David Hunt

David Hunt is the Chief Executive Officer of Gulf Finance Corporation, a position he has held since September 2013. He joined the company in 2011 as Head of New Markets and assumed the role of Chief Executive Officer of Gulf Instalments in 2012, having successfully established the company in Saudi Arabia during the same year. He has 28 years financial services experience and extensive knowledge of regional and emerging markets. He has held various senior management and director level positions with leading financial services firms across the GCC and was prior to joining Gulf Finance Head of Regional Insurance at HSBC Bank Middle East. Before that he was Managing Director and Chairman of the Executive Committee of SABB Takaful, an Islamic financial institution which is publicly listed on the Saudi Stock Exchange. David holds a degree in Banking and Finance from Loughborough University and is an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Bankers. He is also a special advisor to Actis, a UK private equity firm.