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Last updated 6 Nov 2026·Source: SouqData proprietary analysis

What this page covers

Timeline of director appointments and departures across GCC-listed companies. Appointments by year, busiest months, and largest single-day board reshuffles.

SouqData covers 11 GCC + MENA exchanges (TDWL, DFM, ADX, QSE, BK, MSX, BHB, ASE, BIST, ISX, EGX). Coverage depth varies by exchange and data category — gaps are surfaced in the page's data displays rather than hidden. Underlying data refreshes daily via an automated pipeline; per-exchange ingestion runs on filing-driven cadences.

Director Appointment Timeline

Name: GCC Corporate Governance Dataset
Creator: SouqData
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/

Historical timeline of director appointments and departures across GCC-listed companies. Identifies seasonal patterns, board reshuffles, and turnover trends.

Dated Appointments

1,783

Dated Departures

518

Years Spanned

Busiest Month

Jan

Appointments by Year

Year	Appointments	Departures	Net
1978	1	0	+1
1980	1	0	+1
1990	6	0	+6
1993	1	0	+1
1996	2	0	+2
1997	10	0	+10
1999	1	0	+1
2000	4	0	+4
2001	3	0	+3
2003	4	0	+4
2004	4	0	+4
2005	3	0	+3
2006	3	0	+3
2007	3	0	+3
2008	4	0	+4
2009	5	0	+5
2010	4	0	+4
2011	9	0	+9
2012	8	0	+8
2013	4	0	+4
2014	8	0	+8
2015	7	1	+6
2016	19	0	+19
2017	28	0	+28
2018	11	0	+11
2019	16	0	+16
2020	45	11	+34
2021	126	80	+46
2022	195	121	+74
2023	313	84	+229
2024	298	133	+165
2025	326	72	+254
2026	309	16	+293
2202	1	0	+1
2203	1	0	+1

Monthly Seasonality (All Years)

419

Jan

173

Feb

414

Mar

399

Apr

124

May

108

Jun

122

Jul

Aug

Sep

116

Oct

Nov

151

Dec

Light = fewer changesDark = more changes

Quarterly Board Movement (Recent)

2024 Q1

+87

2024 Q2

+58

2024 Q3

+22

2024 Q4

-2

2025 Q1

+57

2025 Q2

+73

2025 Q3

+24

2025 Q4

+100

2026 Q1

+223

2026 Q2

+70

2202 Q4

2203 Q3

Appointments Departures

Largest Board Reshuffles (Same-Day Appointments)

