As Group Head of Sharia at GFH Bank & General Director of GFH Foundation at GFH, Dr. Mohamed Abdulsalam supervises all GFH transactions to keep them in compliance with the teachings and principles of Islamic Sharia. In his role at GFH Foundation, he leads the Foundation’s strategic direction and oversees its social impact and community development initiatives.

He joined GFH in 2006 and has 21 years of Sharia experience and has served as Board Secretary for GFH and its subsidiaries. He was entrusted with maintaining the records, meetings and minutes of GFH’s Board and its committees, moderating meetings, and managing record-keeping activities for GFH’s project companies.

Prior to GFH, Dr. Abdulsalam worked with other Islamic financial institutions in Bahrain. He was a Sharia Auditor at Kuwait Finance House (KFH) and an Internal Auditor at Bahrain Islamic Bank (BisB).

Dr. Abdulsalam obtained his bachelor’s degree in Islamic Accounting in 2003 from Al-Imam Mohammed Ibn Saud University. He also holds an MBA in Accounting and Financial Control and a Ph.D. in Accounting from the United States, California. He has also pursued additional qualifications including a Masters of Sharia and Accounting Standards from AAOIFI, courses in Sharia Control Fatwa for Islamic banks as well as successfully completing the third module of the International Arbitration Certificate from the Bahrain Chamber for Dispute Resolution (BCDR-AAA) in 2014.

Passionate about his field, Dr. Abdulsalam regularly attends specialized courses covering topics such as: Sharia Auditing, Sharia Standards, Sharia Products and many others in order to expand his knowledge of Islamic finance on an ongoing basis.