His Excellency Sheikh Abdulla Bin Saoud Al-Thani was appointed Governor of Qatar Central Bank in May 2006, having started his career in the Bank in 1981. He was Deputy Governor (1990-2001) and subsequently left to serve as Chairman of the State Audit Bureau (2001-2006) before assuming his current position.

His Excellency was appointed as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the QFC Regulatory Authority in March 2012. His Excellency is also Chairman of Qatar’s Financial Stability and Risk Control Committee. He is a Board member of the Qatar Investment Authority and a member of the Supreme Council for Economic Affairs and Investment.

He has served as Chairman of the Board and Director of the Qatar Financial Markets Authority (2012-2018), Chairman of the Board of Directors of Qatar Development Bank (2006-2018), Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Gulf Monetary Council (2014), and Chairman of the Governors of the GCC Monetary Agencies and Central Banks Committee (2015). He was appointed as Chairman of the Islamic Financial Services Board (2013) as well as Chairman of the International Islamic Liquidity Management Corporation until December 2013, and is currently a member of both institutions.