Date	Ticker	Company	Exchange	Appointed
2026-03-31	DHBK Doha Bank	QSE	15	Fatima Mohamed Fikree, Mohammed Bin Falah Bin Jasim Al-Thani, Faisal Salem Al-Sharafi, Fahad Yousef Al-Marwani, Jabor AbdulRahman Al-Thani, Abdulla Ali Al-Malki, Mohammed Yousuf Al-Darwish, Khalid Saoud Al-Thani, Nasser Khalid Nasser Abdullah Al-Mesned, Nayef Abdulla Al-Dosari, AbdulRahman Mohd AlShamlan, Ahmed Abdulla Al-Khal, Nasser Mohammed Al-Eida, Abdulrahman Ahmed Abdulrahman Yousuf Al-Obaidan, Nasser Khalid Khalifa Abdullah Al-Attiyah
2025-04-08	WDAM Widam Food Company Q. S. C	QSE	14	Mohamed Yousef M Behzad, Abdulaziz Mohd S R Al-Tamimi, Mohammed Saad A M Al-Oqaila, Mohammed Ahmed M A Alasmakh, Mubarak AL H A Al-Marri, Abdulaziz Abdulla A Al-Hemaidi, Hamad Hassan M Aljamali, Faisal Ahmad M I Al-Derbasti, Nasser Mehsin M A Al-Adba, Nayef Eid M T Al-Thani, Fahad Abdulla A A Malik, Ali Jassim A M Al-Saadi, Abdullah Khalid Abdullah Abdulrahman Al-Obaidan, Yousef Ibrahim Yousef Ibrahim Al-Mahmoud
2025-04-07	IGRD Estithmar Holding Q.P.S.C	QSE	12	Mohamed Yousef M Behzad, Khalid Ghanem Sultan Al-Haidifi Al-Kuwari, Mohamad Mohamad Sadiq Al-Dawamaneh, Eyad Ihsan Abdel Rahim, Ibrahim Abdulla Al-Abdulla, Saud Abdullah Ahmad Al Ibrahim, Bothaina Al Ansari, Suhaim Abdulaziz Suhaim Hamad Al Thani, Abdullah Darwish Al-Darwish, Ramez Mohamed Ruslan Al-Khayyat, Hamad Ghanem Sultan Al-Haidifi Al-Kuwari, Mohamad Moataz Mohamad Al-Khayyat
2023-01-01	BEYON Beyon B.S.C	BHB	11	Mr. Ahmed Abdulwahed Abdulrahman, Brig. Gen. Waleed bin Hindi, Shaikh Ali Bin Khalifa Al Khalifa, Ahmad Mazhar, Waleed bin Hindi, Khalid Hussain Taqi, Ms. Fatema Ghazi Alarayedh, Dr. Daniel Ritz, Mr. Saleh Romeih, Mr. Abdulla Abdulrazak Bukhowa, Shaikh Abdulla bin Khalifa Al Khalifa
2024-03-04	QNNS Qatar Navigation QSC	QSE	11	Mazen Jassim Jaidah, Suhaim bin Khaled bin Hamad Al-Thani, Hitmi Ali Khalifa Al Hitmi, Abdulrahman Saud Fahad Jasim Al-Thani, Hamad bin Mohammad Al-Mana, Adel Ali Bin Ali, Saad Mohammad Saad Al-Romaihi, Jassim Bin Hamad Bin Jassim Bin Jaber Al Thani, Khalid Khalifa Jasim Fahad Al-Thani, Hamad Mohammed Khalid Hamad Al-Thani, Mohammed Ebrahim Al-Sulaiti
2026-03-09	QISI Qatar Islamic Insurance Group	QSE	11	Abdullah Saeed Mohamed Al Eidah, Fahad Saad Shrida Al-Kaabi, Jassim Bin Hamad Bin Jassim Bin Jaber Al Thani, Khalid Mohamed Al-Emadi, Nasser Abdulla S M Al-Shareef, Abdullatif Bin Abdullah Al Mahmoud, Sraiya Nasser Rashid Sraiya Al-Kaabi, Mohammed Isa Hamad Al-Hassan Al-Mohannadi, Maitha Mubarak Rashid Al Jabr Al-Naemi, Mansour Mohamed Abdel Fattah Al Musleh, Jassim Faisal Qassim Thani Al Thani
2026-03-30	QISI Qatar Islamic Insurance Group	QSE	11	Khaled Mohd Asaad Al Emadi, Thani Abdullah Thani Abdullah Al-Thani, Khalid Thani Abdullah Thani Al-Thani, Nasser Abdulaziz Nasser Abdullah Al-Thani, Mohd Abdul Kareem Abdulla Al Meer, Thani Abdullah Thani Abdullah Al-Thani, Turki Khalid Thani Abdullah Al-Thani, Turki Khalid Thani Abdullah Al-Thani, Jamal Abdullah Ahmed Jasim Al-Jamal, Jamal Abdullah Ahmed Jasim Al-Jamal, Rashed Nasser Rashed Suree Al-Kaabi
