Board Of Directors

Bijan Khosrowshahi

Bijan Khosrowshahi was born in 1961, he obtained his MBA in 1986 following an undergraduate degree in Mechanical Engineering in 1983 from Drexel University, USA. 

He is currently the President & CEO of Fairfax International, London and the Board member, Representative of Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited for the following companies: Gulf Insurance Group K.S.C.P. and Gulf Insurance & Reinsurance Company in Kuwait, Bahrain Kuwait Insurance Company B.S.C in Bahrain, Arab Misr Insurance Group S.A.E in Egypt, Arab Orient Insurance Company in Jordan, Gulf Sigorta A.S. in Turkey, Alliance Insurance Company P.S.C. in United Arab Emirates, Jordan Kuwait Bank in Jordan, Commercial International Bank -Egypt S.A.E in Egypt, as well as Colonnade Insurance S.A. in Luxembourg, Southbridge Compañía de Seguros Generales S.A. in Chile, La Meridional Compañía Argentina de Seguros S.A. in Argentina and SBS Seguros Colombia S.A. in Colombia.

Mr. Bijan previously held the position of President & CEO, Fuji Fire and Marine Insurance Company - Japan, President of AIG's General Insurance operations - Seoul, Korea (2001-2004), Vice Chairman and Managing Director, AIG Sigorta - Istanbul, Turkey (1997-2001), Regional Vice President, AIG's domestic property and casualty operations for the Mid-Atlantic region - USA, and held various underwriting and management positions with increasing responsibilities, AIG, USA since 1986, Board member, Foreign Affairs Council, Board member, Insurance Society of Philadelphia, Council member, USO, Korea, Chairman, Insurance committee of the American Chamber of Commerce, Korea, Member Turkish Businessmen's Association

Khaled Saoud Al Hasan

Mr. Al Hasan holds a Bachelor Degree in Political Science and Economics from Kuwait University (1976). His professional Insurance and Administrative experience exceeds over 40 years in different Executive positions. He is currently the Vice Chairman & CEO of GIG, the Chairman of Kuwait Insurance Federation. He is on the Board of Directors in some of Gulf Insurance Group subsidiaries, and a Board member in the Arab Reinsurance Company (Lebanon).

Jean Cloutier

Mr. Cloutier received his bachelor’s degree in actuarial sciences from Laval University in 1986. He is a fellow of the Casualty Actuarial Society and a member of the Canadian Institute of Actuaries. Mr. Cloutier joined Fairfax in 1999 as Vice President and Chief Actuary, becoming Vice President, International Operations in 2009 and is Chairman of Fairfax International from 2013 to present. From 1990 – 1999, he was Vice President Actuarial Services of Lombard Canada Limited, a Canadian property and casualty insurance company. Mr. Cloutier serves on the Board of a number of Fairfax Subsidiaries as well as Industry Organizations on behalf of Fairfax.

Quinn McLean

Robert Quinn McLean is a Vice President at Hamblin Watsa Investment Counsel, a wholly owned subsidiary of Fairfax Financial. He is responsible for the Fairfax insurance subsidiary investment portfolios in the Middle East/Turkey/North Africa(Gulf Insurance Group) and South Africa/Botswana(Bryte Insurance). Mr. McLean is currently on the board of Gulf Insurance Group based in Kuwait, Farmers Edge Inc.(Winnipeg, Canada), Boat Rocker Media Inc.(Toronto, Canada) and Helios Fairfax Partners Corporation(Toronto, Canada). Initial work experience was in the public accounting profession including work in audit and tax. Subsequently Mr. McLean entered the investment management profession as an investment analyst working for an Institutional Investment Manager in Toronto, Canada focusing on international equities(Europe and Asia). He is a Chartered Account(CA, CPA) and Chartered Financial Analyst(CFA designation).

Abdulkarim Kabariti

Board Member (Independent)

Mr. Yousef Hamad Al-Ebraheem

Mr. Yousef Hamad Al-Ibrahim is a Kuwaiti national who has a distinguished career in academia, business and public service. Mr. Yousef Al-Ebraheem held several ministerial positions. He has served as Minister of Finance, Minister of Planning and Minister of State for Administrative Development Affairs. Prior to that, he was the Minister of Education and Higher Education.

Al-Ebraheem was the Economic advisor at the Amiri Diwan in the capacity of a Minister until February 2021. He has served as the Dean of School of Business at Kuwait University. Prior to that, he held the position of Cultural Counselor/Director at the Cultural Division of the Embassy of the State of Kuwait in Washington, DC.

Al-Ebraheem holds a bachelor’s degree in Economics from Kuwait University in 1975, a master’s degree in Economics in 1982, and a PhD in Economics from Claremont Graduate University in 1984. He has authored a number of publications, reports, research papers and books.

He is the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Investcorp. He is also a member of the Board of Trustees, the Executive Committee and the Chairman of the Audit Committee at Arab Open University. Currently he joined the Board of Trustees of Hamad Bin Khalifa University in Qatar and the Board of Trustees of the Economic Research Forum (ERF).

Al-Ebraheem is a former member of the Board of Directors of the Supreme Council for Planning and Development chaired by the Prime Minister of the State of Kuwait. He was a member of the Board of Directors of Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences (KFAS) chaired by H.H. the Amir of Kuwait, former member of the Board of Trustees at the Kuwait Institute for Medical Specializations (KIMS), former member of the Board of Directors of the Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington (AGSIW) as well as a former member of the Board of Advisors of Center for Contemporary Arab Studies at Georgetown University in the United States of America.

He was the Chairman and member of the Board of Directors of the Gulf Investment Corporation and served as Vice Chairman of Al-Mal Investment Company.

Al-Ebraheem was a member of the Board of Directors in several non-governmental organizations such as the American Kuwaiti Alliance and INJAZ-Kuwait in association with the International Junior Achievement Worldwide.