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George Haimari

Investor

Co-Founder at Phoenician VC

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

About

George Haimari is an independent supervisory board member at PASHA Bank OJSC with over 30 years of experience in banking, consulting, and fintech. He co-founded and scaled Nomo, a UK-based Islamic digital bank that served over 85,000 customers across the GCC, and previously held partner positions at McKinsey and Booz advising boards and senior executives on digital transformations and growth strategies across multiple markets. His focus areas include digital banking, fintech scaling, and financial institution governance.

Experience

  1. PASHA Bank OJSCIndependent Supervisory Board Membercurrent2024 — presentAzerbaijan
  2. Phoenician VCBoard Directorcurrent2019 — presentAbu Dhabi and Beirut
  3. Boubyan Bank GroupCo-Founder & CEO International Digital Banking/ Nomo (Sharia-compliant digital bank and fintech)2021 — 2025UAE / UK
  4. McKinsey & CompanyPartner, Financial Institutions Practice Lead2014 — 2019Middle East (Dubai)
  5. Booz & Company.Partner/ Vice President2002 — 2014Middle East (Dubai)
  6. CitigroupSenior Relationship Manager1997 — 2002Lebanon / UAE
  7. Banque Audi SALCredit Officer1995 — 1997Beirut, Beirut Governorate, Lebanon

Education

  1. American University of BeirutMBA1995 — 1997
  2. Universite Saint-JosephLicence, Economics1991 — 1994

Skills & more

Financial Services12Credit4Management Consulting23Market Entry6Business Transformation9Organizational Design6Business Strategy16Strategic Consulting6Corporate Development6Financial Modeling16Acquisition Integration5Operating Models6
+3 moreMergers & AcquisitionsDue DiligenceStrategy

Languages Arabic · English · French

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