2026-04-28	IBNH Ibn Alhaytham Hospital Company	ASE	11	Ahmad Abdullah Abdul Halim Abu Khadija, Hijra Muhammad Al-Faris Hamad, Haitham Abdulhalim Abu Khudaijah, Muhammad Abdullah Abdul Halim Abu Khadija, Hiba Abdullah Abdul Halim Abu Khadija, Abdullah Haytham Abdullah Abu Khudaijah, Haitham Abdel Haleem Abu Khodeija, Muhammad Abdullah Abdul Halim Abu Khudaija, Hiba Abdullah Abdul Haleem Abu Khudaija, Abdullah Haitham Abdullah Abu Khadija, Ahmad Al-Tayyib
2025-11-23	CBQK Commercial Bank (Q.S.C.)	QSE	11	Ibrahim Jassim A O Fakhroo, Muhammad Noman Ali, Omar Hussain Alfardan, Vista Trading, Shiekh Abdulla Ali J M Al-Thani, Al Gassar Capital, Bader Omar I Al Dafa, Mohd Ismail M Mandani Al Emadi, Mohammed Yasser M J Al Mosallam, Tariq Ahmad A A Al Jehani, Abdulrahman Hamad A Al-Attiyah
2017-03-06	DHBK Doha Bank	QSE	11	Abdul Aziz Mohammed Jaber Al Sulaiti, Fahad Mohammed Jaber Mohammed Al Thani, Abdullah Mohammed Jabor Al-Thani, Falah bin Jasim bin Jabor Al Thani, Abdul Rahman bin Mohammed bin Jabor Al Thani, Hamad Mohammed Hamad Abdullah Al-Mana, Ahmed Abdul Rahman Yousif Obaidan, Naser Khaled Naser Abdullah Al Missnad, Ali Ibrahim Abdullah Al Malki, Ahmed Abdulla Ahmed Al Khal, Mr. Nasser Khaled Nasser Abdullah Al-Misnad
2023-02-22	QIBK Qatar Islamic Bank	QSE	11	Mohammed Isa Hamad Al-Hassan Al-Mohannadi, Abdullatif Bin Abdullah Al Mahmoud, Hanoof Thani F Th Al-Thani, Abdulrahman Abdullah Abdul Ghani, Mansour Mohamed Abdel Fattah Al Muslih, Abdullah Bin Saeed Al Eidah, Jassim Bin Hamad Bin Jassim Bin Jaber Al Thani, Jassim Faisal Qassim Thani Al Thani, Nasser Rashid Sraiya Al-Kaabi, Khalifa Thani Abdullah Thani Al Thani, Nasser Abdulla S M Al-Shareef
2025-12-09	DHBK Doha Bank	QSE	11	Al-Alamiya For Trade And Development, Mr. Nasser Khalid Nasser Abdullah Al Misnad, Fahad Mohammed Jaber Al-Qabdhah, Jassim And Falah For Trade And Contracting, Nasser Khalid Khalifa Abdullah Al-Attiyah, Rana Sulaiman Shami Al-Shlaibi, Ahmed Abdullah Ahmed Al-Khalal, Dar Al-Aamal Al-Aqariah, Abdullah Ali Abdulrahman Al-Abdulla, Nasser Mohammed Ali Al-Mezkoor Al-Khalidi, Al-Sheikh Hamad Bin Saud Mohammed Ali Al-Thani
2026-04-02	DBIS Dlala Brokerage and Investment Holding Company	QSE	10	Hussain Akbar Abbas Al-Baker, Saad Rashid Al-Matwi, Bothaina Hassan Al-Ansari, Fahad Jassim Hassan Al Abdulrahman Al Thani, Hamad Mohammed Al-Dehemi, Bader Abdulaziz Al-Darwish Al-Fakhroo, Farhoud Hadi Al-Hajri, A.rahman Mubarak Hamad Al Thani, Saleh Rashed Al-Athba, Khalid Saud Khalid Hamad Al-Thani
2026-01-15	IGRD Estithmar Holding Q.P.S.C	QSE	10	Hamad Ghanem Sultan Al-Haidifi Al-Kuwari, Ramez Mohamed Ruslan Al-Khayyat, Ramez Mohamed Ruslan Al-Khayyat, khaled Zi Alnon, Khalid Ghanem Sultan Al-Haidifi Al-Kuwari, Mohammed Moataz Mohammed Ruslan Al-Khayat, Buthaina Hassan Faraj Hashem Al-Ansari, Ibrahim Abdullah Al-Abdullah, Suhaim Abdulaziz Suhaim Hamad Al Thani, Abdullah Darwish Al-Darwish
