GFH Financial Group BSC

KWSE:GFH Stock Report

Market Cap: د.ك365.3m

GFH Financial Group BSC Management

Management criteria checks 3/4

GFH Financial Group BSC's CEO is Hisham Al Rayes, appointed in Apr 2012, has a tenure of 13.08 years. total yearly compensation is $382.52K, comprised of 65.3% salary and 34.7% bonuses, including company stock and options. directly owns 4.47% of the company’s shares, worth KWD16.32M. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 6.3 years and 3.1 years respectively.

Key information

Hisham Al Rayes

Chief executive officer

US$382.5k

Total compensation

CEO salary percentage65.34%
CEO tenure13.1yrs
CEO ownership4.5%
Management average tenure6.3yrs
Board average tenure3.1yrs

Recent management updates

Recent updates

CEO Compensation Analysis

How has Hisham Al Rayes's remuneration changed compared to GFH Financial Group BSC's earnings?
DateTotal CompensationSalaryCompany Earnings
Mar 31 2025n/an/a

US$122m

Dec 31 2024US$383kUS$250k

US$119m

Sep 30 2024n/an/a

US$112m

Jun 30 2024n/an/a

US$109m

Mar 31 2024n/an/a

US$106m

Dec 31 2023US$383kn/a

US$103m

Sep 30 2023n/an/a

US$103m

Jun 30 2023n/an/a

US$103m

Mar 31 2023n/an/a

US$95m

Dec 31 2022US$297kn/a

US$90m

Compensation vs Market: Hisham's total compensation ($USD382.52K) is above average for companies of similar size in the KW market ($USD155.61K).

Compensation vs Earnings: Hisham's compensation has been consistent with company performance over the past year.

CEO

Hisham Al Rayes

13.1yrs
Tenure
US$382,525
Compensation

Mr. Hisham Ahmed Al Rayes serves as Group Chief Executive Officer at GFH Financial Group BSC since 2022 and also served as the Chief Executive Officer since 2021 until 2022. He serves as Director at GFH Fi...

Leadership Team

NamePositionTenureCompensationOwnership
Hisham Al Rayes
Group CEO & Director13.1yrsUS$382.52k4.47%
KWD 16.3m
Bhaskar Mehta
Acting CFO & Chief Risk Officerless than a yearno data0.0096%
KWD 35.2k
Salah Sharif
Chief Operating Officer4.2yrsno data0.17%
KWD 637.3k
Hammad Younas
CEO of GFH Equities & Group Chief Investment Officerless than a yearno data0.073%
KWD 264.9k
Mariam Jowhary
Head of Compliance & AML6.3yrsno data0.015%
KWD 53.8k
Pietro Libero
Chief Legal Officer & Board Secretary3.2yrsno data0.016%
KWD 58.7k
Hazim Yusuf Abdulkarim
Head of Corporate Communications8.3yrsno datano data
Muneera Isa
Head of Human Resources9.5yrsno data0.025%
KWD 92.4k
Baha Al-Marzooq
Chief of Internal Auditno datano data0.023%
KWD 84.7k
Mohamed Yousif Abdulsalam
Group Head of Sharia Complianceno datano data0.027%
KWD 100.1k
Salem Patel
Managing Director of Private Credit & Debt Marketsno datano data0.16%
KWD 595.3k
Mohammed Abdulmalik
Head of Placement Management12.3yrsno datano data
6.3yrs
Average Tenure

Experienced Management: GFH's management team is seasoned and experienced (6.3 years average tenure).

Board Members

NamePositionTenureCompensationOwnership
Hisham Al Rayes
Group CEO & Director9.1yrsUS$382.52k4.47%
KWD 16.3m
Abdulla bin Sulaiman Al-Menai
Chairman of Shariah Supervisory Boardno datano datano data
Ghazi Faisal Al Nasser Al Hajeri
Independent Vice Chairman8.2yrsUS$382.52kno data
Rashid Nasser Al-Kaabi
Non-Executive Director8.2yrsUS$332.54kno data
Ali Murad
Independent Director5.1yrsUS$382.52k4.21%
KWD 15.4m
Fawaz Al Tamimi
Independent Director4.7yrsUS$332.54kno data
Darwish Abdulla Al Ketbi
Independent Director3.1yrsUS$332.54kno data
Zayed Alzayani
Chairman of the Board of Roebuck1.2yrsno datano data
Shaikha Bint Ali Bin Khalifa Al Khalifa
Independent Non-Executive Director1.2yrsUS$332.54kno data
Abdulla Alzain
Independent Non-Executive Director1.2yrsUS$382.52kno data
Abdulmohsen Alrashed
Independent Non-Executive Chairman1.2yrsUS$615.09kno data
Abdulaziz Albassam
Independent Non-Executive Director1.2yrsUS$382.52kno data
3.1yrs
Average Tenure

Experienced Board: GFH's board of directors are considered experienced (3.1 years average tenure).

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2025/05/29 09:08
End of Day Share Price 2025/05/29 00:00
Earnings2025/03/31
Annual Earnings2024/12/31

Data Sources

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PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

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Analyst Sources

GFH Financial Group BSC is covered by 5 analysts. 2 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Kais KriaaAlphaMena
Jaap MeijerArqaam Capital Research Offshore S.A.L.
Karthik SankaranBofA Global Research