She is also a member of the Board of Directors of the International Bank of Qatar (Middle East);
Shaikha Al-Bahar is considered as the eighth most powerful Arab Women by the “Arabian Business”
magazine;
Al-Bahar is also Directress of ZAIN (mobile telecommunications) and Vice Chairperson of Watani (Investment Company);
Al-Bahar has also been the Chairwoman of the Organization Al Watany Bank of Egypt;
Shaikha Al-Bahar has a broad know-how of privatization process and financial sector;
She has participated in all the privatization process of the Kuwait Investment Authority since 1994;
Ms Shaikha Al Bahar is also the President of NBK (Lebanon), Al Assima Real Estate (Kuwait); she is a member of the Board of Directors of the International Bank of Qatar, the Bank of Turkey, and the University of Kuwait.
Mobile Telecommunications Company (ZAIN)
Zain is a leading company in the mobile telecommunication's sector in the MENA region (the Middle East and North Africa);
The firm was established in 1983 in Kuwait. Currently; it is the first mobile operator in the region;
In 2010, Zain sold the 100% of shares of Zain Africa to Bharti Airtel for 10,700 million dollars. (see Mohamed Ibrahim).
Shaikha Al-Bahar belongs to the Arab Economic Area (Islamic Civilization).