2023-01-01	DHBK Doha Bank	QSE	10	Nasser Khalid Khalifa Abdullah Al-Attiyah, Abdulrahman Ahmed Abdulrahman Yousuf Al-Obaidan, Fahad Mohammed Jaber Mohammed Al Thani, Hamad Saoud M. A. Al-Thani, Nayef Abdulla N. M. Al-Dosari, Nasser Khalid N. A. Al-Mesnad, Nasser Mohammed A. A. Al-Khaldi, Ahamd Abdulla A. Al-Khal, Abdul Rahman Mohamed Al-Thani, Abdullah Ali Abdulrahman Al-Abdulla
2023-01-01	1060 Saudi Awwal Bank	TDWL	10	Mr. Samir Assaf, Mr. Stephen Moss, Mr. Sulaiman Al-Gwaiz, Mr. Mohammed Almaraj, Anthony William Cripps, Ms. Lubna S. Olayan, Mr. Saad Al-Fadly, Eng. Mohammed Al-Omran, Mr. Ahmed Al-Aulaqi, Mr. Martin Powell
2025-01-28	QNNS Qatar Navigation QSC	QSE	10	Hamad Mohammed Hamad Abdullah Al-Manea, Mohammed Ebrahim M B Al-Suliaiti, Abdulrahman Saud Fahad Jasim Al-Thani, Jasim Hamad Jasim Jaber Al-Thani, Saheim Khalid H A Al-Thani, Saad Mohammed Saad Al-Jabarah Al-Rumaihi, Khalid Khalifa Jasim Fahad Al-Thani, Mazen Jasem Mohammed Ibrahim Jida, Hamad Mohammed Khalid Hamad Al-Thani, Ali Ali General Trading And Contracting Company Represented By Mr. Adel Ali Bin Ali
2023-08-31	4084 Derayah Financial Company	TDWL	9	Ibrahim Abdulaziz Ibrahim Al-Jammaz, Khaled Mohammed Ali Aba Al-Khail, Zaki Abdulaziz Ali Al-Showaier, Yasser Abdulaziz Mohammed Al-Qadi, Faisal Hamad Abdullah Al-Sugair, Abdullah Abdulrahman Abdulrazzaq Al-Saeed, Abdulwahab Saeed Abdullah Al-Sayed, Taha Abdullah Ibrahim Al-Kuwaiz, Hashem Othman Ibrahim Al-Hekail
2024-02-25	QGRI Qatar General Insurance & Reinsurance Company Q.P.S.C.	QSE	9	Meshaal Fahad A M Al-Thani, Mohd Ahmad M A Alobaidly, Mohammed Jaber A KH Al-Sulaiti, Ali Bin Jassim Bin Mohammed Al-Thani, Khalifa Jassim M J Al-Thani, Abdulla Ahmad A A Al-Jehani, Ibrahim Yousuf A A Al-Fakhroo, Nasser Sulaiman Haidar Mohammed Al-Haidar, Saleh Hamad Jaber Al-Sharqi Al-Marri
2024-04-02	MCGS Medicare Group QSC	QSE	9	Khalid Abdulla Bin Thani Bin Abdulla Al-Thani, Mubarak Abdullah Mohammed Saad Al-Sulaiti, Faisal Bin Jassim Bin Mohammed Al-Ahmed Al Thani, Abdulla Bin Thani Bin Abdulla Al-Thani, Mohammed Bin Thani Bin Abdullah Al Thani, Khalid Abdulnoor Abdul-Jabbar Saifeldeen, Ali Bin Abdullah Bin Thani Al-Thani, Yasser Ibrahim Zaki Ali Ramadan, Jamal Abdullah Ahmed Jasim Al-Jamal

This analysis is based on available data and disclosed methodology. Our models estimate outcomes using specific inputs and assumptions — the methodology is described on this page. Observations may not account for all relevant factors. This content is provided for educational and informational purposes only.

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Director Appointment Timeline

Appointments by Year

Monthly Seasonality (All Years)

Quarterly Board Movement (Recent)

Largest Board Reshuffles (Same-Day Appointments)

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