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GFH Financial Group CEO Hisham Alrayes leads growth, acquires new ventures, and expands assets.

Hisham Alrayes, the Group CEO of GFH Financial Group, boasts an impressive 23-year track record in the industry across sectors such as asset and wealth management, commercial banking, and real estate. Before assuming his current position, Alrayes served as GFH’s Chief Executive Officer, where he was responsible for directing regional and international development and execution strategies. His extensive expertise spanning a decade has earned him numerous accolades, including being named Bank CEO of the Year in 2017 and recognized as a Top CEO for his outstanding contributions at GFH, among other prestigious honors. GFH Financial Group reported a profit of $81 million for the first nine months of 2023, a 13.4% increase compared to the same period in 2022. In October 2023, GFH acquired a food services and logistics business in Saudi Arabia, a company with a current enterprise value of approximately $133.3 million. In June 2023, the company launched GFH Partners, focused on expanding the group’s global asset management capabilities with a focus on the real estate sector. As of November 2023, GFH managed $18 billion in assets, of which real estate accounted for over $6 billion.

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