Dr. Adnan Al Araj
General Manager - BLOM Bank Jordan
General Manager-BLOM-Bank Jordan
Date of Birth: 16/11/1962
Education
- Ph.D. in Finance, Amman Arab University for Graduate Studies, 2003, G.P.A 3.75 out of 4, with an excellent rating.
- Master’s degree in finance, Jordan University, 1989, with excellent grade.
B.A degree in accounting, Jordan University 1984. - ACPA, Arab Certified Public Accountant (ASCA), 1994.
- INSEAD Business School, 2001, Diploma: Executive Certificate in Strategic Management in Banking. Paris.
Professional Certificates:
- Certified Quality Engineer, CQE, American Society for Quality. ASQ 2023.
Quality Engineering Academy, Certified Quality Engineering. The CQE Master Class,March,2022. - Villanova University: Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt, 2022.
IASSC Certified Black Belt –ICBB-Certified Lean Six Sigma Black Belt -March-2022. - (CLSSBB): Certified Lean Six Sigma Black Belt,2021, Council for Six Sigma Certification, October-2021.
- IASSC Certified Green Belt, ICGB, 2021.
- IASSC Certified Yellow Belt, ICYB, 2021.
- TUM University, Certified Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt,2021.
- Certified Board Member-Corporate Governance. International Finance Corporation (IFC).
Other Certificates
- TUM University, Lean Production Certificate.2021.
- TUM University- Six Sigma Green Belt Certificate.2021,
- Kennesaw State University, Certificate in Six Sigma and Organization(Advanced),2021.
- Six Sigma Statistics Using Minitab17,2022.
Experiences
- June, 2005-Present: The General Manager of BLOM Bank- Jordan.
- January, 2005-May, 2005: Assistant General Manager for Regional Branches, Export & Finance Bank, Amman.
- January 2004-December, 2004: Assistant General Manager for Credit & Branches, Export & Finance Bank, Amman, Jordan.
- February 1998-December, 2003: Assistant General Manager for Corporate & Trade Finance, Export & Finance Bank, Amman Jordan.
- April 1996-February, 1998: Credit Department Manager, Export & Finance Bank, Amman Jordan.
- January 1986- April 1996: Credit Officer and Accounts Relationship Manager, Arab Bank, Headquarters, Amman, Jordan.
Memberships:
- ASQ Membership, American Society for Quality-USA.
- Chairman of Board of Directors, Blom Securities Company –Jordan.
- Board Member, Association of Banks in Jordan.
- Member of Trustees Board of Middle East University,2007-present.
- Board Member, Institute of Banking Studies, Central Bank of Jordan.
Deputy Chairman of Trustees Board of Middle East University for the period from January 2007 -2014. - Member of Deanship of Business Administration Faculty in Hashemite University 2006-2007.
- Member of Deanship of Science Faculty in University of Jordan from 2009 till 2012.
- Member of Deanship of Postgraduate Studies & Scientific Research in Al-Ahliyya Amman University from 2006-2007.
- Supervisor on Ph.D. Dissertations in the banking department at Arab Academy for Banking and Finance Sciences.
Other Experiences
Lecturer and instructor with the following institutions:
- Meddle East University for Graduate Studies for the following courses:
- Managerial Finance.
- Portfolio Management.
- Risk Management.
- Becker Professional Review and Morgan International-Jordan for Chartered Financial Analysts (CFA), Corporate Finance, Microeconomics, and Macroeconomics.
- Trainedge-Jordan for the following courses:
- Risk Management in Banking.
- Finance for non-financiers.
- Arab Academy for Banking and Finance Sciences for the following courses:
- Credit Risk Management, Ph.D. level.
- Retail Banking, Ph.D. level.
- Monetary Policy and Banks Supervision, Ph.D. level.
- Seminar in Banking, Master level.
- E-Banking, Master level.
- Oman International Bank for the following seminars:
- Risk Management in Banking.
- Corporate Credit Analysis
- Cash Flow Management.
- Basel II Accord.
- Oman Institute of Banking for courses in Strategic Management in Banking and Future Banks.
- International Finance Corporation (IFC)-World Bank for the following models:
- Asset Liability management.
- Credit Risk Management.
- Credit Analysis.
- Al Rajhi Banking Corporation for training courses in customer evaluation and credit analysis.
- Arab Bank for the following seminars:
- Advanced Credit Analysis.
- Accounting in Banking.
- Industrial Development Bank (IDB) for the following seminars:
- Advanced Credit Analysis.
- Advanced Financial Analysis.
- Housing Bank for the following seminars:
- Advanced Credit Analysis.
- Remedial & Workout Loans Management.
- Cash Flow Management.
Seminars & Conferences
- The International Arab Banking Summit 2008, Euro-Arab Banking Dialogue-Paris.
- Annual Achieving Operational Excellence In Banking Summit, 2007,Dubai, UAE.
- Union of Arab Banks, The International-Arab Banking Summit for 2007 “Euro-Arab Banking Dialogue, Brussels Belgium.
- Ifex Training, 2003, Middle East Fraud Prevention Training Course. Bahrain
- IBC Global Conference, Insuring Export Credit & Political Risk,2003, London.
- Euromoney Training, 2000, International Capital Markets. London.
- Euromoney Training, 2000, Syndicated Loans, London.
- Lebanese American University (LAU), 1999, Risk Management and the Evolution of Banks. Lebanon.
- United Group Consulting & Management Co. and Investment Promotion Corporation, 1999, Fundamentals of Leasing.
- Institute of Banking Studies, Strategic Thinking in Banking, 1998
- Union of Arab Banks, 1997, Corporate Finance, Lebanon.
- Citibank School of Banking, 1995, Fundamentals of Credit Analysis. Jordan.
- TEAM, Corporate Strategy, 1994, Jordan.
- Institute of Banking Studies, Forwards & Futures Contracts, 1994.
- Jordan Institute of Management, 1991, Estimating & Analyzing Costs of Investment Projects, Jordan.
- ICSM, 1990, Credit & Export Financing, Jordan.
- MMIS, 1995, Management in the 90’s Workshop, Jordan.