Raheel Ahmed

Raheel Ahmed was appointed the CEO of RAKBANK in January 2022 to develop and execute the Bank’s strategy for the next phase of its growth and increase profitability while achieving excellence in customer engagement by leveraging data and technology.


Raheel is a seasoned banker and transformational leader with over 30 years of banking experience across Asia, Middle East, Africa and Europe. He thrives on developing transformational strategies with a focus on building a high performance and customer-centric culture.


Raheel joined RAKBANK from Barclays UK where he was member of the Executive Committee and the Chief Product & Analytics Officer, responsible for the strategy and commercial performance of the personal banking products. During his time at Barclays, Raheel spearheaded the Digital & Analytics transformation to create personalised and frictionless products and services for over 20 million customers. He built and led on strategic partnerships with big tech and fintech firms, and contributed significantly to the automation and digitalisation of Barclays UK. Raheel was also the Executive Sponsor of Diversity & Inclusion at Barclays UK, a topic that he is truly passionate about.


Prior to Barclays, Raheel held Senior Executive positions at Standard Chartered and Citigroup.