Mr. Adnan Salman
Al-Salem

Mr. Adnan Salman Al-Salem, the Co-Founder and CEO of Elegir Trading, has achieved significant professional development throughout his career. He utilized this expertise in his leadership role, bringing transformative changes and advancements in corporate policies and strategies.

Over the course of his professional journey, he held numerous high-level management positions in various important entities. Among these roles he was the Head of Banking Group at the state-owned Warba Bank, and Regional Head of branches at Kuwait Finance House (KFH), Kuwait’s largest Islamic Bank.

Al-Salem’s experience honed his leadership skills, and prepared him over the years for the mammoth task of leading Al-Raya, developing its policies and strategies; supervising their implementation; assessing risk, and evaluating performance.

He is renowned for his negotiation skills in the Arabian gulf, and he was responsible for establishment of KFH branches in Bahrain & Malaysia. During his time with Warba Bank, he also upgraded the country’s ATM’s systems, through membership in KNET’s board of directors.