Dukhan Bank
Dukhan Bank is a Qatar Stock Exchange-listed Islamic bank, formed from Barwa Bank and International Bank of Qatar, with 2025 net profit of QAR 1.41 billion.
Industry: Islamic banking | Location: Lusail, Qatar | Founded: 2008
About Dukhan Bank
Dukhan Bank is a Shari'ah-compliant bank in Qatar whose shares trade on the Qatar Stock Exchange under the ticker DUBK. Its website describes it as a Shari'ah-compliant institution, and its management structure covers wholesale banking, retail banking, private banking and wealth management, and treasury and investment.
The bank was incorporated in 2008 as Barwa Bank and began operations in 2009, according to Wikipedia. The bank's own site says the institution was formed through the 2019 merger of Barwa Bank and International Bank of Qatar, and Wikipedia reports that it took the Dukhan Bank name in October 2020 and listed on the Qatar Stock Exchange in 2023. Wikipedia also names The First Investor and First Finance Company as group subsidiaries.
Dukhan Bank's board lists H.E. Sheikh Abdulla Bin Fahad Bin Jassim Al-Thani as chairman and Abdulaziz Mohammed Hamad Al-Mana as vice chairman, with H.E. Sheikh Mohammed Bin Hamad Bin Jassim Al-Thani as executive board member and managing director. Ahmed I. Hashem has been acting group chief executive since 2023, having joined the bank in 2003. Osama Abu Baker is chief financial officer.
The bank reported a record net profit of 1.41 billion Qatari riyals for 2025, up 5 percent, with total assets of 123.8 billion riyals at 31 December 2025, according to The Peninsula. The board proposed a total 2025 dividend of 16 percent of nominal value. At 31 March 2026 total assets were 126.5 billion riyals, first-quarter net profit was 429.5 million riyals and the capital adequacy ratio was 19.1 percent, above the central bank minimum of 14.6 percent. On 7 October 2026 it reported net profit of 1.19 billion riyals for the first nine months of 2026.
Global Finance named it Best Islamic Digital Bank in Qatar for 2026, announced on 18 October 2026. In late July 2026, Meeza added a facility of about 1.6 billion riyals from the bank, structured as Islamic finance, to fund a 44-megawatt data-centre expansion, according to TechScoop.
Leadership
- Abdulaziz Mohammed Hamad Al-Mana, Vice Chairman
- Ahmed I. Hashem, Acting Group Chief Executive Officer
- Osama Abu Baker, Chief Financial Officer
- Bashar Jallad, Treasurer and Chief Investment Officer
- Abdulaziz Al-Neama, General Manager, Head of Retail Banking
- Ahmed Abdulaziz Al-Emadi, General Manager, Head of Wholesale Banking
- Nile Rabbani Awan, Chief Risk Officer