Nathif Jama Adam
| Nathif Jama Adam نظيف جامع آدم |
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| Governor of Garissa County, Kenya | |
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Assumed office 10 March 2013 |
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| managing director of the First Community Bank | |
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In office 2008–2013 |
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| Senior Vice President and Head of the Sharjah Islamic Bank's Investments & International Banking Division | |
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In office 2002–2008 |
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| Political party | Wiper Democratic Movement |
| Alma mater | Heriot-Watt University |
| Profession | Banker, writer, politician |
| Religion | Islam |
Dr. Nathif Jama Adam (Somali: Nadiif Jaamac Aadan, Arabic: نظيف جامع آدم) is a Kenyan Somali banker, writer and politician. He previously served as a Senior Vice President and the Head of the Sharjah Islamic Bank's Investments & International Banking Division, and as the managing director of the First Community Bank. He also co-authored the first book on sukuk investments. In March 2013, Adam was elected Governor of Garissa County.
Adam hails from the Auliyahan subdivision of the Somali Ogaden Darod clan.
For his post-secondary studies, he attended the Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh, Scotland. Adam earned an MBA in International Trade from the institution. He also holds an Associateship of the UK Chartered Institute of Bankers.
He is married to Amina Abdullahi.
Adam is an authority on the global Islamic financial industry. He has over two decades of work experience in the Islamic banking, diversified retail, wholesale and investment sectors.
He began his banking career with the Kenya Commercial Bank based in Nairobi. In 1985, Adam joined the Al Rajhi Banking & Investment Corporation in Saudi Arabia. He subsequently worked as an Executive Manager for the Qatar Islamic Bank (QIB), where he oversaw QIB's sizable real estate, leasing, trade and securities foreign investment portfolios.
In 2002, Adam joined the National Bank of Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates. The bank was at the time in the midst of restructuring its services to focus on Islamic banking. Now known as the Sharjah Islamic Bank, Adam served as a Senior Vice President and the Head of its Investments & International Banking Division.
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