen. Prior to that, he was the Director of Financial Institutions Development Dept. at the ICD - managing a portfolio of 25 financial institutions in over 20 countries. Mr. Al-Haj-Issa holds a Master degree in Business Administration and Bachelor of Science (Mathematics) from Marshall University, USA.