Qatar Insurance Group appoints Group CEO

MENA region insurer Qatar Insurance Group (QIC) has appointed Salem Khalaf Al Mannai as its group CEO.

Al Mannai has held various key positions within Qatar Insurance Group, the most recent being the deputy president & CEO of the group. He started his career in the retail department of QIC in 2001.

Subsequently, he was appointed as the head of energy, marine and cargo Insurance. In 2013, he assumed the role of deputy CEO of QLM. In 2015, he was appointed as deputy group CEO MENA region, and in 2019, he was appointed deputy group president & CEO of the QIC Group.

Khalifa Abdulla Turki Al Subaey, group president of QIC Group said: “I am extremely pleased to welcome Salem into this new role. This key appointment testifies the Qatari competencies that exist within QIC Group and our constant endeavour to empower Qatari talent by assigning them in senior leadership positions. Salem has a proven record of accomplishment of leading QIC towards achieving growth, and I wish him success in this new role.”

The recommendation for the new role was submitted to QIC Group’s board of directors and has been adopted by the policy and organization committee of the of the company’s board of directors. The succession plan for executive management jobs and the new organisational structure has taken effect from January 1 2020.