Hamad Ahmad Abd al-Latif Al-Hamad

Education

Student, Claremont College student, Harvard University.

Career

Member delegate to United Nations, 1962; director-general, Kuwait Fund for Arab Economics Development, 1963-1981; director, Kuwait Investment Company, 1963-1971; managing director, Kuwait Investment Company, 1965-1974; executive director, Arab Fund for Social and Economics Development, 1972-1981; director-general, Chairman, Board Of Directors, Arab Fund for Social and Economics Development, since 1985; minister finance and planning, Government of Kuwait, 1981-1983. Chair Kuwait Prefabricated Building Company, 1965-1978, United Bank of Kuwait, London, 1966-1984, Compagnie Arabe et International d'Investissements, Luxembourg, 1973-1981. Member United Nations committee for development planning, 1982-1991, chair, 1987.

Member International Finance Corporation Banking Advisory Board Group, since 1987, Advisory Group on Finance Flowsfor Africa, 1987-1988, South Commission, 1987-1989, Group of Ten, since 1987, World Bank's Private Sector Development Review Group, since 1988, United Nations Panel for Public Hearings on Activities of Transnat. Corps. in South Africa and Namibia, 1989-1992. Board of trustees Corporate Property Investors, New York, since 1975, Stockholm Environmental Institute, 1989-1992, Commission Global Governance, since 1992.

Achievements

• Hamad Ahmad Abd al-Latif First Rate (at Lloyd's)-Hamad has been listed as a noteworthy Monetary fund executive by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member governing body Institute Development Studies, Sussex, United Kingdom, 1975-1987. Mem.ind. commission International Development Issues Brandt Commission, 1976-1979. Board directors international Institute Environmental and Development, London, 1976-1980.

Connections

Married; 4 children.